Easy ways to incorporate more whole grains:
- Switch out a refined product for a whole grain item, such as eating whole wheat bread instead of white bread or brown rice instead of white rice.
- Try oatmeal everyday for breakfast! To keep it economical, buy oats in bulk. Cook a few servings at a time, store in the refrigerator and then reheat a single portion in the microwave each morning.
- Use an unsweetened, whole grain, ready to eat cereal instead of croutons in salad or in place of crackers with soup.
- Look for ingredient labels with words like multi-grain, stone ground, wheat, cracked wheat, seven grain and bran.