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Answer for the clue "Healthy whole grain ", 6 letters:
quinoa

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Quinoa (, from Quechua or ) is a species of the goosefoot genus ( Chenopodium quinoa ), a grain crop grown primarily for its edible seeds . It is a pseudocereal , similar in some respects to buckwheat , rather than a true cereal , as it is not a member ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from Spanish spelling of Quechua kinua .

Usage examples of quinoa.

She thought about all the different types of bread that might be in those sandwiches -- quinoa, winter wheat, sprouted rye -- and the fillings -- potted cuy, chlorella paste, maybe even real chicken, or freeze-dried ham imported from Earth.

Choose barley, bran, brown rice, bulgur, couscous, millet, oats, polenta, or quinoa as a cooked cereal or grain with your dinner.

Whole grains, including cooked cereals and breads made from barley, oats, buckwheat, rice, rye, quinoa, spelt, wheat, and corn.

Add the garlic, onion, and tomatoes to the quinoa and continue to cook on low for another 10 minutes.

Maize, tobacco, quinoa, and the mandico plants have been cultivated so long that their wild originals have quite disappeared.

She sighed, and I tried to picture her scooping quinoa from a bin, standing next to her Adonis.

We must not forget the summer gardens in the high forest where any Andean crops such as quinoa and potatoes would thrive.

And a wide plowed meadow where fields of grainlike quinoa alternated with rows of corn, chili pepper plants, beans, and squash.

Less well known are Africa's combination of sorghum, African rice, and pearl millet with cowpeas and groundnuts, and the Andes' combination of the noncereal grain quinoa with several bean species.

Less well known are Africa’s combination of sorghum, African rice, and pearl millet with cowpeas and groundnuts, and the Andes’ combination of the noncereal grain quinoa with several bean species.