My new favorite lunch is a fusion of many favorites – fresh vegetables, grilling, and tasty food that is also vibrant and energizing. I call it my lunchtime power stack, or veggie stack.
This stack started with a base of steamed* cauliflower. Next up, a mashed sweet potato. Top that with a slice of grilled pineapple, a few grilled onion rings, and lightly steamed* asparagus. A generous sprinkling of sesame adds more great flavor.
*I have also grilled all ingredients using a grill basket.
This works warm with freshly steamed and grilled components. Cold or room temperature is also good, especially on a warm Saturday while sitting in the sun with a dachshund.
Basil would like to make it known he is not picky – warm or cool, he will take his power stack either way.
Sweet and savory, fun and filling, I have been stacking my lunches all week. I am excited to share other versions of the stack – even more colorful!
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Wow. You’ve outdone yourself. This is such a simple idea but one I’d NEVER think of on my own, for real. It looks SO YUMMY and refreshing and light and perfect for the summer. I’m totally making this (I really love the grilled pineapple part most of all!!)
I hope you do make these, Jess – you will love Love LOVE it!
looks like a yummy little volcano!
ha, didn’t think about it that way but yes it does!
Um – hello! Wow. That looks amazing. I would kill to get that in a restaurant around here. Can you please move this way????
I would love to find these in a restaurant here, too… and the chances of that are probably greater out this way, hint hint
I love stacks. this looks amazing from a visual perspective. And it would be so healthy as well. YUM!
thanks, Steve! I like my food to be nice to look at too…
(I love Heather’s comment – so funny, but so true! amazing concoction!). Wow, this is definitely one of your most creative and perfect for summer eating meals!!
definitely great for summer eating – I have been loving these all week!
i love this, lady! i need to make myself a veggie power stack- STAT!
yes you do – now, Now NOW!
If Spongebob lived in a veggie pineapple on the land. This is such a brilliant combo, and it makes cauliflower look good. Nice work!
this would make a GREAT Spongebob igloo!
Wow! Do I see Veggie Power Stack Wedding Cakes in your future?
oooh, now THAT is a tasty idea! so awesome.
I am sure this is delicious. But it sorta looks like a hat I really want to wear. GREG
this would make a nice hat, like an updated Carmen Miranda? or food themed Minnie Pearl!
Stacks… brilliant! I love the idea of making the food we eat pretty and bright. Makes me just want to dig in.
you know I love the bright and vibrant food too… and recently I can’t stop stacking it!
this is why i love you! BRILLIANT< CLEVER< AMAZING! I want to grab a spooon now!
aw, thanks Linds. I wish you were my neighbor… I’d have you over for lunch like this all the time! XO
well Slap Your Mama! this is epic! I wish I could borrow your imaginations for ONE day. Love this.
…and don’t slap anyone, especial your Mama.
ha! I won’t slap my Mama, it was her birthday that day!
but I appreciate the connotation, and yes, these are that good! 
and I want a hat like this too!
haaa Tommy.
wow that is one gorgeous lunch!! i love the wonderful layers of color! thanks for sharing!
wherever you get the ideas for these fantastic combinations is so beyond me. Looks so delicious! Pretty food always makes things so much better. Especially pretty & nutritious veggie food.
thanks, Rachel – these are fun (I love stacking food…) and I can’t stop making them! lunch every day this week.
How fun and delicious!
love veggie stacks. they are so pretty and easy to make too. love your version. so pretty too!
I love these! On days I get to each lunch at home, I love fixing big salads, but the veggie stack seems like a fun way to get my vitamins in
just about any food is better stacked, right? more fun. tastes better.
I feel healthier (and more powerful!) just looking at it…it’s a Superhero-worthy Stack! Many thanks.
you are welcome, Nik! Superhero worthy, huh? thank you!
Pretty. I think I’d like to eat that right now for breakfast.
I would too, Denise!
YUM! Looks like this would be very filling and I love meals made entirely of veggies – it’s a nice change of pace!
I have been loving these, Ashley! wait until you see the next one, it is SO pretty!
I LOVE THIS VEGGIE TOWER! The colors! The layers! The asparagus peeking out of the onion ring like noble folks who stand on the tower of their castle, looking around their lands and saying, “ah, isn’t it nice here?”
this is fantastic! so many ideas popped into my head about what I could layer. I want to incorporate avocado – no surprise there! and I hope you are using your sriracha spray on these delicious stacks!
I love stacks and you’ve presented it so well! I would certainly be looking forward to lunch time if I knew this was on the menu!
Kristina, your creativity and eye for beauty astounds and inspires me!
Almost too pretty to eat. Almost. Looks absolutely fabulous and the fusion of flavors makes it a winner…and let me guess, you sprayed it with your sriracha bottle!
well mine is not anything to look at, LOL, but it sure tastes good! can’t wait to see more power stacks!
this is hilarious! i love it! haha
thank you for sharing with Fresh Foods Wednesday – hope to see you back next week!
hello darling!
you’ve been featured this week at the Fresh Foods Blog Hop for this post. Hope to see you again this week!
why, thank you my dear!
and I already beat ya to it… I shared the cherries we just picked tonight, from our yard! no recipe with them yet, hopefully soon! XO
this is so fun!
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