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

Greens and grain bowls are on the menu alongside sandwiches, fruit smoothies and organic lemonades. —Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026

For more soluble fiber, toss chickpeas or kidney beans into chili, or top a grain bowl with roasted broccoli. —Sarah Garone, Health, 16 Mar. 2026

Comforting options include rotisserie sandwiches and burgers, grain bowls and salads, and fruity mocktails, spritzes, and beers. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026

Add avocados to salads or grain bowls as an ingredient or dressing. —Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 9 Mar. 2026

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