A Southwestern-Inspired Tofu Bowl to Make Your Own

Marinated tofu crisps up beautifully when cooked, but this recipe works just as well with steak, chicken, or shrimp.
A Southwestern-Inspired Tofu Bowl to Make Your Own
A fresh corn salsa and fluffy cilantro-lime rice complete this meal-in-one. Lynda Balslev for Tastefood
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Bowls are a popular and trendy category of food. The concept is simple: An individual serving bowl is arranged with various ingredients, such as cooked grains, vegetables, salads, and proteins, that are connected by flavors and spices from regional cuisines. It’s a satisfying and healthy sum of its individual parts—and fun to eat.

The variations are limitless, and the seasonings and cultural influences are the distinguishing factors. A bowl may contain fresh or stir-fried vegetables, pickles and salsas, beans or legumes, rice or another grain, and cooked proteins, such as meat, chicken, tofu, or shrimp.

Lynda Balslev
Lynda Balslev
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Lynda Balslev is a cookbook author, food and travel writer, and recipe developer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives with her Danish husband, two children, a cat, and a dog. Balslev studied cooking at Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine in Paris and worked as a personal chef, culinary instructor, and food writer in Switzerland and Denmark. Copyright 2025 Lynda Balslev. Distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication.