Edamame and Avocado Rice Bowl

Some of the best lunch bowls are the ones that need almost no cooking, and this is one of them: warm rice, a handful of steamed edamame, sliced avocado, and a quick sesame-lime dressing whisked together in the time it takes the rice to finish. It's the kind of thing that's easy to throw together on a weekday without much planning.

Edamame is a whole soybean, so unlike most bowl add-ins it brings a real amount of complete plant protein alongside its fiber, and paired with avocado's fat, this bowl stays satisfying far longer than its short ingredient list might suggest. Both are also good sources of the kind of unsaturated fat that supports heart health.

Add a sprinkle of furikake or extra sesame seeds if you have it on hand — it's a small touch that makes the bowl taste more finished.