Bread Bread Bread

Gosh I do so love bread – every sort and I love a bread maker too – BUT I simply cannot resist it with shed loads of butter so I’m not making it that often! Great for family and Crusty Bread is my total fave, you know the sort, doorstep style! (this bread maker is also great!)

However sometimes I have my #glutenfree friends over, or I fancy some real proper healthy bread and then I turn to my friendsGluten Free & Vegan Bread recipe…..

So why Gluten Free & Vegan Bread?

My lovely friend is verging on going Vegan (verging) and certainly cutting down and going a tad more plant based. She is also looking at cutting out Gluten and I too am certainly reducing my gluten content.

This isn’t due to being coeliac obviously. That’s a whole different thing and very serious.

Coeliac disease

The following info is  from  Coeliac UK who’s strap line is ‘Live Well Gluten Free’ – have a look.  However a little about Coeliac disease:

However more of us are becoming aware that maybe we are a little intolerant to gluten?  I know for sure than when I eat ‘less’ gluten I do feel less bloated, it’s a simple fact for me. So why not make a few switches? After all there are a huge variety of Gluten free products available to all of us these days in the supermarket.

I switched to gluten free pasta a while ago and am now looking at bread where I can.

Here’s Jane’s recipe which is actually from My New Roots website, with a few tweaks from her. It tastes amazing!

It’s packed full of proper healthy stuff, some ingredients you may need to visit a health food shop for, but it’s a really easy recipe and great with a bowl of soup!

So have a go at this lovely gluten free and vegan bread, it’s so good for you!

Thanks Clare

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Ingredients

• 125g sunflower & pumpkin seeds ( can be either or both mixed)
• 1 Tbsp of gluten free granola mix ( optional)
• 75g golden flax seeds
• 75g hazelnuts and or whole almonds (can add 1 Tbsp of walnuts halves)
• 125g rolled oats ( gluten free)
• 25g Quinoa flakes (optional) if not adding these just add 25g more of oats
• 25g chia seeds
• 25g psyllium seed husks (3 Tbsp. if using psyllium husk powder)
• 1 tsp. fine grain sea salt
• 1 Tbsp. maple syrup (for sugar-free diets, use a pinch of stevia)
• 30g / 3 Tbsp. melted coconut oil or ghee
• 350ml cold water