209 gran recipes

Peanut butter and carrot cookies hide shredded carrot and bran flakes inside a classic fork-pressed peanut butter cookie. High-fiber lunchbox cookies kids actually finish.

Cornbread chili is a one-skillet tamale-pie cousin: ground beef simmered with cumin, oregano, and tomato concasse, then crowned with a buttermilk cornmeal crust and baked golden.

Russian black bread for the bread machine: a dense, dark rye loaf colored and flavored with cocoa, instant coffee, vinegar, and caraway seeds. The hearty Slavic bread that pairs perfectly with smoked fish or hearty soups.

High-fiber bran muffins made with whole wheat flour, orange juice, prune butter, and raisins. No oil, no egg yolks, and packed with fiber from bran cereal and wheat germ. Healthy grab-and-go breakfast in 45 minutes.

Vegetable risotto cooked in a wok with toasted walnuts, black olives, tomatoes, corn, and peas in vegetable stock. A hearty vegan one-pot rice dish loaded with garden vegetables.

Healthy yeast-raised waffles loaded with whole wheat flour, oats, cornmeal, bran, and wheat germ. Hearty, fiber-rich breakfast batter that can rest overnight for deeper flavor.

Scandinavian-style meatball cakes made from ground veal and pork with cream and eggs, served alongside beer rice cooked in French onion soup. A hearty, pub-inspired dinner.

Red bell peppers stuffed with spiced ground beef, rice, toasted walnuts, raisins, and olives, then baked until tender. A one-dish dinner with sweet and savory filling.

Russian-style black bread with rye flour, dark molasses, unsweetened chocolate, and bran. A dense, dark-crumbed yeast loaf for hearty sandwiches and slathering with butter. Makes two loaves.

Warm turkey and sweet potato salad tossed in a creamy tarragon mustard dressing with peppery watercress and butter lettuce. A hearty, satisfying way to use leftover turkey.

Indian vegetable pullao with sprouted mung beans, long grain rice, green beans, and mushrooms seasoned with garam masala and popping mustard seeds. Oven-finished for fluffy, separate grains.

Get your boost of protein with these easy-to-make muffins that are great for a quick breakfast in the morning.

Bread machine summer vegetable bread with julienned squash folded into a hearty dough of bread flour, whole wheat, and bran. Savory with soy sauce.

Russian black bread made with rye flour, molasses, unsweetened chocolate, instant coffee, and caraway seeds. Dense, dark, and deeply flavored with a glossy cornstarch glaze.

Henzi's seed bread loaded with sunflower, poppy, and caraway seeds, walnuts, raisins, and three flours (bread, whole wheat, rye). A nutty, fiber-rich loaf for the bread machine that toasts up gorgeous.

Hearty multigrain bread machine loaf packed with whole wheat, rye flour, wheat germ, bran, and sunflower seeds. Dump it all in, press start, and let the machine bake a dense, nutty, fiber-rich loaf.