Sweetgreen, the popular fast casual restaurant chain, has created this delicious Harvest Bowl copycat recipe at home that includes kale, warm wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes, lean chicken breast pieces, goat cheese, apples and almonds all drizzled with homemade balsamic vinaigrette for an amazing meal!
This tasty salad is simple to whip up in advance and makes an ideal lunch choice during hectic weekdays!
Roasted chicken and sweet potatoes
Sweetgreen is a fast-casual restaurant known for their nutritional bowls and salads, like this Harvest Bowl inspired version. Packed full of whole ingredients such as roasted chicken and sweet potatoes, kale, apples, goat cheese and toasted almonds it makes an easy meal at home that costs significantly less than dining at Sweetgreen!
Massaging the kale before cooking it is key to making this dish delicious and tenderized for easier eating, so consider doing this step ahead of time as part of your preparations! The macronutrient breakdown for this recipe boasts 3 grams of protein, 64 grams of carbohydrates and 29 grams of fat!
Kale
Kale is an exceptionally nutritious leafy green vegetable, boasting many vitamins and minerals essential for optimal digestive health. Not only is kale rich in A, C and K vitamins; but also copper manganese potassium iron mineral content makes this leafy green vegetable an essential addition to any healthy diet.
Kale can be cooked (such as soup) or eaten raw. It is also easy to grow; its most common variety being curly kale with thick, wavy leaves. Other varieties include lacinato kale and red Russian kale.
This copycat Sweetgreen harvest bowl recipe offers all of the flavors and textures found in a hearty plant-based meal. It includes massaged kale with balsamic dressing, roasted sweet potatoes with almonds and apple, along with goat cheese for an amazing vegan meal!
Apple
Sweetgreen is an iconic healthy salad and bowl restaurant with hundreds of locations nationwide, known for their harvest bowl. This meal includes kale, warm wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes and chicken, apples, crunchy almonds, creamy goat cheese and balsamic vinaigrette for maximum enjoyment!
This homemade fall salad recipe makes meal prep much simpler and is much cheaper than ordering salad from a restaurant.
This dish features whole ingredients with loads of flavor, and offers a healthy balance between protein, carbs and fat for an ideal light yet filling meal.
Goat cheese
Goat cheese has an earthy and tangy flavor that pairs beautifully with many flavors, making it a healthy option for those with lactose intolerance. Plus, its low fat content makes it even healthier!
Goat cheese’s high levels of fatty acids may help you feel full faster, leading to reduced overall consumption. Plus, its rich minerals content is full of copper and riboflavin for additional nutritional support.
Fresh or aged goat cheese can easily replace other soft spreadable cheeses in recipes, from sandwiches and stuffing peppers with it before roasting to adding it into cooked quinoa and vegetables for an incredible quiche recipe.
Almonds
Almonds are tree nuts with high concentrations of monounsaturated fats and protein. Furthermore, almonds also contain vital vitamins and minerals as well as antioxidants which reduce oxidative stress thereby protecting against heart disease.
This recipe is inspired by Sweetgreen’s Harvest Bowl – an easy and healthy fast-casual restaurant chain located throughout the US – featuring kale, roasted chicken and sweet potatoes, apple, goat cheese and almonds served over wild rice. Making this bowl at home makes incorporating more plant-based foods into your diet much simpler; and its combination of macronutrients as well as micronutrients provides ample health benefits!
Balsamic vinaigrette
Vinaigrettes are essential components of any salad’s foundation. A great vinaigrette should contain acid, fat and something to hold everything together (such as an emulsifier). Making one at home using just five ingredients takes mere minutes! Check out this simple homemade balsamic vinaigrette!
This Sweetgreen Harvest bowl copycat recipe combines massaged kale topped with balsamic dressing with warming wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes and chicken, apples and almonds – the ideal hearty fall meal that’s easy to make at home! Make this delicious meal for weekday lunches or dinner – its components store easily in the fridge so you’re prepared when quick meals pop up during the week!