There are many reasons you may have to want to eat more fiber. It may be as part of a weight-loss plan, you may just need to get “regular,” but basically it’s just a part of a balanced diet. Here are some ways to sneak that extra fiber into your everyday diet:
- Eat cereal every day for breakfast.
- Eat two apples every day.
- Make a yogurt mix every Wednesday for breakfast.
- Eat baby carrots and broccoli florets dipped into low-fat ranch dressing as you afternoon snack three days a week.
- Keep a container of gorp in your car and office for the munchies.
- Switch to whole grain crackers.
- Mix your regular cereal with the high-test stuff.
- Add kidney beans or chickpeas to your next salad.
- Make sure that the first ingredient in whole grain products has the word “whole” in it, as in “whole wheat,” or “whole grain.”
- Every week, try one “exotic” grain.
- Once a week, make pearl barley (which doesn’t require any soaking before cooking) as a side dish.
- Sneak in oatmeal.
- Use whole wheat bread to make your sandwich every day.
- Every week, switch from a white food to a brown food.
- Spread your sandwich with 1/2 cup hummus.
- Make beans a part of at least one meal a day.
- Add pureed cauliflower to mashed potatoes.
- Have a beet salad for dinner.
- Make rice pudding for dessert tonight.
- Snack on popcorn.
- Switch to whole wheat flour when baking.
- Throw some flaxseeds, wheat germ, or other high-fiber add-ins into batter.
- Eat the skin of your baked and sweet potatoes.
- Start every dinner with a mixed green salad.
- Always add lettuce and tomato slices rather than cheese to sandwiches.
- Use beans or lentils as the main protein source for dinner once or twice a week.
- Make your fiber sources suit the seasons.
- Snack on dried fruit every day.
- Drink your fiber.
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