The Best Grain Salad Recipes Will Turn Your Greens Into A Meal

It's the trick to turning your salad into a meal.
Pinch of Yum, Foodie Crush, Naturally Ella

Salads are great. They're full of fresh produce, drizzled with delicious dressings and make you feel good about the choices you're making in life. But there's a problem. Just an hour or two after eating a salad, your stomach tends to forget you've eaten at all. And so, you must eat again.

Unless of course, you were wise enough to eat a grain salad.

Grain salads are a lot like regular salads, only they're loaded with heart-healthy whole grains like barley, farro and/or wheat berries -- plus all the greens and produce you love in traditional salads. Some grain salads are made up mostly of grains, others are just regular salads bulked up with a couple spoonfuls of grains, and all of them are delicious. Look:

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Moroccan Carrot Salad With Millet

Naturally Ella
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2

Southwest Quinoa And Grilled Corn Salad

Foodie Crush
3

Mediterranean Farro Salad

Gimme Some Oven
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4

Greek Goddess Grain Bowl With 'Fried' Zucchini, Toasted Seeds and Fried Halloumi

Half Baked Harvest
5

Thai Quinoa Salad

Foodie Crush
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6

Autumn Glow Salad With Lemon Salad Dressing

Pinch of Yum
7

Garlic Kale And Brown Rice Salad

Pinch of Yum
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8

Farro Salad With Roasted Corn, Red Pepper And Red Onion

Alexandra's Kitchen
9

Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad With Einkorn And Soy-Mustard Dressing

Naturally Ella
10

Sorghum Salad With Cucumber And Feta

Naturally Ella
11

Mediterranean Quinoa Salad

Foodie Crush
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12

Freekah Salad With Roasted Kale And Cabbage

Alexandra's Kitchen
13

Herbed Quinoa And Pomegranate Salad

Cookie and Kate
14

Chickpea, Farro And Greens Salad

Cookie and Kate
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15

Roasted Cherry Tomato, Arugula and Sorghum Salad

Cookie and Kate
16

Spring Wheat Berry Salad

Alexandra's Kitchen
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17

Quinoa Almond Crunch Salad

Feasting at Home
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18

Farro Salad With Peas And Lemon-Yogurt Dressing

Naturally Ella

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