Enter your email & we’ll send it to your inbox. Plus, get great new recipes from us every week! By submitting this form, you consent to receive emails from Hurry the Food Up. Much like their infamous brother, the Buddha Bowl, they’re easy, healthy, and exceptionally tasty. Acai bowls rock, too. And the best thing about burrito bowls? You can make them EXACTLY the way you like. We’ve been making homemade burritos and various Mexican-inspired veggie dishes (like these authentically awesome tacos) for as long as I can remember – there are so many fantastic combinations available. Creating your own new signature dish is great fun, too. A homemade burrito bowl consists of four main parts. Those are: a base, a filling, a sauce, and the extras. As mentioned, you can make a burrito bowl virtually anyway you want. Here are some ingredient ideas for each part, and below this I’ll show my favorite combos from ‘low-carb’ to ‘vegan delight’.
Homemade Vegetarian Burrito Bowls
The Base
Aptly named, this forms the base of your burrito bowl, and gives you something to work the rest of your ingredients around. Most bowls include just one base, though there’s no reason you can’t use more. Some ideas:
White Rice Brown Rice Nachos (tortilla triangles) Cauliflower Rice Quinoa
The Filling
The filling usually consists of one or more of the following items. Add your favourites as you see fit:
Beans (black, kidney or refried) Grilled vegetables like zucchini, bell peppers, carrots, onion, mushrooms, corn and chili peppers cooked in spices Cherry tomatoes Red, green or brown lentils
The Sauce
There’s a huge range of personalisation to choose from here and this can be none, some or all. Throw on whatever you fancy, make it yours!
Salsa / taco sauce Creme fraiche Sour cream Greek yogurt Cottage cheese Soy yoghurt Chipotle sauce Guacamole Pico de Gallo de Mango
Extras
Again, go for none, some or all. These add a twist to every homemade burrito bowl and really help to round off the meal.
Grated cheese Sliced avocado with salt and lemon Jalapeños Crispy salad
Just put together a combination of the ingredients above into a suitable serving bowl and you’ll soon have a beautiful burrito bowl ready for dinner. Here are some of the best: *the ingredients below are for two burrito bowls by default.
1. Low-carb Bowl of Desire
Base – cauliflower rice Filling – grilled zucchini, carrot and red bell pepper Sauce – guacamole and cream fraiche Extras – grated cheese and crispy salad
2. Bicep bustin’ high-protein Bowl
Base – brown rice Filling – black or kidney beans, red lentils, grilled zucchini, green bell pepper and corn Sauce – greek yogurt or cottage cheese Extras – grated cheese
3. Speedy Gonzales
Base – nachos Filling – black or kidney beans, cherry tomatoes, corn Sauce – taco sauce, creme fraiche Extras – grated cheese, sliced avocado with salt and lemon
4. Vegan Delight
Base – white rice Filling – grilled zucchini, red bell pepper, onion, mushrooms, corn and black or kidney beans Sauce – salsa and Pico de Gallo de Mango Extras – crispy salad
5. Fuego del Dragon
Base – white rice Filling – black or kidney beans, grilled zucchini, yellow bell pepper and chili peppers Sauce – spicy salsa and guacamole Extras – jalapeños and grated cheese
And there we are! Five of our very favourite homemade burrito bowls. Of course, those are just some ways to make a burrito bowl. You can also make each bowl as mild or spicy as you like – throw in extra peppers or jalapeños, or none at all. Play, experiment, find what you like the best. And most of all, enjoy!
