Recipe(tried): Using More Whole Wheat and Whole Grains - Hi Diana! Years ago, we made the switch!

We try to not eat anything "white"...no white bread, no white rice, no sugar during the week, healthy snacks during the week (no tortillas or chips or cookies, instead, toast with PB, a piece of fruit, some yogurt (I buy the single serve size yogurts and toss them in the freezer for "frozen yogurt"; if you want to try this (my teens love them), go for the full fat ones, not the reduced or 0 fat...they don't have any taste or texture at all when you freeze them!)

Nowadays, it is quite common to find whole wheat pasta products on the grocery shelves. Catelli makes an excellent product. When we first switched, we kind of went back and forth between the white pasta and the brown; now I can honestly say we prefer the brown.

We eat basmati rice, I buy a big bag at Costco (White Tusk brand). It is a naturally white rice, as opposed of being stripped of the bran and outer layers to make it white, like converted rice has been. There are also lots of whole grains that are even better for you than rice, better even than brown rice, like bulgur and quinoa.

Tonight for dinner, with a BBQ salmon, we are going to be having tabbouleh, which is made with bulgur. We love it, and it keeps for a few days, good for lunches or another meal. We top it with feta cheese and sliced black olives, so it makes a light meal in and of itself.

Whole wheat and whole grain breads speak for themselves...once you switch, white just does not have any flavour, comparably speaking! Oftentimes, I use my breadmaker to make breads, altho, I find it is a bit hard these days to keep up with my guys' appetites! Again, there are many choices in the stores these days.

Good luck! hope I have been helpful!

Carolyn!