Got Fiber?

One of my favorite websites, Hungry Girl, offers tons of suggestions for healthy eating, including getting more whole grains into your diet. I subscribe to the free HG newsletter. It’s an easy daily read – fun, funky and chock full of recipe swaps and food facts.



Hungry Girl recommends a lot of Fiber One products and comes up with really clever ways to use them and make them even better. Fiber One can be used to coat chicken or fish. It makes cereal bars, trail mix, smoothies and stuffings.



I think the following is one of the best Fiber One tips for when you’re craving a sweet dessert. HG suggests it can be applied to any cake or muffin mix.



The Fiber One Muffin Mix box directions call for the addition of eggs, milk and oil. Hungry Girl substitutes 1 cup canned pumpkin, 1 cup water, and 1/2 cup Egg Beaters (or egg whites or some other fat-free liquid egg substitute). It even sounds yummy



If you’d like to eat more whole grain products as well as add more fiber to your diet, check out the Fiber One family of products. As an example, Original Fiber One cereal lists whole grain wheat as the second ingredient. In addition, it contains wheat and corn bran for added fiber. A one-half cup serving contains 57% DV of fiber!



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