Ellie's Real Good Food show's poster

Great Grains

Chef Ellie Krieger helps people get the most out of life by cooking in the convergence where delicious and healthy meet. This cooking series offers healthy, time-saving strategies for menu planning, food shopping and cooking. Ellie also discusses the concept of volumetrics, the method of incorporating low-calorie, high-volume ingredients into recipes to make them more filling.

RMPBS Passport

Please log in to your PBS Passport account to watch this video

Become a Member

Great Grains

Season 2 Episode 211 | 27m 43s | CC

Intrigued by those exotic grains that have popped up on your grocer's shelves, but don't know where to start? Ellie cooks with grains, including many that offer refreshing alternatives to people with allergies. Recipes include Breakfast Grain Bowl with Quinoa, Steel Cut Oats & Chia; Sorghum Salad w/ Cucumber, Cilantro & Cumin; 3-Ingredient Popcorn w/ Parsley & Parmesan; and Chickpea & Farro Stew.

Related stories

Education
As student hunger persists at colleges, higher education tries out providing free food
The Community College of Aurora has joined the growing number of colleges nationwide providing free food to students, hiring staff to increase food access and erase a commonplace stigma around asking for help.
 | Jason Gonzales
Rocky Mountain PBS
Through food and unity, the Hispanic Restaurant Association celebrates Latin American culture
During a time of tremendous personal and financial loss, the Hispanic Restaurant Association was created to help Hispanic-owned businesses get back on their feet and to cultivate the next generation of chefs and restaurateurs.
 | Lindsey Ford, Alexis Kikoen
Rocky Mountain PBS
As climate crisis worsens, a Denver urban farm uses sustainable practices to combat food insecurity
Denver's Ekar Farms, which provides fresh produce to Coloradans experiencing hunger, was able to double its crop yields in recent years by using sustainable practices.
 | Dana Knowles, Lindsey Ford

Ellie's Real Good Food

Watch more episodes

See more
See more
Distributed nationally by American Public Television