My Mediterranean Bowl is filling and healthy. Packed with brown rice, lentils, tahini, & roasted tomatoes, it's the perfect one bowl meal.

July 23, 2019 Updated May 28, 2022 Jump to Recipe
My Mediterranean Bowl is filling and healthy. Packed with brown rice, lentils, tahini, & roasted tomatoes, it's the perfect one bowl meal.
I usually prefer white rice to brown rice.
I know white rice isn’t nearly as healthy. But I can’t help it.
Despite my white rice preference, I’ve got a few recipes where white rice just doesn’t cut it.
This Mediterranean bowl is one of them.
In this bowl, brown rice is mixed with lentils and a tahini-based sauce. The resulting texture and flavor is amazing.
Add the other ingredients of my recipe—parsley, pine nuts, chickpeas, and roasted tomatoes—and this becomes an incredibly filling bowl with a distinct Mediterranean vibe.
The magic ingredient in this Mediterranean bowl is the roasted tomatoes.
Have you roasted tomatoes before?
You need to.
Slightly sweet, soft on the inside and crisp on the outside, roasted tomatoes are a unique and amazing ingredient; the perfect complement to everything else in this bowl.
This bowl is gluten-free and vegan. It becomes vegetarian if you garnish with feta before serving, which I recommend if you’re not vegan. However; I must stress that though the feta is a delicious addition, this bowl is great without it.
If you’re looking for a filling and flavorful one bowl meal, this bowl is it. Make my Mediterranean Brown Rice Bowl once, and watch it become a spring/summer favorite.
Smoked paprika is an important ingredient in the tahini sauce. You can find good smoked paprika at Trader Joe’s. But my favorite smoked paprika is from Simply Organic.
You can find Simply Organic’s smoked paprika here [aff. link], or in my Amazon store here.
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I loved the Greek flavors here. The tomatoes were so good. I made this without feta and it was great.
So happy to hear Stacy, thanks for commenting!