Healthy Eating

I have ventured into the weird health-nut food arena... sort of. I have been trying to eat better, and decided to start by experimenting with more grains. I now have wheat germ and milled flaxseed in my fridge, whole wheat flour in my freezer, wheat berries, wheat bran, oatmeal, cornmeal, brown (& white) rice, and barley in my cupboards (I had rye flour too, but I used it up already). I'm also looking at buying a hand-cranked flour mill. There are tons more I'd like to try, but they aren't found on the shelves at Wal-Mart or Food Lion or any "regular" grocery store (that I've seen yet). Surprisingly, everything else has been found on the shelves at Wal-mart! Of course, one of the main things to make using grain is bread - and I am TERRIBLE at making bread. I'm planning on trying a sourdough starter recipe my mom gave me (Herman), and hope it helps make my bread-making improve in the short term, while I figure out what I'm doing to make me a better baker in long-term. Next I want to add in beans to the grains (it's close!) and Amber emailed me a great booklet a couple years back that is just the thing to get me going on that. While my mom did teach me a few tricks on hiding veggies in food, I also ordered "The Sneaky Chef" since I discovered that while we eat an ok amount of fruit, I can't seem to get my family to like much in the way of veggies. Hopefully the book will give me more ideas and help me learn to incorporate veggies with my new-found passion for grains. So far, I don't like brown rice - my asian roots just won't give up white rice. But I LOVE wheat germ! Weird, I know, but it really is good - and so is flax seed. I hate rye bread from the store, but the bread I made (while dense) I liked very much. I'm a fan of barley (though I've only ventured to put it in soup so far). One thing I have learned about all these grains - Activia's a boring and inferior substitute! (If you get my meaning) I'll pass on any tips or tricks I learn, if anyone wants to know. I hope this works better than my previous attempts. If you have anything along this line you'd like to share - feel free. :)