Grains
Shopping and Storage Tips
A variety of foods make up this food group, including bagels, corn bread, oatmeal and grits. Follow these tips for buying and storing these foods:
- Save money — buy bread on sale and keep extras in the freezer.
- Instant rice costs a lot more than regular rice.
- Foods with less packaging cost less (mini-packets of oatmeal cost much more than a large container).
- Store grains like rice, pasta and cereal in tightly closed containers to keep pests out.
Here is a good rule of thumb: make half your grains whole! Try putting some of the following whole grains on your shopping list:
- whole-wheat flour
- bulgur (cracked wheat)
- oatmeal
- whole cornmeal
- brown rice
- whole grain pasta
- corn tortillas
That's all for this food group. Can you guess the next food group?
