15 Deliciously Healthy Protein Bowl Recipes (2024)

Protein bowls are one of my favorite healthy dishes, and there are so many options out there! Everything from Buddha bowls to healthy grain bowls, it’s the perfect meal! You get your veggies, healthy proteins and carbs all in one dish. This post will showcase 15 healthy protein bowl recipes, one of them will be mine (obviously!) and the other 14 will be some tasty renditions from fellow food bloggers. Let’s get this round up started shall we?

Many of the protein bowls I have seen on the internet usually have a lot of healthy grains, seeds, and many times a lot of raw ingredients. I’ll be sharing with you 14 other tasty options for protein bowls , but I figured we would start with my version. I am a big fan of Italian ingredients and I also love spaghetti squash. This tasty dish has fresh garlic, good olive oil, fresh produce, sweet and tangy balsamic vinegar, a quick and tasty homemade bruschetta and Italian herbs. The chicken thighs are cooked simply and glazed with balsamic to finish off this healthy protein bowl.

Spaghetti squash is such a tasty vegetable. It’s easy to prepare, and can be used in many different ways. It’s a great substitute for pasta (like in this dish!) and can also work as a great potato pancake substitute (recipe upcoming!) For a great step by step on how to prepare this tasty squash, head over to my Blackened Salmon and Spaghetti Squash Recipe

I love making my own homemade balsamic drizzle. It’s a great little condiment to add into pasta or on top of a tasty caprese salad. It’s also a very cheap way of getting a similar flavor and consistency to the really expensive balsamic vinegars. I remember when I was a chef first starting out, I wanted to have all of these fancy things in my kitchen. I had truffle oil, expensive herbs, and I also purchased award winning gold medal balsamic vinegar. This was really expensive vinegar that was aged for over 10 years. It seemed cool at first to have this stuff, but after making these balsamic reductions countless times the flavor and consistency is quite similar to the expensive stuff. Shhhhhh It’s our little secret. The key is to make sure not to over cook the vinegar. Just reduce one cup by half and you will be left with a delicious sweet and tangy syrup that makes this protein bowl extra tasty!

For the vegetables I went with broccolini, yellow bell peppers, mushrooms, zucchini and Brussel sprouts. Not only were these super colorful options, but of course they were really healthy too! For the boccolini and the Brussel Sprouts I roasted together with just some olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. For the peppers, zucchini and mushrooms I added in a touch of balsamic vinegar. Adding in the vinegar glazes the vegetables and adds a touch of sweetness. I skipped the vinegar with the green vegetables as it would turn the color brown. That wouldn’t look good for the photos now will it? To make things easier though, you certainly could roast everything together and leave out the balsamic, and just add more drizzle instead! I topped off this dish with a home made bruschetta that only has 6 ingredients. There’s freshly chopped tomatoes and onions, with thinly sliced basil, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice and olive oil. That’s it! Nice and simple.