4 Easy Ways to Switch to Whole Grain Foods {Giveaway}
Friday, January 27, 2012
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These eating habits have also made an impact on my children. Instead of reaching for sugary soda and greasy potato chips (which I always kept around), they want yogurt with granola, or fruit kabobs, and even a nice bowl of whole grain cereal. As a Mom, I've found it hard to distinguish which cereal is healthy and which is not, but thanks to the white check on General Mills cereal boxes I can rest assured it has more whole grain than any other single ingredient. So, do you want to know which cereals are packed with whole grain? Better yet, want to win FIVE boxes of them?
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- Start Early! The Dietary Guidelines recommend people get at least 48 grams of whole grain in their daily diets. Get a jump-start on the day´s nutrition by incorporating whole grain into your morning routine. For instance, when choosing cereal make sure whole grain is listed as the first ingredient. One easy choice is cereal with the white check, which have more whole grain than any other single ingredient.
- Make Simple Swaps. Choose whole grain versions of the foods you love. Great options include whole wheat pasta and whole wheat bread or even whole grain crackers. Also, try different types of whole grain. Use brown rice instead of white rice as a side dish at dinner or popcorn, which is a whole grain, for a snack.
- Don´t Judge a Food by Its Cover. The front of food packages provide good nutritional cues, but don´t forget to read the ingredients and check the nutrition label and side labels for additional health information. Cereals with the white check even include the amount of whole grain per serving on packaging.
- Make It Fun: To help with choosing products with whole grain, General Mills developed "Fast Lane for Whole Grain," an online educational game. Consumers can navigate virtual grocery store aisles and identify products that have whole grain as the first ingredient, with the option to enter a sweepstakes to win one of each of the 50 cereals with the white check.
Buy It:
You can find whole grain cereals with the white check at your local grocery store. Prices vary. Some of the cereals included are Cheerios®, Lucky Charms®, Cinnamon Toast Crunch®, Honey Nut Cheerios® and Total®. For more information on the importance of whole grain and a chance to enter the "Fast Lane for Whole Grain" sweepstakes, visit www.WholeGrainNation.com.
Win It!
Now for the fun part! One lucky Momma Findings reader will win a General Mills prize pack that includes all of the following (full) boxes of cereal:
- Cheerios®
- Lucky Charms®
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch®
- Honey Nut Cheerios®
- Total®.
How to Enter:
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I can easily switch to whole grain bread!
i can easily switch pasta and bread to whole grain!
by switchimg from reg pasta to whole grain
kayleefaith1228@aol.com
I can switch to whole grain bread!
kitkat 234 at gmail dot com
I have been starting my daughter on whole grain slowly, it isn't so easy for her but so far we've started on whole grain bread and cereals.
You can switch to whole grain pasta - just always cook it for the longer times on the directions, that cooks the flour taste out of it.
i just starting eating whole grain bread i love it
freebiel0ve @yahoo.com
Mine would be bread.
Thanks so much.
rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com
bread
droopydog63 @ hotmail dot com
You know I never thought about it but I always buy white rice also. Hmmmm
cdziuba@aol.com It's very easy to switch, many companies are on the Health wagon now!
Can switch up to whole grain pasta.
msgb245 at gmail dot com
Can switch up to whole grain pasta.
msgb245 at gmail dot com
Can switch up to whole grain pasta.
msgb245 at gmail dot com
Can switch up to whole grain pasta.
msgb245 at gmail dot com
switching breads to whole grains at home went unnoticed.
lterek1027@gmail.com
I easily switched to whole grain pasta and no one complained!
abfantom at yahoo dot com
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abfantom at yahoo dot com
I switched to eating whole grain pasta
s2s2 at comcast dot net
It would be good if I switched to whole grain bread. We go through lots of bread in my household, and don't always get the best.
We switched to whole grain and love it!
lisamattia17@yahoo.com
I'd love to switch to whole grain pasta!
magickalblessings26{at}yahoo.com
We switch to whole wheat bread.
whole grain bread
I could easily switch to a whole grain bread.
vgsaxon(at)gmail(dot)com
I have switch to whole grain pasta
pcollins@viscom.net
I can easily switch to whole grain bread.
twoofakind12@yahoo.com
could switch pastas
jessicawedwards@gmail.com
Pasta. Just add more sauce and you never know it is whole grain.
We switched to whole grain bread and it was easy. There are so many options these days.
HORTON111@AOL.COM
YOU ARE RIGHT...I LOVE RICE
bread crystletellerday@yahoo.com
Switching to whole grain pasta is so simple and easy--no one notices at the table.
bethelderton59 at gmail dot com
I would switch to 12 grain bread.
My husband and I are on a quest to live healthier lifestyles. We recently switched from buying white pasta to whole wheat as well as switched from buying white bread to whole wheat. It wasn't too hard to make the change.
I can switch to whole grain pasta.
mintstatesportswear(at)juno(dot)com
I follow you on GFC(Linda G)
mintstatesportswear(at)juno(dot)com
we love wheat bread an pasta
vlbelk(at)Hotmail.com
We love whole wheat bread. That has been easy, but pasta is also great. Patricia
I HAVE ALREADY SWITCHED TO WHOLE WHEAT BREAD, PASTA AND WRAPS FOR MY FAMILY :)
shebebes@yahoo.com
I have easily switched to brown rice, whole grain pasta, and whole grain bread.
Our family eats whole grain already, bread, pasta, rice we love it.
Rice is good and spagetti if you cook it right is good too.
i can switch to wholewheat bread
It's a good start, but consider the sugar amount in Lucky Charms, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Honey Nut Cheerios. I consider those sugary cereals treats.
I can chage my pasta
We have already switched over to whole grain white bread. (I think it tastes better anyway) I think next I will start buying whole grain pastas.
Thanks for the chance.
jessycafoster@hotmail.com
I could switch my bread!
I have plans to switch to whole wheat bread.
lenz.nicole(at)gmail(dot)com
It is easy to switch to whole grain bread.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
pasta and bread - easy peasy
tvollowitz at aol dot com
I can switch pasta and bread to whole grains.
thank you,
Christine W
womackcm@sbcglobal.net
Rice
I changed fron white bread to whole wheat bread!
clemensrhonda@hotmail.com
I can change to whole grain bread.
Carmen Van Deursen
eve2570@msn.com
Mine would be spaghetti. Thanks for the chance.
sweetascandy579 at yahoo dot com
Like you rice would be my easy switch. I am queenesperfect at yahoo.com
It is pretty easy to switch but I'm so used to use buying white
pasta!
Thanks for a great contest! Janna Johnson jannajanna@hotmail.com
janna@feedyourpig on gfc www.feedyourpigblog.com
i think bread would be an easy switch
dez3b@yahoo.com
Mine is pasta! thanks for hosting!
I can easily switch to whole wheat pasta, since I put so much sauce on it!!
sweetscove at gmail dot com
whole grain white bread
nannypanpan at gmail.com
Switching to wheat rain bread is not very difficult but the tips are best for those who find problem in this change.
I can switch to whole grain bread
tiramisu392 (at) yahoo.com
I'd like to switch rice to whole grain as well. I already do on cereal
bread! and i recently have
sarahurick(at)comcast.net
Love Cheerios!!
whole grain bread
jenhedger at hotmail dot com
Love Cheerios!!
Bread is an easy one!
justicecw at hotmail dot com
I love whole wheat bagels and English muffins.
Susan Chester
bread to whole grain
m8usi@yahoo.com
Tortillas! We use a lot of them, wraps, tacos, quesedillas. And who would ever know they were whole grain!
coriwestphal at msn dot com
Pasta would be easy to switch to whole grain.
cgclynsg0 @ gmail dot com
We just started using whole grain pasta.
russrpm@gmail.com
I'd say bread because what you put in the sandwich is what gives the good flavor
whole grain bread - I love those kinds of bread the best anyway
I can switch to whole grain bread. Email: yona(at)pricelesswriters.com
we switched to whole grain pasta
kripley81@yahoo.com
I agree with the rice. We bought white, but I just started buying brown.
caryn9802 at yahoo dot com
i started buying whole grain pasta
cpsnsamples@aol.com
I can switch to whole grain bread.
Desiree Dunbar
desireedunbar@hotmail.com
Switching to whole grain snack bars, from regular cookies has been a success for us.
supe61@hotmail.com
Easy for us would be switching cereals...we go through a lot of cereal, so this would be a big change.
ericacarnes(at)gmail(dot)com
I can switch pasta or bread.
BBrittBrat1398@yahoo.com
i could go to whole grain bread
lmurley2000@yahoo.com
I can't do brown rice, but I think the switch to whole grain pasta would be palatable
whole grain bread
go from white bread to wheat - godan[at]comcast(d0t)net
The easiest switch for me would be from white bread to whole grain wheat.
Bread I like whole grian anyways
Bread for sure!
onecheaplady@yahoo.com
I would have to say bread.
I switched my pasta!
I have been buying whole grain pasta and actually LIKE it!
kitty32504 at cox dot net
Pasta, thanks for the chance
Hotsnotty2@hotmail.com
I switched our family to whole grain pasta!!!
maryjeanrenshaw@msn.com
I started buying whole grain pasta a while ago. It wasnt that hard. :)
itsjustme62613 at gmail.com
pasta can be changed from white to whole grain
vmkids3 at msn dot com
pasta can be changed
melissamiller2002@yahoo.com
Cereal - obviously! But I could handle switching bread too.
rebelpugs@aoldotcom
Bread is pretty easy. And if you make it, just start by substituting a little. Presto change-o!
plantrobot at aoldotcom
Bread was the easiest for me as it is so much more tastier than regular white bread which I had always used before.
lauraemerson17 at yahoo dot com
i have always eaten wheat bread so a switch to the wheat pasta was easy