5:00 pm rolls around and I’m imagining another weekday dinner — microwaved leftovers, a half-hearted bowl of pasta, a wilted salad. What can I possibly do to invigorate such a mundane Monday meal? I scan my pantry and feel uninspired. Then, my eyes alight upon a bottle of my favorite Ginger and Hawaiian Chili Shrub. What better to add to the top of a simple grain bowl than a quickle? — a quick pickle made with digestion-boosting shrub and some fresh springtime veggies!
You get the word quickle from some easy math. Quick + pickle = quickle! But a quickle is so much more than just the sum of its parts. For example, this particular shrub-based quickle is fresh, bright, spicy, and a teeeeeny bit sweet. It enlivens any meal, especially an Asian-inspired Buddha Bowl.
A Buddha Bowl is a fairly simple concept that combines whole grains, plant proteins, and vegetables. It’s a nourishing meal that comes together quickly and is endlessly customizable for your particular palate. For the one featured here, we used a base of long grain brown rice, pan-fried tofu, kimchi, and these life-changing quickles! It keeps you feeling satisfied and energized, plus the shrub in the quickle adds a seriously powerful living culture that has your gut doing a happy dance (and your tastebuds, too!).