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

Pizza, grain bowls with your favorite dressing, and tacos are all fantastic and flexible options, too. —Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 9 June 2025

Best of all, the grain bowl and other options will be available for pre-order on most Alaska Airlines flights over 1,100 miles. —Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2025

Examples of meals with fortified grains include cereal and milk, oatmeal, overnight oats, grain bowls, and smoothies blended with oats. —Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Ld, Health, 31 Mar. 2025

Incorporate fresh fruits into savory dishes, like salads and grain bowls. —Jillian Kubala, Health, 12 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

2000, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for grain bowl

• bankroll
• bedroll
• borehole
• cajole
• catchpole
• charcoal
• condole
• control
• dipole
• downhole
• enroll
• extol