High Fiber eating

Eating High Fiber, meaning, high dietary fiber doesn't have to be boring, just the opposite, once you take the time to learn your fiber a whole new world of creative cooking opens up.  These days the grocery stores have become so much more accommodating in providing the needed ingredients, like whole grain or whole wheat pasta.   The first trick is to be sure and READ the label..  Just because it says Multi Grain or Whole Grain doesn't necessarily mean it is the highest in Dietary Fiber.  Here are some examples of the nutritional labels for Ronzoni Pasta

 Notice the high Dietary Fiber per serving versus regular pasta which will have 1 or 2 g.

This is an excerpt taken from Wikipedia which helps to briefly explain the benefits of  High Dietary Fiber

Here are some examples of the  Higher dietary fiber found in various foods


High Fiber Foods:
Fruit:
Raspberry         1 cup 8
BlackBerries 1 cup 8
Pear with Skin         1 5
Avocado         1 4
Apple with Skin 1 4
Banana         1 4
Blueberries 1 cup 4
Strawberries 1 cup 4

Grains:
Whole Wheat Tortilla 7 - 14
FiberOne Original ½ cup 14
Oatmeal         1 cup 4
Brown Rice 1 cup 4
Whole Wheat Pasta 1 cup 6
Beans (cooked) 1 cup 15

Nuts Seeds:
Sunflower Seeds 1/4 cup 4
Almonds 24 nuts 3

Vegatables:
Artichoke        1 10
Peas        1 cup 9
Broccoli        1 cup 5
Corn        1 cup 4
Potato with skin 1 3
Carrot 1 cup 2

So enough of the boring stuff, lets get to some recipes.