1. Look for the Whole Grains Council sticker when you shop the cereal aisle!
2. Use your own recipes and substitute whole grains for refined grains.
For example, try brown rice instead of white rice, simmer with chicken broth, add some crumbled walnuts and serve up a delicious side dish for chicken or pork.
3. Know your grains! The following are just a sampling of whole grains, look for them when you shop.
Asterisked grains are also gluten free!
- Amaranth*
- Barley
- Buckwheat*
- Bulgur
- Corn*
- Farro
- Grano
- Kamut
- Millet*
- Oats
- Quinoa*
- Rice*
- Rye
- Sorghum*
- Spelt
- Teff*
- Triticale
- Wheat
- Wild Rice*