grain bowl

noun

plural grain bowls

: a dish typically consisting of an individual portion of a cooked grain (such as rice, quinoa, or farro) served in a bowl with accompaniments such as vegetables, beans, meat or fish, and sauce

Like many cooks I know, I don't always follow recipes for grain bowls at home. Instead, I tend to use up what I have in the fridge and pantry, mixing and matching, figuring out how to make odds and ends delicious.

—Tejal Rao

Arrange, don't mix. Part of a grain bowl's appeal is the visual distinctiveness of its various parts—toss it all together, and it's no longer eye candy.

—Carrie Dennett

Examples of grain bowl in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Try using pomegranate arils in dishes like oatmeal, salads, and grain bowls, and adding pomegranate juice to cocktails, mocktails, and smoothies for a delicious and easy way to care for your health. —Jillian Kubala, Health, 9 Oct. 2024

Later meals include green bean, cauliflower, and salad options, alongside main options of a pesto pasta salad, mushrooms and lentils, a chicken grain bowl, or ginger garlic tofu. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024

For lunch, customers have the option of a chicken grain bowl or ginger garlic tofu. —Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2024

Westbound travelers will get a choice of pesto pasta salad or mushroom and lentils, while eastbound travelers get a chicken grain bowl or ginger garlic tofu. —Nathan Bomey, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

2000, in the meaning defined above