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

That’s the premise behind Neon Greens—a salad, grain bowl, and wrap shop that Smith planted in his hometown. — Karla Walsh, Midwest Living, 17 Aug. 2026

Use them to add color and flavor to salads, whole wheat toast, or grain bowls. — Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 6 Aug. 2026

Toss shredded lettuce into grain bowls, burrito bowls, or poke bowls. — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 31 July 2026

Otherwise, leave them whole or slice them into coins for pasta, soups, grain bowls, or skillet dinners. — Joe Sevier, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 June 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