32 Reasons the Grain in Spain Falls Mainly On Your Plate

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Grains! They’re the greatest. Sometimes all you have is a sad little can of beans or a head of broccoli and grains are what save the day to make it an actual meal. Whether they be rice or quinoa or any of a dozen other grains, they’re affordable, nonperishable, and serve you faithfully as side dishes, in salads, in soups, with proteins, in a box, with a fox, etc. There are approximately eight million ways to eat the grains in your pantry; here are a few ideas to get you started.


1. Turkey Curry Over Cranberry Walnut Wild Rice Pilaf

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2. Blueberry Coconut Oatmeal Pudding

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3. Brown Sugar Pear Steel Cut Oats

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4. Homemade Granola Three Ways

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5. Broccoli Quinoa Quesadillas

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6. Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice

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7. Crispy Baked Quinoa Cakes with Dill Yogurt Sauce

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8. Brown Butter Risotto Grilled Artichokes

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9. Herbed Fried Rice

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10. Crisp Apple Pie Oatmeal

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11. Quinoa Super Seed Granola

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12. Quinoa Breakfast Hash Browns

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13. Veggie Quinoa Breakfast Bowl

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14. Stuck Post Rice with Lentils and Yogurt

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15. Vegan Paella

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16. Spent Grain Quinoa Burgers

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17. Spinach and Mushroom Rice Casserole

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18. Butternut Squash Quinoa Kale with Cranberries and Goat Cheese

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19. Black Sticky Rice with Pomegranate

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20. Indian Spiced Quinoa Chickpea Burgers

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21. Mediterranean Brown Rice Pilaf

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22. Ottolenghi’s Chicken with Caramelized Onion Cinnamon Cardamom Rice

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23. Quinoa Vegetarian Meatballs

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24. Easy Tomato Beans and Rice

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25. Crispy Garlic Fried Brown Rice with Kale

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26. Taco-ish Quinoa Bake

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27. Stuffed Aubergines with Pomegranate Seeds

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28. Cauliflower Tomato and Sausage Quinoa Gratin

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29. Southwestern Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

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30. Southwest Farro Salad

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31. Mixed Rice and Vegetable Salad

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32. Lamb Biryani

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Rachel

Originally from Boston, MA, Rachel now lives in the Midwest. Topics dear to her heart include bisexuality, The X-Files and tacos. Her favorite Ciara video is probably "Ride," but if you're only going to watch one, she recommends "Like A Boy." You can follow her on twitter and instagram.

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18 Comments

  1. I’ve been trying to come up with some clever rhyme based on grains and my name and shit but all I can keep thinking is PUT THE FOOD IN MY MOUTH I WANT TO EAT ALL THE THINGS

  2. Suddenly praying that there is some quinoa in the back of my pantry that I’ve somehow completely missed seeing.

  3. This was seriously inspirational! I can’t afford that much quinoa, but amaranth and millet mixed together make a pretty bangin’ substitute!! :D Thanks for this!

  4. Toda muy bueno, pero it’s Monday and you mentioned sad beans in a can so I’m compelled to shill a guaranteed way to make beans smile and a 2 shakes of powdered garlic.

    (I’m sorry I could not resist and the Spanish is in gratitude for Spain being a better parent than France. Again, lo siento)

  5. This reminded me to make stuffed squash, it had chicken sausage and quinoa and kale and goat cheese, my girlfriend thanks you.

  6. The level of structural tactics used from the English language in the title of this article overwhelmed me so much that I can’t even read the rest of it yet.

    I assumed my first comment on an article would be a response to something that emotionally triggered me. Here it is, everyone. A well crafted pun at 3am.

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