Meat & Poultry Chicken Chicken Main Dish 5-Ingredient Chicken Cauliflower Rice Bowls with Grilled Asparagus & Chicken Sausage 3.5 (2) 2 Reviews Stock the fridge with a week's worth of lunches using a handful of ingredients from your local grocery store. To save on carbs, we're swapping in riced cauliflower for regular rice and adding pregrilled asparagus, which bulks up these bowls and adds fiber. At lunchtime, just reheat to steaming then top with a bit of pesto. Try Trader Joe's for fast shortcut ingredients like these--see Tip (below) for our product recommendations. By Carolyn Hodges, M.S., RDN Carolyn Hodges, M.S., RDN Carolyn Hodges, M.S., RDN is a culinary dietitian and creator of "The Dinner Shift," a food-rule free website dedicated to helping families get dinner on the table with weeknight-friendly recipes, simple meal planning and meal prep basics. When she's not creating content for her own site, grocery shopping or washing a million dishes, Carolyn teaches higher ed nutrition and develops and photographs recipes and nutrition-related content for clients. She calls Cleveland, Ohio home along with her in-house recipe critics, her husband, Kyle, and their two boys, Caleb and Ezra. EatingWell's Editorial Guidelines Updated on April 22, 2024 Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD Jessica Ball, M.S., RD, is the senior nutrition editor for EatingWell. She is a registered dietitian with a master's in food, nutrition and sustainability. In addition to EatingWell, her work has appeared in Food & Wine, Real Simple, Parents, Better Homes and Gardens and MyRecipes. EatingWell's Editorial Guidelines Save Rate PRINT Share Close Prep Time: 15 mins Total Time: 15 mins Servings: 4 Yield: 4 servings Nutrition Profile: Low-Carb Healthy Immunity Soy-Free High-Protein Egg-Free Gluten-Free Jump to Nutrition Facts Cook Mode (Keep screen awake) Ingredients 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil 4 links fully cooked sweet Italian chicken sausage, sliced 1 (12 ounce) package frozen riced cauliflower 1 (12 ounce) package frozen grilled asparagus spears 6 tablespoons pesto Directions Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add sausage and cook, stirring often, until heated through and browned on both sides, about 5 minutes. Prepare cauliflower and asparagus according to package directions (about 3 to 4 minutes each in the microwave). Set aside to cool slightly before assembling bowls. Divide pesto among 4 small lidded containers and refrigerate. Divide the cauliflower among 4 single-serving lidded containers. Top each with one-fourth of the asparagus and one-fourth of the sausage. Refrigerate for up to 4 days. To reheat, vent the lid and microwave on High until steaming, 2 1/2 to 3 minutes. Top with pesto before serving. Tips Tip: If you shop at Trader Joe's, use these products to make this recipe: Trader Joe's fully cooked sweet Italian chicken sausage links, Trader Joe's frozen riced cauliflower, Trader Joe's frozen grilled asparagus spears, Trader Joe's Vegan Kale, Cashew & Basil Pesto. To make ahead: Refrigerate for up to 4 days. Originally appeared: EatingWell.com, December 2019 Save Rate Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 290 Calories 19g Fat 8g Carbs 20g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 4 Serving Size 1 meal-prep container & 1 1/2 Tbsp. pesto each Calories 290 % Daily Value * Total Carbohydrate 8g 3% Dietary Fiber 4g 13% Total Sugars 3g Protein 20g 41% Total Fat 19g 25% Saturated Fat 4g 21% Cholesterol 65mg 22% Vitamin A 1298IU 26% Vitamin C 58mg 64% Folate 121mcg 30% Sodium 733mg 32% Calcium 72mg 6% Iron 2mg 9% Magnesium 19mg 4% Potassium 193mg 4% Nutrition information is calculated by a registered dietitian using an ingredient database but should be considered an estimate. * Daily Values (DVs) are the recommended amounts of nutrients to consume each day. Percent Daily Value (%DV) found on nutrition labels tells you how much a serving of a particular food or recipe contributes to each of those total recommended amounts. Per the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the daily value is based on a standard 2,000 calorie diet. Depending on your calorie needs or if you have a health condition, you may need more or less of particular nutrients. (For example, it’s recommended that people following a heart-healthy diet eat less sodium on a daily basis compared to those following a standard diet.) (-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a special diet for medical reasons, be sure to consult with your primary care provider or a registered dietitian to better understand your personal nutrition needs.