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Take the Wholegrain Goodness challenge: testers can win £250 – NON TESTERS: chance to win £150. NOW CLOSED

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AnnMumsnet · 15/01/2014 12:45

Try something different for your new year's resolutions this year - take part in the WholegrainGoodness.com challenge and be in with a chance of winning supermarket vouchers worth up to £250.

Here's what WholegrainGoodness.com, a not-for-profit campaign aiming to inspire people to eat more wholegrain, say about the challenge: "Most of us know it's important to eat at least five portions of fruit and veg every day, but did you know you should be eating more wholegrain to keep you healthy too? Nutritionists encourage eating at least three servings of wholegrain a day. But despite the nutritional benefits, national surveys show that 95% of adults don't do this, and almost a third don't eat any at all. So take part in our wholegrain challenge to help us inspire mums to get more nutritious wholegrain into their family's diet and we'll enter you into a prize draw"

The challenge is to include wholegrain in at least ONE meal or snack for the family per day for two weeks and then to add your feedback here by Sunday 9th February to be entered into a prize draw.

  • "Official testers" (already selected) can win a £250 supermarket voucher of their choice
  • "Non-official testers" (open to all UK MNers with at least one child aged between 2 and 16 living at home) can win a £150 supermarket voucher of their choice

You can use the variety of wholegrain foods available, such as wholegrain breads, breakfast cereals, pasta, rice, flour and even popcorn. And feel free to take part if you and your family already eat wholegrains. Visit WholegrainGoodness.com if you need help finding out what wholegrains are and to see what a serving of wholegrain looks like, as well as to get recipe ideas for inspiration and some top tips. If you have any further questions about wholegrain, ask their independent registered dietitian or go to the wholegrain FAQs (frequently asked questions) page, which we'll keep updating. You can get a free recipe booklet and sign up to their e-news alerts too.

Please add your feedback here on the following:

~ Let us know what you think of wholegrains and if you knew about the benefits already or not

~ Have you tried out any WholegrainGoodness.com recipes? How did you and your family find them?

~ Please add any other comments, recipes, tips or ideas you have too - we'd love to hear from you at various stages of the challenge

Thanks
MNHQ

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AnnMumsnet · 24/01/2014 08:09

thanks for all the amazing feedback so far...and recipes!

sassolino - sorry you weren't picked - folks were selected to meet the criteria for this one and then pretty much at random and the tests do tend to get over subscribed. Please do keep applying for things and you'll get picked soon I am sure...

AnnMumsnet · 26/01/2014 11:57

Hi - the team at WholegrainGoodness.com have asked me to post the below:

"Yet again, we are blown away by the enthusiasm from MNers! There's some great recipes and tips. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us and thanks to the bloggers too – loving your blog posts. We hope you keep your posts coming! Thought I'd share my fave tips, especially if DCs and DHs/DPs! are hard to persuade – try just adding a little wholegrain to your usual recipes when cooking e.g. wholewheat flour with white flour or wild rice with long grain rice. Or try totally new recipes – maybe our Thai Turkey Burgers, Flavoured Popcorn, Beef and Oat Casserole or Chicken and Rice Soup Grin

We've been answering your questions on our FAQs page here – if we've missed any, feel free to ask our consultant nutritionist here".

thanks, MNHQ

AnnMumsnet · 10/02/2014 11:26

Thanks to everyone who took part in the WholegrainGoodness.com challenge.

Congratulations to StandUnderMyUmbrella who wins a £250 supermarket voucher for taking part as an official tester and cheekylittledevil who wins a £150 supermarket voucher for taking part as a non-official tester.


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