A hummus bowl makes the best easy lunch or dinner: no cooking required! Layer a dollop with crunchy veggie toppings.

Hello and welcome to the best quick lunch or healthy easy dinner around: the Hummus Bowl! At it’s base, this simple concept requires no cooking at all: layer a dollop of hummus with crunchy veggies and serve with pita wedges. It’s easily customizable and you can make it super basic or fancier with easy additions of ingredients. It takes just 5 minutes to make this Mediterranean-style meal that’s bursting with creamy, tangy, crunchy, fresh, and savory flavors. Here’s how it’s done!

What’s in a hummus bowl?

This concept is so simple for easy lunches and dinners where you don’t even have to think. It’s great for filler days of the week where you don’t want to cook, or you want to use up veggies in the fridge. There are a few elements that are required, and then lots of fancy toppings that can step it up from basic to beautiful. Here are the required elements in a hummus bowl:

• Hummus: find the best purchased brand you can, or make your own (see below)
• English cucumber: An English cucumber is long and thin with no tough skin, no seeds and a milder flavor than standard cucumber. Look for it in the produce section!
• Cherry tomatoes or red bell pepper: It’s nice to have a red element: we eat with our eyes!
• Olives: Kalamata olives add a satiating salty pop; try Castelvetrano olives as a milder option
• Red onion: or use shallot for a milder option
• Pita bread or gluten free crackers: It’s nice to have a bread item for dipping: use whatever fits your diet
• Baby greens or chopped lettuce (optional): Baby greens add texture and nutrients
• Feta cheese (optional): A sprinkle adds another savory element; omit or try vegan feta for dairy-free
• Rice or another grain (optional): This makes the hummus bowl more filling, so it’s nice to include as a dinner option. We like using the microwavable pre-cooked rice packages for quick meals, or using leftover cooked rice or quinoa, farro, or other grains.

Variations: more hummus bowl toppings

Want to make a fancy hummus bowl? The great thing about this concept is you can make it as fancy or plain as you like. You can use leftover veggies from the fridge, or fancier pantry items to give it unexpected flavors. Or top it with a protein to make it into dinner! Here are some ideas:

• Jarred roasted red peppers
• Harissa paste add some heat
• Jarred Calabrian chilis are very spicy (use caution when adding them!)
• Capers or caper berries
• Falafel: try frozen packaged, homemade raw falafel balls, or baked falafel
• Shrimp: Try Sauteed Shrimp or Baked Shrimp
• Cooked chicken

Buy best quality hummus, or try homemade

It’s easiest to pick up purchased hummus for this recipe: there are so many options at the grocery store these days! Look for a great quality brand with creamy, balanced flavor (for example to us, Sabra brand has an overly salty, artificial flavor). Or, you can make your own! Meal prep it over the weekend, then enjoy it for meals throughout the week. Here are some of our top homemade hummus recipes:

• Try classic Homemade Hummus
• Go green with Glowing Green Hummus
• Opt for bright pink Creamy Beet Hummus
• Try savory Easy Black Bean Hummus
• Out of tahini? Try Hummus Without Tahini

More easy Mediterranean diet recipes

This hummus bowl is an ideal easy Mediterranean diet recipe that makes healthy eating fun! Here are a few more easy Mediterranean-style recipes to liven up your diet:

• Go for Mediterranean Tuna Salad
• Try Mediterranean Couscous Bowls Recipe
• Opt for 5-minute Simple Chickpea Salad
• Mix up a Greek Salad

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Mediterranean Tuna Salad

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Mediterranean Couscous Bowls Recipe

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Simple Chickpea Salad

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Greek Salad

This hummus bowl recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.

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