A fantastic plant-based and oil-free garden bowl filled with fresh greens and chopped vegetables, kalamata olives, and topped with Avocado Hummus. Eat the Rainbow!
I just posted my latest favorite Avocado Hummus recipe. It’s a simple yet delicious plant-based hummus made of garbanzo beans and avocados – great with fresh vegetables, pita chips, toast, corn chips, sandwiches, bowls, and more. Not only is it nutritious and versatile, it’s also extremely nutritious.
In the Avocado Hummus post, I explain that just one 3.5 ounce serving, avocado contains 160 calories, 2 grams of protein, 15 grams of fat, and 7 grams of dietary fiber. But that’s not all. Avocados are rich in Vitamins B5, B6, C, E, and K, Folate, and Potassium. They also contain lesser amounts of magnesium, manganese, copper, iron, zinc, phosphorous, and vitamins A, B1, B2, and B3. (Healthline)
And even though avocados are comprised of 77% fat, it’s mostly oleic acid, a monounsaturated fatty acid proven to reduce inflammation. Plus, avocados don’t contain any cholesterol or sodium and they are low in saturated fat. Healthline reports that avocados contain more potassium than bananas, which can help reduce blood pressure. (Healthline)
Now, I’m taking this healthy Avocado Hummus and combining it with a Fresh Veggie Bowl to make a whole new epic level of goodness. I love eating all of the colors of the rainbow. And when I’m able to combine so many colors, textures, and flavors, it just brings me great satisfaction.
This Fresh Veggie Bowl with Avocado Hummus is one of these incredible dishes. You can eat the entire rainbow in one go. For this reason, I like including garbanzo beans, purple onion, bell pepper (any and all colors of bell peppers are welcome!!), fresh zucchini, cucumber, tomatoes, shredded carrots, marinated banana peppers, kalamata olives, fresh herbs like parsley or cilantro, and fresh salad greens. So many colors, so many nutrients, and so many flavors!
I love that there’s so much variety and color in this Fresh Veggie Bowl with Avocado Hummus. If you don’t have one or two of the salad bowl ingredients I recommend, no problem! Use whatever you have on hand or whatever you have access to. If you don’t like a particular vegetable or are allergic, no problem!! Simply substitute it for something else you enjoy – garden peas, chopped broccoli or carrots, green beans, etc.
The combinations and possibilities are endless. Only you can determine what your Fresh Veggie Bowl with Avocado Hummus looks like in the end. Oh, and that brings me to another realm of possibilities!!
Another incredible aspect of this Fresh Veggie Bowl with Avocado Hummus is that there are so many ways to present this bowl. To start, you can either layer all of the vegetable bowl ingredients stacked up on one another in a clear bowl that artfully showcases the layers. Second, you can artfully arrange all of the vegetable bowl ingredients atop as a nice presentation of what #eattherainbow looks like. Third, you can toss all of the salad bowl ingredients together in a large bowl.
But the options don’t end there. Regardless of how you choose to present your artful salad bowl creation, you can serve this Fresh Veggie Bowl with Avocado Hummus in individually-arranged and prepared bowls or you can serve it in a large bowl for everyone to serve themselves. Much like a traditional Cobb salad, this allows each individual to select how much salad they want, but they can also choose how much of each topping they want.
Now for one important note regarding the Avocado Hummus. I do not recommend you combine the avocado hummus in the large salad bowl. Nor do I recommend tossing it together in the large salad bowl. You can do it if you truly believe you are going to eat all of the salad within a few hours. Otherwise, like a banana or apple, oxidation occurs in avocados rather quickly, turning them an unappealing brown color. Not the look we’re going for.
For this reason, I highly recommend making the Avocado Hummus fresh and serving it immediately atop this Fresh Veggie Bowl with Avocado Hummus. The results are well worth it, as are the colors, flavors, and health benefits.
I hope you enjoy this Fresh Veggie Bowl with Avocado Hummus as much as I do.
I would love to see your results! Please leave a comment and rate it down below, tag a picture @pebblesandtoast and #pebblesandtoast on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook! Enjoy!!
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Ingredients
- 6 cups spinach, kale, or lettuce, roughly chopped*
- 1½ cups garbanzo beans or chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup carrots, shredded or cut into matchsticks
- ¼ purple onion, sliced
- 1 bell pepper (any/all colors), sliced
- ½ zucchini, sliced
- ½ cucumber, sliced
- 1 tomato, sliced
- ½ cucumber, sliced
- 1 cup marinated banana peppers, drained
- ½ cup pickles, drained and chopped
- ½ cup kalamata olives, drained
- ½ cup fresh parsley or cilantro, chopped
- Avocado Hummus
Instructions
- You can either (1) layer/arrange all of the vegetable bowl ingredients artfully in individual bowls or (2) toss all of the veggies and salad ingredients in a large bowl to serve individual portions in smaller bowls.
- Top with the Avocado Hummus and enjoy!
Notes
* You can use any fresh greens you choose. You can keep them intact or chop them up.
You can also substitute or omit any vegetables you choose. It’s important to enjoy what you already have available to you.
Avocado Hummus Fresh Veggie Bowl
Ingredients
- 6 cups spinach, kale, lettuce, chard roughly chopped*
- 1½ cups garbanzo beans (chickpeas) rinsed and drained
- 1 cup carrots shredded or cut into matchsticks
- ¼ purple onion sliced
- 1 bell pepper (any/all colors) sliced
- ½ zucchini sliced
- ½ cucumber sliced
- 1 large tomato chopped
- 1 cup marinated banana peppers drained, sliced
- ½ cup pickles drained, chopped
- ½ cup kalamata olives drained
- ½ cup fresh parsley or cilantro chopped
2 cups Avocado Hummus
Instructions
- You can either (1) layer/arrange all of the vegetable bowl ingredients artfully in individual bowls or (2) toss all of the veggies and salad ingredients in a large bowl to serve individual portions in smaller bowls.
- Top with Avocado Hummus.