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

Sweetgreen followed the same playbook as Mediterranean grain bowl spot Cava, which also leaned into steak and add-on menu items, successfully appealing to consumer’s desire for big portions and healthier food. —Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 21 June 2024

Use it to make chicken salad or to add to grain bowls or greens for a lunch or supper that comes together in minutes. —Olga Massov, Washington Post, 14 June 2024

Daily Harvest also makes a lot of other stuff, like grain bowls, soups, pastas, and ice pops. —Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 13 June 2024

The menu focuses on utilizing local ingredients whenever possible and has an array of vegetable-forward options, such as avocado toast with crispy chickpeas, nori, and sourdough, and a grain bowl with salmon, farro, and quinoa. —Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2024

The frozen format meals will include protein pasta, whole grain bowls, sandwich melts and pizzas priced at $4.99 and under. —Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024

Here are a few ways to enjoy radishes: Add radishes to sandwiches, grain bowls, tacos, or hot dishes like stir-fries and soups. —Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 13 Apr. 2024

For lunch, a towering turkey club sandwich, a veg-heavy grain bowl, or an iconic burger Recent additions add welcome variety to the restaurant scene while fitting right into this unpretentious neck of the woods. —Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2024

The Mediterranean menu, which includes items like crispy falafel, hummus, Greek chicken, and grain bowls and pitas, is inspired by three of the cofounders, Ike Grigoropolous, Ted Xenohristos, and Chef Dimitri Moshovitis, all sons of Greek immigrants. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

2000, in the meaning defined above