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If you’ve ever wanted to know the best way to batch cook brown rice or even how to get the most perfect fluffy quinoa, we have you covered! In our Fed & Fit test kitchen, we’ve tested all the options for you and only published the BEST and most reliable below.

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a large glass bowl of very colorful chilled spring veggie salad

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Chilled Spring Veggie Rice Salad

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Easy Italian Pasta Salad Recipe for Any Occasion

Top view of a large dish of creamy tuna pasta salad next to two servings of pasta salad in bowls.

Classic Tuna Pasta Salad: Simple and Satisfying

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White pot with fluffy white rice in it with a silver spoon with a spoonful of rice.

How to Cook Perfect White Rice

a serving bowl of chicken fried rice

Easy Chicken Fried Rice

three chicken dishes (creamy chicken rice casserole, Greek power bowls, and chicken fried rice) surrounding a bag of Lundberg's sprouted brown basmati rice

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Batch Cooking Brown Rice

a large glass bowl of very colorful chilled spring veggie salad

Chilled Spring Veggie Rice Salad

a dish of wild rice stuffing sitting on a wood board next to a halved orange, and whole shallots

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Wild Rice Stuffing

top view of a shallow bowl filled with garlic parmesan pasta sitting on a kitchen towel on a marble surface

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Lemony Garlic Parmesan Pasta

side view of a plate of semi-homemade stuffing

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Semi-Homemade Thanksgiving Stuffing

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the side view of a casserole dish of oven-baked mac and cheese with one serving removed and a serving spoon scooping out another serving

Easiest Oven-Baked Mac and Cheese (Dump-and-Bake!)

perfectly cooked tri-color, red, and white quinoa in circular glass bowls on a marble surface

How to Make Quinoa

cooked white coconut rice in a glass dish on a marble surface

Dairy Free

Perfect Coconut Rice

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Top view of a large bowl of Italian pasta salad.

Easy Italian Pasta Salad Recipe for Any Occasion

Top view of a large dish of creamy tuna pasta salad next to two servings of pasta salad in bowls.

Classic Tuna Pasta Salad: Simple and Satisfying

Easy

White pot with fluffy white rice in it with a silver spoon with a spoonful of rice.

How to Cook Perfect White Rice

a serving bowl of chicken fried rice

Easy Chicken Fried Rice

three chicken dishes (creamy chicken rice casserole, Greek power bowls, and chicken fried rice) surrounding a bag of Lundberg's sprouted brown basmati rice

Food

Batch Cooking Brown Rice

a large glass bowl of very colorful chilled spring veggie salad

Chilled Spring Veggie Rice Salad

a dish of wild rice stuffing sitting on a wood board next to a halved orange, and whole shallots

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Wild Rice Stuffing

top view of a shallow bowl filled with garlic parmesan pasta sitting on a kitchen towel on a marble surface

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Lemony Garlic Parmesan Pasta

side view of a plate of semi-homemade stuffing

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Semi-Homemade Thanksgiving Stuffing

Easy

the side view of a casserole dish of oven-baked mac and cheese with one serving removed and a serving spoon scooping out another serving

Easiest Oven-Baked Mac and Cheese (Dump-and-Bake!)

perfectly cooked tri-color, red, and white quinoa in circular glass bowls on a marble surface

How to Make Quinoa

cooked white coconut rice in a glass dish on a marble surface

Dairy Free

Perfect Coconut Rice

easy no-stir polenta

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Basic No-Stir Polenta

No-Stir Mushroom Risotto

No-Stir Mushroom Risotto

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garlic apricot wild rice

garlic apricot wild rice