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Rice and grains

Aromatic rice pudding

Avgolemono - chicken soup with rice and lemons

Baked polenta with braised wild mushrooms

Bulgur with cheese and eggplant

Chicken jambalaya

Chicken paella with slow roasted tomatoes

Couscous for a summer night

Couscous salad with herbs

Cranberry rice pudding

Curried mushroom, bean and barley soup

Golden festival rice

Green herb risotto

Jambalaya

Kamut, cranberry and feta salad

Kasha varnishkes

Kasha varnishkes (vegetarian)

Lentils and brown rice

Mixed grain and dried fruit salad

Mixed grain salad

Moros y cristianos (black beans and rice)

Mushroom and asparagus paella

Mushroom-barley soup

Mushroom risotto

Nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice)

Nasi goreng, simplified

Nasi kuning (golden festival rice)

Paella a la Valenciana

Pie-ella

Polenta dome

Prawn fried rice

Quinoa pudding

Quinoa salad with tomatoes, parsley and feta

Rice pilaf

Risotto alla Milanese

Risotto with grapefruit

Rose petal risotto

Salmon fried rice

Squash, cheese and polenta loaf

Sushi rice

Sweet couscous

Three-mushroom risotto

Vegetable fried rice

Vegetable nori rolls

Vegetable paella with spicy garlic sauce

Vegetarian couscous with dried fruit

Wild rice and chicken salad

Wild rice salad

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