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15 Healthy Bowl Recipes That Are Great for Meal Prep

Heidi Larsenby Published: Sep 8, 2026

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These 15 fresh, flavorful, and healthy bowl recipes make meal prep equal parts effortless and delicious. 

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These Bowl Recipes Make Healthy Eating a Breeze

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Simple, good for you, and endlessly customizable, bowl recipes are the meal prepper’s BFF. I’ve been noshing on bowls in one form or another for years, and I never tire of the tried and true combo of vibrant veggies, lean proteins, whole grains, and flavorful sauces. 

Besides their mix-and-match nature, bowl recipes are great because they hold up well in the fridge and can be reheated in a flash in the microwave, making busy days feel a heck of a lot easier. 

Today I’m sharing 15 of my favorite easy, healthy bowl recipes that make planning your lunches or dinners for the week stress-free. 

Enjoy!

Heidi

15 Healthy Bowl Ideas

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Veggie Burrito Bowl with spoon
Veggie Burrito Bowls
Veggie burrito bowls are made by loading up cilantro lime rice with seasoned black beans, pico de gallo, and toppings like crunchy romaine and queso fresco. Add this recipe to your meal prep rotation for a filling vegetarian lunch or dinner you can assemble in minutes!
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2
Mediterranean Chicken Quinoa Bowls with Broccoli and Tomato
Mediterranean Chicken Quinoa Bowl with Broccoli and Tomato
Chicken quinoa bowls have staked their healthy claim on quick and easy meal-prep dinners that are flexible enough to mix and match ingredients for take-to-work lunches that never get boring, too.
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3
Chopped Grilled Vegetable Bowl with Farro
This vegetarian Mediterranean bowl is filled with grilled vegetables and farro, then topped with a garlic yogurt sauce, kalamata olives, feta and hummus.
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4
Fish Taco Bowls foodiecrush.com
Fish Taco Bowl
This fish taco bowl with green cabbage slaw is fully loaded with taco-seasoned flaky fish, rice, and creamy avocado for the best meal that boasts all of the flavors and textures you love about fish tacos, only in a bowl!
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5
Kickin’ Orange Chicken Bowls
Juicy chunks of chicken coated in a sweet and tangy orange sauce are served over broccoli rice (yes, broccoli as rice!) in this simple but filling meal prep recipe.
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6
Ahi Tuna Poke Bowl foodiecrush.com
Shoyu Ahi Poke Bowl Recipe
Layered with rice, cucumbers, avocado, seaweed salad, the chunks of cubed ahi tuna in a simple shoyu poke sauce of soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, and sesame seeds is the star of this shoyu ahi poke bowl.
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Mediterranean Salmon Bowls with CousCous and Tzatziki foodiecrush.com
Mediterranean Salmon Bowls
These Mediterranean salmon bowls with couscous and veggies are easy, healthy, and customizable based on your taste and what you have on hand.
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Korean Beef Bulgogi Bowls recipe | foodiecrush.com
Korean Beef Bulgogi Bowls
Thinly sliced beef cooked in a Korean marinade tops bowls of rice heaped with fresh vegetables, herbs and a spicy mayonnaise sauce made with chili paste for a super easy and flavorful weeknight dinner or lunch.
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Chipotle Lime Shrimp Bowls | foodiecrush.com #shrimp #ricebowls #healthy #Mexican
Chipotle Lime Shrimp Bowls
Quick, easy, and totally flavorful, these chipotle lime shrimp bowls with brown rice, black beans, tomatoes and avocado have just the right level of adobo spice with a touch of honey to sweeten up meal prep for any lunch or dinner.
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10
Teriyaki Chicken Bowls
Homemade Japanese 7 Spice infuses the teriyaki sauce in this recipe to create even more flavorful chicken and rice bowls.
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11
Sesame Shrimp with Asian Greens Rice Bowls | foodiecrush.com
Asian Shrimp Bowls
This quick meal in a bowl of shrimp seasoned in sesame flavors is stir fried with rainbow swiss chard, spinach, edamame, green onions to top brown rice.
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12
Southwest Chicken Bowl Recipe
Sheet pan roasted chicken breasts, butternut squash and red onion served with black beans, brown rice and guacamole make this a nutritious meal in a bowl.
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13
Buddha Bowls with Roasted Vegetables and Turkey Meatballs foodiecrush.com
Buddha Bowls With Turkey Meatballs or Crispy Tofu
These easy, healthy quinoa buddha bowls are loaded with a long-lasting rainbow of veggies—sweet potatoes, cauliflower, and broccolini—that are roasted then layered with make ahead/leftover proteins and straight from the pantry quinoa.
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Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad Bowl with Berries| foodiecrush.com #vietnamese #salad #bun #berries #healthy #recipes
Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad Bowls
This Vietnamese rice noodle salad is a vegetarian-forward version of the traditional bún salads drizzled with nuoc cham — the popular Vietnamese dressing and dipping sauce — with spring lettuces, crunchy fresh vegetables and sweetened with the season’s best fresh berries. Note that the vegetables can be prepped and shredded for meal prep 2-3 days before then assembled and dressed right before eating.
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15
Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowls
When weeknight dinner making seems like almost too much to add to your already full plate, prep the ingredients for these slow cooker teriyaki chicken and vegetable rice bowls over the weekend and then toss together for a quick and easy answer to your weeknight dinner question.
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  3. Nehal Preet

    Hi Heidi, I have tried so many recipes you have shared with all of us. There are two of my most favorites- Black Bean Burrito Bowl & Berry Beet Acai Breakfast Bowls. As I am health freak so yes I am in love with these two recipes the most. Thanks for sharing these amazing recipes with all of us dear Heidi. Hope you will share more healthy recipes in the future. Much Love & Regards. xoxo

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  5. meenal deshpande

    This is a great post – thank you! I too am overwhelmed by all the healthy eating, meal planning, etc. I work full time and have 3 young children – I also don’t have time to spend hours on Sunday coming up with new recipes and a shopping list to go with it, or cook an elaborate meal on weeknights (even though I’d love to!), so I tend to stick to basics and routine dinners – although that’s getting boring even for the kids. I love all of these tips – thank you, can’t wait to try them!

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  6. Supriya Kutty

    I’m from the middle east country and we actually have a bowl dinner all the recipe that you have shared above are so yummy and mouthwatering I might say I will share this with my family or my mom so that she will try some of the recipes All of these look great! Definitely saving this for later – good to have a quick recipe for dinner

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  14. Bulk SMS

    Wow these dishes is really amazing and yummee wish these are test one by one well really amazing and inspiration containt you have to post here i am appreciate for you please keep going on love it!

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  15. Lydia Skoreyko

    I love the variety! It’s inspired a whole realm of possibility when I look in my fridge and cupboards wondering what I’ll make for my GAP diet family!

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  16. Jhon Smith

    Very nice and informative article. Thanks for sharing these 25 super delicious and nutritious Bowl recipes with us. I really love beef and I will definitely try the Barbacoa Beef Bowls.

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  18. Jan

    Middle eastern grilled veggies & lentil bowl looks great & l wanted some for dinner. Unfortunately the link “apples & sparkle” took me to a generic website that had middle eastern topics but not the recipe. Disappointed. Thought you might want to know.
    Other links have worked.

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