Chef Brad: Fusion Grain Cooking
41 Episodes
Next Airdate: May 28, 2:00pm (MT)
Chef Brad has been incorporating healthy grains into his favorite recipes for the past 20 years. An authoritative source on the latest in healthy cuisine, Chef Brad equips you in every episode with the know-how—and the appetite—for healthy meals.
Episodes: Chef Brad: Fusion Grain Cooking
list viewSorghum Gluten Free Recipes
Originally aired: 1/22/2013
Make a sorghum green bean salad, sorghum chili with beans, and double-baked sorghum biscotti cookies dipped in chocolate—all gluten free!
Hard Red Wheat
Originally aired: 12/19/2012
Learn how to fuse hard red wheat with bread, pinto beans, and potatoes.
Kaniwa
Originally aired: 12/11/2012
Infuse your favorite breakfast foods with kaniwa and learn how to make coconut waffles, fruit salad, and the perfect omelet.
Sprouted Barley
Originally aired: 12/4/2012
Learn how to sprout barley and fuse it with salad, pancakes, flat bread, and even ribs!
Brown Rice
Originally aired: 11/27/2012
Make delicious meatballs with brown rice and roasted tomato sauce and brown rice olive bread.
Kamut
Originally aired: 11/20/2012
These tasty new recipes combine Kamut and lentil into soup, breakfast cereal, croutons, and Caesar salad.
Amaranth
Originally aired: 11/13/2012
Fuse amaranth with oat granola, cookies, and protein bars.
Flax and Chia Seed
Originally aired: 11/6/2012
Learn to make flax seed bread, roasted garlic chia seed mashed potatoes, and other grain-infused recipes.
Red Quinoa
Originally aired: 10/30/2012
Chef Brad's favorite "supergrain," quinoa, is the perfect grain for sneaking nutrition into your favorite foods. Learn how to fuse white, black,...
Black Barley
Originally aired: 10/23/2012
Chef Brad uses black barley to make thai pudding, stir fry, and cabbage salad.
Freekah
Originally aired: 10/16/2012
Learn to use freekah to make muffins, cereal, pancakes with a peaches-and-cream topping, and the ultimate hot chocolate.
Spelt
Originally aired: 10/9/2012
Use spelt to make chocolate cupcakes, potato rosemary biscuits, and stuffed cantaloupe fruit salad.
Black Quinoa
Originally aired: 10/2/2012
Use black quinoa to make East Coast crab cakes, salad, and banana nut bread.
Oat Groats & Kidney Beans
Originally aired: 2/16/2012
Chef Brad fuses oat groats & kidney beans to make fall stew, flatbread, rotisserie chicken salad, and dip.
Amaranth & Butter Beans
Originally aired: 2/9/2012
Chef Brad fuses amaranth & butter beans to make macaroni and cheese, pork tenderloin, and a Waldorf salad.
Teff & Small Red Beans
Originally aired: 2/2/2012
Chef Brad fuses teff and small red beans to make fried ice cream, potato pie dough, and a bean relish.
Barley & Fava Beans
Originally aired: 1/26/2012
Barley & Fava Beans: Chef Brad fuses barley and fava beans to make barley sourdough spinach bread and a barley fava salad and dressing.
Kamut & Lentil
Originally aired: 1/19/2012
Kamut & Lentil: These tasty new recipes combine Kamut and lentil into soup, breakfast cereal, croutons, and Caesar salad.
Rice & Colorado River Beans
Originally aired: 1/12/2012
Discover the pairing of an old favorite with a new, unique bean. Learn to make Chinese scallion bread, brown rice stir-fry, and a Chinese chicken...
Spelt & Great Northern Beans
Originally aired: 1/5/2012
Combine spelt and great northern beans to make applecake, stuffed pancakes, and a sweet bean breakfast salad.
Millett & Black-Eyed Peas
Originally aired: 12/29/2011
Create new flavors when you add millet and black-eyed peas to pea soup, rice and sausage, and chicken and millet-stuffed tomatoes.
Farro & Cannellini Beans
Originally aired: 12/22/2011
Incorporate farro and cannellini beans in potato stew, papaya salad, and flour tortillas.
Christmas/New Year's Special
Originally aired: 12/15/2011
Chef Brad celebrates Christmas in style with a holiday ham, chicken wings, cashew Christmas corn, toffee nut fudge, eggnog, and more.
White Wheat & Cranberry Beans
Originally aired: 12/8/2011
Incorporate wheat and cranberry beans with pulled pork, whole-wheat buns, salsa, and baked beans.
Edamame & White Quinoa
Originally aired: 12/1/2011
Fuse quinoa and edamame beans with a quinoa chicken soup, buttermilk cookies, an edamame bean salad, and old-fashioned cornbread.
Black Beans and Black Quinoa
Originally aired: 11/24/2011
Fuse black quinoa and black beans to make a black bean bread, black quinoa salmon cakes, a triple-grain salad, and avocado soup.
Anasazi Beans
Originally aired: 11/17/2011
Use red quinoa and Anasazi beans to up the nutritional value of ribs, rice, salsa, and an apple quinoa salad.
Thanksgiving Special
Originally aired: 11/10/2011
Chef Brad shows how to use grains to cook the perfect holiday meal with all the trimmings, including turkey, dressing, rolls, potatoes, and...
Oats
Originally aired: 8/5/2011
Join Chef Brad and learn how to fuse oats with oatmeal cookies, pineapple oat salad, and breakfast cereal.
Rice
Originally aired: 7/29/2011
Find out how to fuse rice with breakfast cereal, a chicken and rice dish, and brown rice waffle sandwiches.
Spelt
Originally aired: 7/23/2011
Use spelt to make delicious salad, potato bread, rosemary flatbread, and sweet and savory scones.
Buckwheat
Originally aired: 7/15/2011
Learn to fuse buckwheat with salad, rustic bread, and fried buckwheat pancakes.
Farro
Originally aired: 7/8/2011
Fuse farro with bread, risotto, grilled vegetable salad, and torte.
Popcorn
Originally aired: 7/1/2011
Chef Brad shows how to fuse popcorn with cornbread, chili relleno, and salad.
Millet
Originally aired: 6/24/2011
Learn to fuse millet with sliders, rigatoni, and a salad.
Barley
Originally aired: 6/17/2011
Use barley to make delicious bread, salad, soup, and a side dish.
Amaranth
Originally aired: 6/10/2011
Fuse amaranth with cookies, crispy treats, and spinach salad.
Wheat
Originally aired: 6/3/2011
Learn to make homemade wheat bread with Chef Brad.
Teff
Originally aired: 5/27/2011
Fuse teff with a two different kinds of pizza and a salad.
Kamut
Originally aired: 5/20/2011
Learn to fuse kamut with blueberry pancakes, wholegrain muffins, and fruit salad.
Quinoa
Originally aired: 5/13/2011
Chef Brad shows how to fuse quinoa with a fruit salad, bread, and meatloaf.
Sorghum Gluten Free Recipes
Make a sorghum green bean salad, sorghum chili with beans, and double-baked sorghum biscotti cookies dipped in chocolate—all gluten free!
Hard Red Wheat
Learn how to fuse hard red wheat with bread, pinto beans, and potatoes.
Kaniwa
Infuse your favorite breakfast foods with kaniwa and learn how to make coconut waffles, fruit salad, and the perfect omelet.
Sprouted Barley
Learn how to sprout barley and fuse it with salad, pancakes, flat bread, and even ribs!
Brown Rice
Make delicious meatballs with brown rice and roasted tomato sauce and brown rice olive bread.
Kamut
These tasty new recipes combine Kamut and lentil into soup, breakfast cereal, croutons, and Caesar salad.
Amaranth
Fuse amaranth with oat granola, cookies, and protein bars.
Flax and Chia Seed
Learn to make flax seed bread, roasted garlic chia seed mashed potatoes, and other grain-infused recipes.
Red Quinoa
Chef Brad's favorite "supergrain," quinoa, is the perfect grain for sneaking nutrition into your favorite foods. Learn how to fuse white, black, and red quinoa with fruit salad, bread, and meatloaf.
Black Barley
Chef Brad uses black barley to make thai pudding, stir fry, and cabbage salad.
Freekah
Learn to use freekah to make muffins, cereal, pancakes with a peaches-and-cream topping, and the ultimate hot chocolate.
Spelt
Use spelt to make chocolate cupcakes, potato rosemary biscuits, and stuffed cantaloupe fruit salad.
Black Quinoa
Use black quinoa to make East Coast crab cakes, salad, and banana nut bread.
Oat Groats & Kidney Beans
Chef Brad fuses oat groats & kidney beans to make fall stew, flatbread, rotisserie chicken salad, and dip.
Amaranth & Butter Beans
Chef Brad fuses amaranth & butter beans to make macaroni and cheese, pork tenderloin, and a Waldorf salad.
Teff & Small Red Beans
Chef Brad fuses teff and small red beans to make fried ice cream, potato pie dough, and a bean relish.
Barley & Fava Beans
Barley & Fava Beans: Chef Brad fuses barley and fava beans to make barley sourdough spinach bread and a barley fava salad and dressing.
Kamut & Lentil
Kamut & Lentil: These tasty new recipes combine Kamut and lentil into soup, breakfast cereal, croutons, and Caesar salad.
Rice & Colorado River Beans
Discover the pairing of an old favorite with a new, unique bean. Learn to make Chinese scallion bread, brown rice stir-fry, and a Chinese chicken salad.
Spelt & Great Northern Beans
Combine spelt and great northern beans to make applecake, stuffed pancakes, and a sweet bean breakfast salad.
Millett & Black-Eyed Peas
Create new flavors when you add millet and black-eyed peas to pea soup, rice and sausage, and chicken and millet-stuffed tomatoes.
Farro & Cannellini Beans
Incorporate farro and cannellini beans in potato stew, papaya salad, and flour tortillas.
Christmas/New Year's Special
Chef Brad celebrates Christmas in style with a holiday ham, chicken wings, cashew Christmas corn, toffee nut fudge, eggnog, and more.
White Wheat & Cranberry Beans
Incorporate wheat and cranberry beans with pulled pork, whole-wheat buns, salsa, and baked beans.
Edamame & White Quinoa
Fuse quinoa and edamame beans with a quinoa chicken soup, buttermilk cookies, an edamame bean salad, and old-fashioned cornbread.
Black Beans and Black Quinoa
Fuse black quinoa and black beans to make a black bean bread, black quinoa salmon cakes, a triple-grain salad, and avocado soup.
Anasazi Beans
Use red quinoa and Anasazi beans to up the nutritional value of ribs, rice, salsa, and an apple quinoa salad.
Thanksgiving Special
Chef Brad shows how to use grains to cook the perfect holiday meal with all the trimmings, including turkey, dressing, rolls, potatoes, and drinks, as well as great ideas for table decorations.
Oats
Join Chef Brad and learn how to fuse oats with oatmeal cookies, pineapple oat salad, and breakfast cereal.
Rice
Find out how to fuse rice with breakfast cereal, a chicken and rice dish, and brown rice waffle sandwiches.
Spelt
Use spelt to make delicious salad, potato bread, rosemary flatbread, and sweet and savory scones.
Buckwheat
Learn to fuse buckwheat with salad, rustic bread, and fried buckwheat pancakes.
Farro
Fuse farro with bread, risotto, grilled vegetable salad, and torte.
Popcorn
Chef Brad shows how to fuse popcorn with cornbread, chili relleno, and salad.
Millet
Learn to fuse millet with sliders, rigatoni, and a salad.
Barley
Use barley to make delicious bread, salad, soup, and a side dish.
Amaranth
Fuse amaranth with cookies, crispy treats, and spinach salad.
Wheat
Learn to make homemade wheat bread with Chef Brad.
Teff
Fuse teff with a two different kinds of pizza and a salad.
Kamut
Learn to fuse kamut with blueberry pancakes, wholegrain muffins, and fruit salad.
Quinoa
Chef Brad shows how to fuse quinoa with a fruit salad, bread, and meatloaf.