Do you have a "picky" eater in your family? If it's a challenge to get a child or
spouse into the whole grain habit, try some creative tactics below to slip whole
grains into meals your family already enjoys:
- Offer fun cereals made with whole grain, like Cinnamon Toast Crunch or Lucky Charms
— your kids will never suspect they are getting the benefits of whole grain in each
serving!
- If you're making pancakes, waffles, muffins, cookies, or other flour-based recipes,
use whole-wheat flour or oat flour for up to half the flour in the recipe.
- For meatloaf, hamburgers, or other recipes that call for breadcrumbs, use crumbs
from crackers or bread made with whole grain.
- Rolled oats or crushed, unsweetened cereal made with whole grain can easily be
used as breading for chicken, fish, veal cutlets, or eggplant Parmesan.
- Barley, brown rice or bulgur wheat are the perfect whole grain additions to soups,
stews, casseroles, and stir-fries.
Your "picky" eaters likely won't notice the difference!