This 4-Ingredient Healthy Chicken Parmesan Quinoa Bowl is a 4-ingredient, lightened up version of an Italian classic – chicken parmesan! Inspired by one of my favorite Chicago chains – Protein Bar.

Moving is hard.

Seeing as I graduated college just 2 short years ago, I’ve moved apartments every single year for the past 6 years. Most years, I even moved two or three times!

You’d think I would be an old pro by now, but rather I’ve just come to realize how much random crap I have. Like, is there any reason to still have that love letter from high school from that guy you don’t speak to any more? (I wish I was kidding).

In the midst of my apartment relocation chaos, easy recipes are are life-savers. Seeing as I had a half-empty box of quinoa and a jar of marinara sauce to use up, I knew I just had to recreate one of my favorite meals from a Chicago chain restaurant – Protein Bowl.

This copycat Protein Bowl recipe is a homemade version of their Healthy Parm. Essentially, it’s just quinoa, chicken, marinara and Parmesan cheese. It really can’t get any simpler than this 4-Ingredient Healthy Chicken Parmesan Quinoa Bowl, yet you’ll feel like your splurging on a bowl of carb-filled Italian food.

You can prepare your quinoa ahead of time, as well as dice your chicken to make this lunch on the fly. I even used a grocery store rotisserie chicken to make it extra easy! So all I have to do for weekday lunches is nuke the quinoa, chicken, marinara and Parmesan in the microwave.

Talk about the best 4-ingredient, 5-minute healthy lunch ever.

This 4-Ingredient Healthy Chicken Parmesan Quinoa Bowl really is a delicious, lightened-up version of one of my favorite Italian dishes. Although the chicken is not breaded and fried, this meal will definitely leave you satisfied. The quinoa makes a great pasta substitute if you’re trying to cut down on processed carbs.

A protein-packed lunch or dinner recipe this easy to make will surely become a regular in your household. I know it will for mine. 🙂

4-Ingredient Healthy Chicken Parmesan Quinoa Bowl

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Ingredients

1 cup quinoa, cooked
1 cup chicken, cooked and diced (I use rotisserie chicken from the grocery store)
1/2 cup marinara sauce (homemade or your favorite brand)
Parmesan cheese, grated

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