NutritionDoc

Which bread crumbs would you buy? Brand A consists of wheat (white) flour, high fructose corn syrup (sugar) corn syrup (sugar) partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, water, salt and a few dozen other ingredients.

 

Brand B is nothing but whole wheat flour, malt extract (sugar) yeast and sea salt.

 

Stuck? Here is a clue: Brand A has 220 mg of sodium and 1 gram of fiber in every quarter cup serving, while Brand B has 25 mg of sodium and 2 grams of fiber.

 

Brand A is Progresso Plain Bread Crumbs and Brand B is Ian's Whole Wheat Panko Breadcrumbs, which are available in health food stores nationwide. Think of Progresso Italian Bread Crumbs with 470 mg of sodium as a bottom of the barrel Brand C.

 

Panko, or Japanese style, bread crumbs are coarser than regular crumbs. that keeps them light and crunchy, Ian's is one of  the few whole wheat  Toss some in your salad. Crown your casserole with a sprinkling.  Or type " panko chicken recipe" or "panko salmon recipe" into Google, then weed out anything that is heavy on ingredients like salt or butter.

 

You will be left with dishes like the mouth watering Panko-Crusted Salmon at elise.com or the Cajan Oven Fried Chicken at cookinglight.com

 

Sometimes a simple ingredient list means a simply delicious dinner.