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NOW CLOSED Wholegrain Goodness challenge: add your feedback here and be in with a chance of winning supermarket vouchers - open to non-'official' testers too - prizes to be won

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TheOtherHelenMumsnet · 18/01/2013 11:00

If you're one of the 'official' 50 MNers who are taking part in the Wholegrain Goodness challenge, then this is the feedback/support thread that we'd like you to post on throughout the challenge. Each of the 50 MNers who post their feedback during the challenge will be entered into a prize draw to win a £150 supermarket voucher of their choice.

If you're not an 'official' participant but want to take part in the challenge anyway, or just have wholegrain tips and ideas you'd like to share, then please add your comments below. All non-'official' participants who post their thoughts will be entered into a prize draw to win a £100 supermarket voucher of their choice.

The challenge is to include wholegrain in at least one meal or snack for your family per day for two weeks, using a variety of wholegrain foods available (e.g. porridge, popcorn, oats etc.). To help, you can visit the Wholegrain Goodness website for their guide to wholegrain, for tips on how to identify wholegrain and for wholegrain recipe ideas.

The challenge starts on Monday (21 Jan) and we hope that participants will post here throughout

Please add your feedback on the following here:

~ Please share any tips and ideas you've discovered while taking part in this challenge e.g. have you found any good ways to encourage your child(ren) to choose wholegrains?

~ Have you discovered any recipes or tasty on-the-go wholegrain snacks that your family really like?

~ Have you tried out any Wholegrain Goodness recipes? How did you and your family find them?

Please add any other comments you have too - we'd love to hear from you at various stages of the challenge.

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TheOtherHelenMumsnet · 22/01/2013 10:56

Thanks to all who have posted comments so far - wholegraingoodness.com are really interested to see your feedback. They have asked me to post the following to answer some of your queries:

"Wholegrain Goodness will be adding new recipes from time to time, and have just added some more including Baked Barley & Butternut Squash Risotto and Smoked Salmon & Oat Baked Cheesecake.

To those who asked about vegetarian recipes ? there are now many more in Wholegrain Goodness recipes when searching for vegetarian under dietary requirements.

For MNers who already eat wholegrain every day, the 'challenge' will not be so 'challenging', but we'd still love you to take part and share any easy tips, ideas or advice to help inspire others. Sharing your feedback on this thread means you'll be entered into the prize draw to win a £100 supermarket voucher of your choice (or £150 if you?re one of the 50 'officials').

Finally, we wanted to share a top tip: as some of you have said, to help get wholegrain into your family's diet, try just adding a little to your usual recipes e.g. mix wild rice with long grain rice, wholemeal pasta with white pasta, or wholewheat flour with white flour. See here for more Wholegrain Goodness top tips."

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TheOtherHelenMumsnet · 23/01/2013 09:58

Hi all - great to see so much wholegrain enthusiasm! Here's another quick note from wholegraingoodness.com:

"The recipe search has now been fixed (22nd Jan). We're terribly sorry for any problems you experienced - this is a new website and you're the first to use it - thanks for letting us know.

We've also added some more new recipes ? including Flavoured Popcorn (as we see popcorn is quite popular with many of you!) ? and healthier version recipes for a Carrot Cake and Blueberry & Oat Muffins, as well as a savoury Cheese, Tomato & Oat Flapjacks recipe.

Also, yes - with oats you're virtually guaranteed to get all the goodness of wholegrain no matter what form you eat oats in. Here's our winter-warming Oatmeal Toad in the Hole recipe.

In response to a comment on rapeseed oil - did you know rapeseed oil is sometimes just labelled vegetable oil? It has less unhealthy saturated fat than all other cooking oils and fats. Prices vary greatly across products, from the cheapest oil, to the most expensive on the shelf - as do flavours - from incredibly mild and delicate, to very distinctive. Rapeseed oil, along with linseed, are the only oils grown and bottled in the UK.

And finally, all 'official' MNers taking part in the challenge should now have received their vouchers - thanks for the messages about these, they've been great to read. prakattack - we're sorry your voucher has gone amiss, we'll sort this out for you."

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TheOtherHelenMumsnet · 24/01/2013 11:45

Hi all - wholegraingoodness.com have asked me to post this - if you've got any queries for them, do get in touch using link below! But do continue to post here too!!

"There are lots of questions posted (we're dying to join in with the chat!) ? if any of your questions have not been answered and you'd like them to be, please do use our Ask the nutritionist tool ? we?d be glad to have a chat and try to help."

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KatieBMumsnet · 01/02/2013 11:51

Thanks for all your comments throughout this challenge, wholegraingoodness.com have ask me to post the following message:

"Hi MNers ? thanks so much for your passion and enthusiasm ? we're going to miss this ? it?s really lovely reading your messages and chat! Smile

There's just a few days left of the 'official' challenge now, but this thread will be live until Sunday 10th March 2013, so those who've started late don't worry, there's plenty of time.

Small changes make a difference, so the challenge is to include wholegrain in at least ONE meal or snack a day only. One is great ? and if you want to (or do already) eat more that's great too! Grin

We're not allowed to chat away with you on this thread ? we don?t want to intrude too much ? but there's loads of questions, so we've answered some on our website for you now ? Mumsnet FAQs ? and remember, we're really happy to chat and answer more from our website if you?d like, just Ask the nutritionist.

And finally? Recipes:
Thanks for all the great recipe tips and ideas so far, and for all the feedback to help us improve our recipes ? please keep this coming ? this will help us inspire others ? thank you! We believe eating healthily can be delicious and much easier than you think, and we work with skilled cooks and dietitians to create delicious and healthy recipes that are simple to make and good value for money. We?ve added some new recipes to our website for you from our new recipe booklet, including our Middle Eastern Lamb & Quinoa Patties, as there?s been quite a few mentions of quinoa, a wholegrain that?s rising in popularity. We?ve also added our Thai Turkey Burgers in Wholemeal Baps and Oaty Pork in Cider recipes and more! We'll continue adding new recipes as and when we can (oatcake topping ideas coming soon)! If you?ve tried our recipes you can rate them on our website ? just click the number of stars you?d give them on the recipe pages.

There's lots of positive feedback about wholegrain and the challenge, which is great to see ? thanks again for taking part from the Wholegrain Goodness team ? and keep it coming! Thanks "

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TheOtherHelenMumsnet · 14/03/2013 16:37

Thanks to everyone who took part in this product test - wholegraingoodness.com asked me to pass on this message:

"Thanks so much MNers - we've really enjoyed reading your posts and have learnt lots! I hope the Wholegrain Goodness Challenge has inspired you Smile

The Mumsnet team will now draw the lucky prize draw winners, to receive a voucher from us for a supermarket of their choice - £150 for an 'official' Wholegrain Goodness Challenge MNer and £100 for an 'unoffical' tester - good luck to you all!

Please do pass on your wholegrain tips and ideas and recommend wholegraingoodness.com to friends. Look out for new recipes on the website and if you haven't already, make sure you get a recipe booklet. Remember, if you have any nutrition questions about wholegrains, oats or rapeseed oil just ask our nutritionist - we hope to hear from you! Thanks again Thanks"

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AlexMumsnet · 14/03/2013 17:30

The winners have now been chosen - CheeseStrawWars wins £150 voucher for taking part as an official tester and SandWitch wins a £100 voucher for taking part as an unofficial tester. Well done to you both!!

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