Substitute for sprouted wheat berries in breads

[evezhu]

Hi,

Does anyone know of an alternative to using sprouted wheat berries in Alissa Cohen's great recipe book, for breads?

My son can't have wheat in any form.

:) But he can have sprouted sunflower seeds, sprouted chickpeas, sprouted alfalfa and flaxseeds. :)

Many thanks.

Eve
Sydney
Australia

[MareeM]

Hi Eve,

I am new at this too, but I have been using spelt instead of wheat for a long time. I have only used it as a flour and could substitute it for wheat in any recipe - it always turned out great. So I imagine spelt berries would be a good substitute for wheat berries.

You should be able to get them in Sydney, but if you have trouble, I know you can definitely get organic berries from Santos Trading in Byron Bay (I order all my organic food from them via the net and get it posted). I know they have good quality too, as I was told that it's hard to find oat groats that sprout and I had some organic ones from them that sprouted easy.

Maree
Delungra, NSW
Australia

[evezhu]

Thanks for your suggestions MareeM.

Looked up Santos Trading - a good find! And nice to chat on an o/seas post with a fellow Aussie.

Happy New Year.

Eve

[sport]

Would buckwheat work for you.

[Lunar*Fey]

Buckwheat is great, as sport mentioned. Also, depending on the recipe, maybe try sprouting spelt or oat groats :)

[faeauriel]

I have the same issues as does my 14 month old son. We cannot have any gluten and I would love to make some breads. I have tons of alternatives when baking but none for preparing raw foods. We cannot have spelt, or oats, or kamut either because these all contain gluten. I can try the buckwheat (I think) but are there any other recipes out there for 'bread' that do not contain gluten? Or does anyone have a good method for substitution?

Thanks!!!!
Blythe

[Rawkinlocs]

There are bread recipes that don't use any grains at all:

Almond Bread:
http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=21021&highlight=almond+bread

Onion Bread:
http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1005&highlight=onion+bread

Alissa's Calzone Dough (which can also be spread out into a flat bread, crackers, pizza crusts, etc.):
http://gliving.tv/greenchefs/alissa-cohen/Calzone/

Just for the record, buckwheat groats are not botanically a grain nor is it related to grains such as wheat, oats, etc. and contains no gluten.