Whole Grain Sampling Day Giveaway

Thanks so many to everyone who entered the giveaway and to Oldways for making me a an ambassador for Whole Grain Sampling Day! I think next year we should have a  Whole Grain Sampling Week! The winner of the giveaway is comment 25, Bill. Bill, please email me at traveleatlove  @ gmail dot com with your contact details so I can have your whole grain box shipped!

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With so many people giving up carbs (again) these days, I think it’s really important to remember the benefits that carbs like whole grains can offer in our diets. Did you know that eating an average of 2.5 servings of whole grain foods each day can lower your risk of cardiovascular disease by almost one quarter? Or that three servings of whole grains a day can cut blood pressure, reducing risk of stroke by 15-20%? Whole grains are versatile and filling, and they are everywhere!

I am once again partnering up with Oldways and the Whole Grains Council to celebrate Whole Grain Sampling Day which is on April 2. I am working on a delicious, veggie and spice packed whole grain recipe for the day, but in the meantime, Oldways is giving me an amazing whole grains sampler to give away. We received ours a few weeks ago, and it is so full of delicious whole grains products like bread, rice, pasta, and chips, that it is taking us quite a while to go through it. Below I have included a list of all of the companies participating, as well as a few whole grain recipes from old blog posts. I haven’t had a chance to try all of the whole grain products yet, but I am loving the snacks the best. I am a snacky person, so having something that is delicious and better for me in my desk drawer is really key. The Home Free gluten-free chocolate chip cookies? To die for.

In order to enter your own box of whole grain goodness, please leave a comment letting me know how you get whole grains into your diet. For an extra entry, tweet “I want to win a whole grain sample box from @oldwayspt and @traveleatlovemm #SampleWholeGrains”

I will choose a winner on April 2, so we sure to enter soon!

The whole grain sampler includes:

Among Friends – Jam Bar Baking Mix

Attune Foods – Buckwheat and Hemp Cereal

Barbara’s Bakery – Snackanimals Cereal

Bob’s Red Mill – Gluten Free Honey and Oat Granola

Carl Brandt – Mestemacher Rye and Multigrain Bread (perfect for smoked salmon!)

ConAgra Mills – voucher for 1 bag Ultragrain Flour

Dr. Kracker – Engine 2 Crispbreads (delicious and sturdy enough for dips)

Freekehlicious – Whole Grain Freekeh (recipe at the end of this post)

Goose Valley Natural Products – Brown & Wild Rice Infusion

HomeFree Treats – Gluten Free Cookies

Jovial Foods – Einkorn and Brown Rice Pastas (one of the easiest ways to sneak whole grains into a meal)

Late July – Multigrain Snack Chips (I LOVE these.)

Lotus Foods – Rice Ramen

Mary’s Gone Crackers – Gluten Free Pretzel Sticks (perfect pre-workout snack)

Nabisco – Classic Wheat Thins, Brown Rice Triscuits

Pamela’s Products – Whole Grain Whenever Bars (coconut and chocolate goodness)

Panos Brands – Mi Del Graham Crackers, Sesmark Rice Thins

Popsalot Gourmet Popcorn – Cinnamon Popcorn

Real McCoy’s Snacks – Rice Puffs

Roman Meal – Whole Grain Bread (another easy way to incorporate whole grains into the diet, delicious with Kerrygold butter)

Rhythm Superfoods – Super Food Chips

Skeeter Snacks – Nut Free Cookies

Upfront Foods – Straight Up Granola

War Eagle Mill – Corn Flour (dying to make jalapeno corn bread with this)

Whole Grain Recipes

Baking with whole grains

Irish Brown Bread

Freekeh with Mediterranean-style Sauce

Fluffy Wheat Rolls