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10 Ways to Eat More Grains

Posted Jan 17, 08 12:07 PM CST in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Did you vow to eat healthier in 2008? Start by adding whole grains to your diet with these these 10 tips from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:

  1. When a recipe calls for white flour, use half white flour and half whole wheat.
  2. Add ½ cup of cooked bulgur, wild rice, or barley to bread stuffing.
  3. Add ½ cup of cooked wheat or rye berries, wild rice, brown rice, sorghum, or barley to soup.
  4. Use whole cornmeal for corncakes, corn breads, and corn muffins.
  5. Add ¾ cup of uncooked oats for every pound of meat in recipes for burgers or meatloaf.

  1. Stir oats into yogurt for a healthy snack.
  2. Buy cereals that include kamut, buckwheat, or spelt.
  3. Make risottos and pilafs with barley, brown rice, bulgur, millet, quinoa, or sorghum.
  4. Choose whole-grain salads such as tabbouleh.
  5.  Buy whole-grain pasta and breads.

Source South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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The 2005 Dietary Guidelines recommend that typically inactive people eat three or more servings of whole grains every day, but most Americans eat less than one.   (Shutterstock.com)
The 2005 Dietary Guidelines recommend that typically inactive people eat three or more servings of whole grains every day, but most Americans eat less than one.   (Shutterstock.com)
The 2005 Dietary Guidelines recommend that typically inactive people eat three or more servings of whole grains every day, but most Americans eat less than one.   (Shutterstock.com)
The 2005 Dietary Guidelines recommend that typically inactive people eat three or more servings of whole grains every day, but most Americans eat less than one.   (Shutterstock.com)
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