It’s easy to add whole grains into your diet every day…

Try incorporating brown rice instead of white, popcorn as a snack instead of pretzals or chips, whole wheat pasta instead of white, and oatmeal for breakfast instead of Special K…

 If the last idea baffles you, let’s think about this a bit more…Special K is a good choice, but oatmeal is a better choice.Â

Higher in fiber and richer in vitamins & minerals, oatmeal often gets a bad rap because it is high in ‘Carbs’. Special K is not made of true whole grains and, although, lower in calories, doesn’t provide the plethora of health benefits of a cereal, like oatmeal, that has all three parts of the grain still intact (bran, endosperm and germ).

If you are interested in learning more about healthy recipes incorporating whole grains, sign up for Feed the Soul’s (that’s my company:) next cooking class held at the River Hospital in Alex Bay!

The menu will be Summer Salads, including a Quick Bulgar Salad, Minted Brown Rice Salad, & Tabbouleh!

The cooking class starts at 11:00 AM in the adult day care room on Saturday June 17th.

Hope your day is ‘well’

"Eat well. Live well. Be well."