Best Low-Carb Seed Bread

Low-Carb Seed Bread

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One of my greatest foody weaknesses is bread. I absolutely love all types of bread spread generously with butter … I suppose it is part of my comfort food list. So when I was told that I am gluten intolerant and allergic to yeast, I thought that my whole world has come to an end.

After a few panic attacks, I started searching for low-carb bread recipes and this recipe is my favourite at the moment. It is super simple to make, slices easily and freezes really well.

 

Ingredients:macadamia-in-shell1

  • 100 ml flax seeds
  • 100 ml sunflower seeds
  • 200 ml macadamia flour
  • 30ml psyllium husk
  • 250ml buttermilk
  • 6 eggs
  • 10ml baking powder
  • 5ml salt
  • Pinch of stevia

Instructions:

  1. Put all the seeds in a coffee grinder and mill until finely ground
  2. Mix the dry ingredients together.
  3. Mix wet ingredients together and combine the wet with the dry.
  4. Pour mixture into a greased and lined loaf tin.
  5. Sprinkle the top with poppy and sesame seeds.
  6. Bake for 50 minutes at 180ºC

Variation: You can use almond flour instead of macadamia flour and use greek yogurt or sour cream instead of the buttermilk.You can add any nuts or seeds and even cranberries. I suggest you experiment till you find your right fit.

Note: It is important to eat ground flax seed as the flax seed hulls are so hard, that they’ll pass right through your body undigested and you then miss out on their rich supply of essential fatty acids. Flax seed is really one of the best sources of omega-3, is high in potassium, is a complete protein and help the body to burn fat as fuel more efficiently.

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Ma se Boereboontjies

Ma se Boereboontjies

Wanneer ek min geslaap het of sommer net sielsmoeg is, roep die kospotte my. Dan maak ek trooskos of sommer net onthou kos … kos met geen fieterjassies … kos sonder enige ‘make-up’.

Heel bo aan my lys van gunsteling trooskos staan boereboontjies, blomkool met witsous (nie kaassous nie), soetpampoen en veerligte kapokaartappel.

Ek het die voorreg gehad om my ma gereeld te sien in haar winter jare. Op meer as een geleentheid het ek haar sien sit by die eetkamertafel terwyl sy luister na musiek op haar draagbare radio (waarsonder sy nooit was nie), besig om boontjies metodies te kerf – party vir die pot, ander vir die vrieskas … en dit is nou waarna ek verlang … om net rustig by haar te sit en te gesels terwyl sy kerf. Ek het baie keer gewonder of dit regtig nodig is om die boontjies so presies en fyn te kerf. Dit verander tog nie die smaak van die dis nie. Die antwoord was altyd ja, dit is nodig want dis terapeuties. Dit gee jou tyd om te peins oor dit wat verby is en ted room oor dit wat nog gaan kom.

Ma, ek mis jou vandag!

Boereboontjies

Bestanddele:

  • 1 middelslag ui, gekap
  • 500g groenboontjies, gekerf
  • 1 medium grootte aartappel, geskil en in blokkies gesny
  • Sout en wit peper
  • 10ml botter

Metode:

Voeg ui, boontjies, aartappel, sout en peper in ‘n kastrol met net genoeg water om dit te bedek.

Bring tot kookpunt en prut tot aartappel sag is.

Voeg botter by en breek aartappel met ‘n vurk op tot dit soos kapokaartappels lyk.

Sit warm voor.

Variasie: vervang die groenboontjies met spinasie, kool of wortels.

groenboontjies