Halloumi Breakfast Bowl

I'm welcoming you to my new series called, "We Have Food at Home" because we should learn to use up the food in our fridges before grabbing more groceries or eating out. As a content creator I do get overwhelmed sometimes trying to figure out what recipes to make for you guys, so I thought to myself, why not start making recipes on a whim that way the recipe is naturally made and I use food that's sitting in my fridge, instead of going out and buying things just to make one or two recipes. This way you also get to see how I come up with recipes for myself that are still balanced and nutrient-dense.

This seventh recipe of this series is my Halloumi Breakfast Salad. I woke up and was craving halloumi cheese. I tried to figure out how to build myself a balanced breakfast while incorporating halloumi. I saw some quinoa that I had meal-prepped the day before and thought to myself, why not make a halloumi breakfast salad? It was not only easy and quick to build, but delicious. It's simply quinoa for fiber, hard boiled eggs for protein, tomato/arugula/avocado for more color and fiber, and halloumi for flavor and fats. Since this is my "we have food at home" series, I try using ingredients that I already have sitting in my fridge. I wanted to incorporate a fun sauce to pour on top of the salad but didn't have anything good, so I used olive oil, lemon, salt, and black pepper. It was great but I recommend using a sauce like hot sauce, pesto, aioli, whatever you like to personalize it.

This recipe is an easy way to obtain the nutrients your body wants to start with when you first wake up while putting in minimal effort. Feel free to add more ingredients you like to add in like beans for more fiber, cucumber/onion for color, etc. Make this your own!

Yields: 1

Portion: 1 bowl

Prep time: 10 minutes

Total time: 12 minutes

This recipe is gluten free and vegetarian.

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Ingredients:

2 hard boiled eggs

½ cup cooked quinoa

Handful of arugula

6-8 cherry tomatoes, sliced in halves

½ avocado, thinly sliced

4 1-inch slices halloumi cheese

½ tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Salt, freshly ground black pepper

Juice of ½ lemon

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Instructions:

1.Prep eggs & quinoa: hard boil two eggs and cook the quinoa. First, grab a small pot and boil two eggs. All you have to do is fill the pot up with water and make sure the eggs are fully submerged into the pot. Let them boil on high heat for up to 12 minutes. Grab 1 cup of white quinoa and thoroughly rinse it. Grab a small saucepan and place it on the stove top. Add the quinoa in and pour in your already boiled water. 1 3/4 -2 cups of water per 1 cup of quinoa. Season the quinoa with salt. Mix, reduce the heat to medium heat, cover the pot with a lid. The quinoa will be done once all of the water has been soaked up. Turn the stove off, keep the lid on the pot, and allow the quinoa to cool for about 5-10 minutes. This way it fluffs a bit. Set on the side.

2. Build bowl: add cooked quinoa to bowl. Layer on arugula, avocado, and tomatoes. Gently remove cooked eggs and peel. Slice in half and add to bowl.

3. Sear halloumi: spray a frying pan with olive oil. On high heat, wait until the pan heats up for 2 minutes or so, and then gently add in your 4 halloumi slices. You want to allow them to cook for 3 minutes or so on each side. You want them to be golden brown.

4. Serve: add halloumi to bowl. Garnish with salt, ground black pepper, olive oil, and lemon. Feel free to add any sauce you like to personalize it like hot sauce, pesto, aioli, etc. Enjoy!

I hope you love this recipe as much as I did, so if you do, please leave me a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! I always read through my suggestions and comments, so please let me know your thoughts. If you have any questions you can feel free to DM me here or through Instagram. Speaking of Instagram - please tag me in all of your creations! I love seeing how the recipes come out and seeing how talented you all are. Sending my love.

xoxo,

Jasmin D the RD