Looking for a simple and delicious meal to make using any greens you have available? Enjoy this delicious Foundational Five Eggs, Beans, and Greens Nourish Meal.
The Nutrition Stripped community has loved nourishing bowl recipes since we first shared them in 2014 because they’re so nutritious, versatile, and delicious.
Eggs, beans, and greens nourish meal is as simple as it sounds but with a dressing that makes it all come together using our go-to Creamy Zesty Shallot Dressing or any homemade vinaigrette dressing you enjoy to bring the flavor factor to life.
Eggs, Beans, and Greens Nourish Meal
Enjoy this Nourish Meal as a savory breakfast, a quick lunch, or for dinner. The dressing and meal components make this such a versatile template to follow that it seems a bit silly to call this a recipe.
We use eggs in this recipe as the protein source, but you can also use tempeh or tofu if you’d like a vegan version. In addition, if you don’t have lettuces or dark leafy greens on hand, simply utilize any vegetable and prepare it how you enjoy it most (i.e. steamed, cooked, roasted, etc.) as the salad dressings go well with any non-starchy carbohydrate.
Additionally, use whatever bean variety you enjoy or have on hand — we used black beans for this recipe as pictured, but the possibilities are endless. One note about beans in this recipe is to utilize either already prepared/cooked dried beans or well-rinsed canned beans. Otherwise, if you’re cooking dried beans for this recipe in a traditional way, it will not be a quick recipe since the bean cooking time can be up to an hour. Another option is to use a pressure cooker or an instant pot to quickly cook dried beans.
The wonderful thing about our recipe philosophy at Nutrition Stripped is the flexibility and versatility! Use ingredients that you have readily accessible, try new foods as often as you can, add what you like and replace anything you don’t like.
What Is A Foundational Five Nourish Meal?
The Foundational Five Nourish Meal is any meal that contains all 5 elements within the Foundational Five, non-starchy carbohydrates, starchy or sugary carbohydrates, healthy fat, protein, and the Flavor Factor.
By following this simple template it keeps food flexible, fun, and nourishing. Our Foundational Five Nourish Meals can be found as yogurts, oatmeal bowls or breakfast bowls, nourish bowls, salads, soups and stews, and stir-frys.
Any meal can be made into a Foundational Five Nourish Meal by just knowing the system I teach in our Method program and in my free guide about creating healthy eating habits with ease, that you can get right here!
Foundational Five
Learn how you can nourish your body at each meal by creating a Foundational Five Nourish Meal. This is McKel’s simple framework highlighting the five elements of nutrition she’s used with thousands of clients in her decade as a Dietitian and now you can use it too!
The Foundational Five supports you in nourishing your physical body so you can learn what to eat, which is the first step in mindful eating. The remainder is knowing how to eat and to experience your food positively.
Eating in this way supports your physical body on a cellular level ensuring you’re consuming the nutrients you need to have a sharp focus, calm digestion, lasting energy, sound sleep, and vibrant long-term health.
Here are the following Foundational Five Elements in this recipe:
1 • Non-starchy Carbohydrate
2 • Starchy Carbohydrate
3 • Healthy Fat
- dressing on the greens
- olive oil used to cook the eggs
- avocado
4 • Protein
5 • Flavor Factor
