Once a week, make pearl barley as a side dish
One cup sports 10 grams of fibre, nearly half your daily allotment. And, it doesn’t require any soaking before cooking!
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Sneak in oats
Oatmeal’s not just a breakfast player (but it sure is a tasty morning choice). Use regular oatmeal in place of bread crumbs for meat loaf and meatballs, sprinkle it atop casseroles and ice cream, bake it into cookies and muffins, and add it to homemade breads and cakes.
Use whole wheat bread to make your sandwich every day
Even Subway and other such sandwich shops offer whole wheat options for lunchtime munching. If you want to gradually break into the whole wheat club, use whole wheat bread as the bottom slice of your sandwich and regular bread as the top layer, before gradually make the switch to whole grains.