I received a copy through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Getting into Kelli Foster's Buddha Bowls, I found it to be a through, well intended, concise cook book full of easy to craft, healthy one-bowl meals. Everything in here from breakfast all the way to dessert.
The recipes are easy to follow, usually revolving around a grain, sauce, a variety of veggies, and occasionally a protein source. She covers everything from fish, beef, chicken, lamb, tofu and strictly veggies. There's something in here for every kind of eater. I felt like the recipes gave you a lot of license to inspire adding other ingredients you already love.
The recipes feel energizing. Especially if you are like me and have been feeling uninspired and stuck when it comes to planning out meals. This could be the thing to break you out of your rut and get your mind thinking in a different way when it comes to cooking.

I just wanted to thank the publisher for reaching out and giving me an opportunity to review Buddha Bowls!

It is Asian inspired Western style Buddha Bowl. Recipes are easy to follow but I can see that it will take time to prepare for aesthetic purposes. Love the ideas the book gives me, as well as combinations that might work in my household.

The pictures indeed makes me hungry, although it would be great to have seasonal alternatives for parts of the book.

I never heard the term Buddha Bowl but the title grabbed my attention. I suspected it would be similar to what I have eaten in asian restaurants, bowls of delicious broth with colorful and healthy ingredients. How cool if I could create my own bowls right at home. I am inspired to try.

At first glance, the photos are beautiful and the table of contents simple and straightforward. The recipes are marked as vegetarian gluten free, vegan, etc. A helpful concept in today’s world of diet restrictions.

The chapter that first grabbed my attention was titled “Basic Sauces and Dressings”. There are 13 recipes listed - some basic, some more creative. Included with each recipe is a ‘Try It Here!’ listing of dishes that this sauce would complement. I was most curious about the Tahini sauce recipe. I have made my own Tahini before but the recipe here takes things a step further, providing 7 additional options to the basic tahini recipe.

My favorite meal of the day is breakfast so I started there making recipes. I have made 3 of the bowls so far. For one (Maple-Vanilla Overnight Oat Bowls), I mixed the ingredients together the night before and it was ready to eat by morning, the second (Slow Cooker Miso Oat and Egg Bowls) I chose as it was unique and clearly out of my comfort zone. I threw everything into a crockpot for overnight cooking. Wasn’t really my cup of tea but am sure many would like it. I just couldn’t warm up to broccoli and radishes in my breakfast. The third recipe (Sweet Potato Breakfast Bowl) was the biggest surprise. I love sweet potatoes but for breakfast? Hmmmm. Well, it was yummy!

My next stop will be the Vegetable Bowls section. There are so many more recipes I can’t wait to try. Already have a few of the recipes dog-eared. They look a bit more complicated - more ingredients, more steps than the breakfast bowls but am up for the challenge.

A great resource for different dressings and all the ingredients are super accessible. Buddha Bowls features recipes with vegetables, proteins, and grains I thought I might be ablet o enhance summertime lunch meal preparation.

I had great expectations from this book, but unfortunately what I was looking for ant what this book supplied was way of the mark. The recipes are easy and the food is nutritious, and at times meets the vegan and gluten free needs, that other books seldom do - visually they present beautifully, but they are very anglicised. I had hoped from more in the Asian style of food offerings - there are some but not enough for me. (I love the Congee)
It is a good book if you are looking at food preparation all in a bowl, and the information is good and easy to follow with taste meals at the end.

I am already an avid fan and creator of buddha bowls, or as I usually call them: hodge podge meals. The reason for this is that I don't usually follow a recipe to make my buddha bowls, I just follow a well-known flavour profile (mexican or chinese, for example) and pick ingredients I happen to have lying around that more or less go together with those flavours.

This book is based around that idea, but instead of throwing anything together, these bowls are made with structure and thought about making them filling, tasty and beautiful.

There are some really great recipes in here, and some original ideas - a lot of the breakfast ideas in particular. I really like the interesting combinations of flavour and texture used in the recipes, without being too complicated or using too many ingredients.

Everything in this book is accessible to anyone and all the ingredients can be found in normal supermarkets.And the best part is, if you don't have an ingredient to hand you can always swap it for something else, or leave it out entirely, and you will still be left with a great meal.

I didn't use the meat or fish sections of the book because I'm a vegan, but I'm sure those recipes are just as good as the vegetarian ones.

Oh, and the pictures make me so hungry!

The food is this cookbook is so amazingly good! Buddha Bowls are so much fun and easy to make and this book gives a wide variety of options to create the prefect one for you complete with a large selection of sauces to take it up a notch. Even my kids love to make their own; I can prep all the components and have them compile their bowls. As someone who is gluten-free a lot of these recipes are already gluten-free or easily adapted. Highly recommend this one!!

I received an Advanced Reader Copy from Harvard Common Press for my unbiased opinion of the book. I really loved the recipes and the layout of this cookbook. The only negative comment is not enough pictures, since we have become a visual society, it is crucial. I tried and fell in love with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce, Spinach and Mushroom Pesto Breakfast Bowls, and Shrimp Summer Roll Bowls. I buy one for myself and a few for Christmas gifts.

My family of five all have different tastes, aversions and willingness to eat healthy. I made one of the breakfast bowls (Bean and Chorizo) and ALL of them loved it. So healthy, so delicious. Five stars. This one's a keeper. The goat cheese basil dressing was amazing. At first I thought the basil was too strong a flavor, and everyone tried it alone before using it, and they were hesitant, but on top of the "bowl" it was perfect. So good. Love this book.

Buddha Bowls by Kelli Foster
100 Nourishing Bowls

The introduction to the book provides basics on what to include in a Buddha Bowl, best bowls to use, a grain cooking chart, and other interesting tidbits. From there the book moves on to some delightful ideas for dressings and sauces that made my mouth water.

The Chapters in the book are: Cook’s Introduction, Basic Sauces and Dressings, Breakfast Bowls, Fish and Seafood Bowls, Chicken and Turkey Bowls, Beef and Lamb Bowls, Vegetable Bowls and finally Fruit Bowls. Not being big on fish or red meat my favorites were the others and I now want to try more than one of the bowl recipes mentioned in the book. With ethnic flavors, comfort food options, multiple grain and noodles mentioned, delicious vegetables, seasonings and garnishes this is a book that whets my appetite. The photography made me hungry but also made me wonder where to find the beautiful bowls in the photos. I see bowls full of tasty food in my future and am looking forward to having one for breakfast tomorrow.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars

I’d never heard of Buddha Bowls before this book but I must say that I’m now obsessed.There are so many different recipes that there is definitely something for everyone in here.


Cant wait to try out some more of the recipes!

Lots of fantastic sounding and looking food. I'm definitely going to utilize this book and impress all my family and friends.

The only criticism is I wish the prep and total time for each dish was provided.

Beautiful collection of easy-to-follow, delicious recipes. I had expected a vegetarian recipe book (likely because I didn't carefully read publisher's description) and found there were recipes beyond vegetables. If you eat fish, chicken, beef, etc. - you will also find healthy tasty recipes in this book. I have tried several recipes and all proved to be family-approved and perfection in terms of using accessible fresh ingredients. I will easily cook my way through this book. The appeal for me in particular is this ease of preparation. I struggle to find recipes that suit my healthy tastes, take under an hour to prepare and still meet the standards of teens and husband. This book delivers on all counts. Thank you!!!

According to the author, a Buddha Bowl is an easy way to eat healthy.. I can't vouch for the healthy part but I can write the recipes found in Buddha Bowls look absolutely delicious. Some of the recipes you'll find include:

Miso-Ginger Sauce
Peanut Sauce
Maple-Vanilla Overnight Oat Bowls
Slow Cooker Congee Breakfast Bowls
Salmon Teriyaki Bowls with Miso-Braised Kale
BBQ Chicken Quinoa Bowls
Ginger Beef Bowls
Super Green Quinoa Bowls
Summer Fruit Salad Bowls
Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Bowls

Throughout the cookbook you'll find plenty of color photos illustrating the recipes.

Recommend.

Review written after downloading a galley from NetGalley.

YUMM’n just tried one of these and i’m so excited to try more! inread through the entire book and it has a good bit of variety but it’s all very healthy and a lot of it is actually vegetarian and can be made vegan! there’s also lots of salmon recipes! there was a few ingredients I had actually never heard of before so I neednto research those before I can make those recipes! but this is a great place to start to find out how to make a complete meal out of a Buddha bowl for breakfast, lunch, dinner or even dessert!

I AM FEELING SO INSPIRED! Time to go to Aldi and clean it out.
The book is organized in such a way that it's easy to browse quickly or spend lots of time poring over for ideas.
This one is going on the Amazon list.

This is an incredibly beautiful cookbook with gorgeous photos, interesting recipes, and full of nutritional information. I don't believe that Buddha Bowls would be for everyone though -- it turns out that I'm not a fan of putting several ingredients into one bowl (I use bowls for cereal/milk and soup). I didn't know about my preference until I read Buddha Bowls - on a rare occasion, I'll have a bowl at a local restaurant but it's just not my preference. It was a surprise to me, however the individual recipes (for sauces, grains, etc.) I would use in a different way than as presented in Buddha Bowls.

One bowl meals are based on healthy and wholesome ingredients all loaded into one bowl. There are also some great, very original sauces and dressings, i.e. creamy Feta sauce, miso-ginger sauce etc. Not sure that I’ll be making Black Bean & Chorizo bowl for breakfast though, but hey, someone out there would I’m sure. There are many other, very original combinations though, all sounding rather mouth-watering. Definitely not a run-of-the-mill cookbook and I would suggest, a cookbook for someone who really enjoys cooking rather than a ‘throw-everything-into-the-pot’ kind of cook. A deliciously good book!

Many thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this ARC for which I have given my voluntary and unbiased review.

This is a very interesting and helpful recipe book. It is full of wonderful recipes and great photos to accompany them.

I liked this book a whole lot. There are so many recipe options. I can’t wait to get in the kitchen and start making my own Buddha Bowls. There are options for every one whether vegan, seafood lover, or just your ordinary carnivore, you will be able to find a bowl to fit whet your appetite. #KelliFoster really did an amazing job with the creation and how well put together this book is. I will enjoy these recipes all year round and I’m sure my will as well. I even get to serve more herbs and veggies without them realizing.