I always keep my pantry stocked with a wide variety of grains. Increasing the diversity of grains in your diet is a great way to avoid overrefined carbohydrates and ensure that you’re getting enough fiber.
What’s your favorite grain? Leave your top pick as a comment here or on Facebook!
If I had to create a top ten list of my favorite grains, I think it would look something like this:
1. Farro
2. Wheat Berries
3. Short-Grain Brown Rice
4. Thai Sticky Rice
5. Steel-Cut Oats
6. Quinoa
7. Wild Rice
8. Pearled Barley
9. Israeli Couscous
10. Forbidden Rice (Black Rice)
What’s your number one favorite grain? Vote now by leaving a comment here or on Facebook. A top ten list of readers’ favorites will be published next week.
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That’s a hard choice between quinoa, farro and couscous. Love them all, but if I had to choose one. . . couscous. Could eat that all day and night, all day every day.
I love them all… but I guess if I had to pick the most delicious, I’d go for Thai sticky rice, with mango on top. Mmmm, now I want some.
Oh my goodness Jennie – Thai sticky rice with coconut and mango has got to be my all time favorite dessert EVER.
I have a recipe…
Quinoa
I LOVE quinoa! It’s a great substitute for ground beef in a lot of dishes.
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Oh, man! I have to pick just one? I’d probably have to go with quinoa.