The Complete Beans and Grains Cookbook

450+ Crave-Worthy Recipes Starring Beans & Grains

Attention omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans: This cookbook is for you. Whether you're just opening a can of black beans, taking the time to brine scarlet runners, or cooking teff, the test kitchen makes the world of beans and grains both approachable and delicious. Discover tantalizing recipes that use them in everything from sandwiches, pizza, and simmered stews to cultural mainstays from around the world such as adasi, spaetzle, and gyros. Our test cooks worked through mountains of beans and grains to provide you with the most comprehensive cooking instructions and discoveries in one go-to volume. Fast and vegan tags offer easy searching; ingredient substitutions offer flexibility.

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— The Missourian

More from The Book:

Beanified Recipes, Grainy Innovations

Classics are reimagined to let beans deliciously take over—think Beans Puttanesca and Chickpea Bouillabaisse—and grains take center stage in dishes such as Savory Oatmeal and Teff-Stuffed Squash with Lime Crema and Roasted Pepitas.

Test Kitchen Techniques Ensure Success

Get the secrets discovered during our testing, from how to make beans tender while keeping their shape to preventing cooked grains from clumping up. Recipes include a substitution line offering convenient bean and grain options for maximum flexibility.

Complete Means Complete

Part of ATK's award-winning Complete Cookbook series, which includes The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook and The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook. The book's pages are bulging with recipes, subrecipes and flavor variations, finished dish photos, step-by-step photos, sidebars, and cooking charts.