Lemongrass Shrimp Beast Bowls

Name: Lemongrass Shrimp Beast Bowls
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 bowls
Ingredients: 1 cup finely julienned carrot; 1 cup finely julienned daikon; 2 teaspoons granulated sugar; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon rice vinegar; 2 tablespoons light brown sugar; 3 tablespoons rice vinegar; 4 tablespoons lime juice; 3 tablespoons Vietnamese fish sauce (like Red Boat); 1 serrano pepper quartered lengthwise; 1 ½ pounds shrimp (preferably wild, peeled and deveined); 2 tablespoons Vietnamese fish sauce; 1 tablespoon light brown sugar; 3 garlic cloves (minced); 1 tablespoon minced or grated ginger; 3 tablespoons finely chopped lemongrass (pale tender center part only); 1 pound rice noodles (preferably rice vermicelli); 1 or 2 small lettuce heads (with the leaves separated, rinsed and patted dry); 3 cups mixed herb sprigs (such as cilantro, mint, basil); sliced cucumbers; 4 scallions (slivered); 4 tablespoons crushed roasted peanuts; A handful of bean sprouts ((optional)); limes; Sriracha

Here’s another protein packed beast bowl to fuel the beast in you. It’s full of fresh lemongrass shrimp, tons of veggies and just enough carbs to keep you flying through your day.

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The Struggle is Real

In my own personal health and life journey I’ve struggled with balance for many years. Life’s constantly busy with all the things that have get done, and all the people that we love in our lives have needs. I often completely forget about what I need. I feel selfish for asking for what I need. I feel selfish for asking for time to go to the gym and be away from my daughter. I feel guilty for asking to spend some time alone. I know you can relate. You’re super busy too.

Taking a new direction

I started this food blog about six months ago because I wanted to share my love of cooking and food. As things have started to evolve I’ve started to really think about what real people, like you, need. I’ve seen one very prevalent need in all of our lives – we need more time to do the things we love. I want to give you that time. I absolutely love being in the kitchen and cooking. I know everyone doesn’t like to spend as much time in the kitchen as I do, but we all want to eat delicious and healthy food. As I keep writing and sharing my love of food with you, I am going to start focusing more on recipes that make your life easier. I want to share with you more of how I free up a lot of time for myself by doing food prep. As an athlete I want to make sure these recipes are going to fuel your daily jam, whatever that may be.

There is so much dietary confusion.

So how do you figure out what to eat?

I strongly believe in whole foods first. But I also believe that there is no one right diet for everyone. We all need to figure what that is for ourselves. I want you to find balance in your relationship with food. I want you to learn to recognize what disordered eating looks like and figure out how to change it. I want you to learn to accept your body right now and feed it out of love for your self and your own well being. I’m inspired by so many strong and powerful women in my life and I want to share that with you too.

If you’ve been on the blog you already know that I eat a lot of things in bowls. It makes putting a balanced meal together really easy and it’s usually prepable and packable. I will be featuring a lot of bowls that you can prep each week.

There is a basic formula

It’s Super Easy

You can build a beast bowl with anything that you can imagine. I use the formula above to pack lunches for the week.