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Tip 1 : On a long drive or shopping trip, pack cut-up vegetables in a baggie. Skip the impulse to buy less healthful snacks.
Tip 2 : Multi-grain, stone-ground, 100% wheat, cracked wheat, or seven-grain doesn't equal whole-grain. Look for the word "whole"!
Tip 3 : Make a healthier quiche by using low-fat milk and reduced-fat cheese in your recipe.
Tip 4 : Buy vegetables that are easy to prepare. Pick up pre-washed bags of salad greens, baby carrots or celery sticks.
Tip 5 : For a breakfast that satisfies (and keeps you away from the mid-morning donuts)--add an egg.
Tip 6 : Just because bread is brown, doesn’t mean it is a whole grain. Check for whole grains on the ingredients list.
Tip 7 : Choose unsalted nuts as a snack, on salads, or in main dishes. Use nuts to replace, not add to, other protein foods.
Tip 8 : Add extra chopped vegetables (tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, or spinach) to store-bought pasta sauces. Simmer until vegetables are tender!
Tip 9 : For a flavorful pork picadillo stew--use lean pork with onions, peppers, tomatoes, raisins and green olives. Check online for recipes.
Tip 10 : Make half your grains whole! This includes rice, bread, crackers, cereal, popcorn--look for the word "whole" on the ingredients list!
