My biggest hangup is bread!

[Amuzon1]

I never would have guessed that bread would be my hangup. Meat was easy. Cheese was easy, cuz neither of those I've had much of in a while anyway. But bread! OMG. I want some recipes to help cure me of this one! I can't do the onion bread or the unRitz crackers. They about made me puke and gave me a splitting headache. Any body got any good recipes?

Danielle

[spicyfull]

Have you done a "Search" at the Top of this page..I sometimes make Crackers and do not dehydrate them to a crisp, cut them in LARGE squares and use that for bread. It Fast and EASY.

[rawhippie]

i hear you on this one! i myself thought i would have a hard time giving up red meat as i was raised eating it heavily. i couldn't care less about the meat! give me bread! i want to go out right now and get a bagel, but i will do my best to hold back. i don't have any recipes ot fulfill that, as i personally think that is the one thing that you can't duplicate. if someone does have a recipe that can't be beat, PLEASE...post it here!
thanks
hippie

[Morn]

This is a fabulous recipe for Mediterranean Almond Bread. It is really one of the best I have tried. I even made a raw pizza out of it. It is like a taste explosion. Hope you like it!

http://therawchef.blogs.com/russell_james/2006/03/the_best_thing_.html

[lily]

I sumpathise. In fact I posted on this very recently. I've tried all kinds of crackers and raw breads but nothing -- even the wonderful Mediterranean Almond Bread which Morn mentions -- quite hits the spot for me when what I'm really craving is honest, humble wholemeal bread, either plain or sliced thin and made into crisp toast.

It's a wierd craving, and the only one I really have for cooked food, and it's odd because I never liked it that much before i went raw.

I've solved the problem for myself by allowing myself to eat some from time to time, and the great thing is that I find more and more time is elapsing between the cravings...

lily

[Morn]

I agree with Lily and you. The bread thing was the worst for me as well in going raw. In the beginning I ate some manna bread to help occasionally with the craving. It is sprouted but technically not raw. It is a good transitional food if you need it. Just eat it sparingly! I figure if there are some foods that help you stay raw otherwise you may need to do that temporarily to help you get over the hump. Good luck!

[halikatak]

I miss bread the most too. I can't wait to try this recipe!
:p

[Lavendula]

Really, coming from someone who grew up on Mom's fresh perfect white bread 3 x week, and made my own perfect 1/4 " sliced 100% whole wheat sandwich bread, even perfect pitas; and many variations of only wholegrain, sweet and herb, yeast and quick breads, regular baked, crockpot baked, bread machine baked, baking stone baked breads, to the point of really making my family sick with ( not of) grains/starch: if I who am 95-100% and my starch mouth daughter and husband who are really not eating raw, can be satisfied, you can too. Even SAD daughter in law likes it.
It sounds like you maybe haven't gone through any kind of real transition, from dead white goo bread, to 100% whole grain, to really wholesome gluten-free, to no gluten/ yeast free, to a great no/ no grain bake bread: which does take years. There are many recipes out there, you just have to try them, play with them, make sandwiches with them, spread stuff on them, and eat them, or do the whole transition, and see how you don't miss what all the bad bread does to you. I know it is hard, it takes a lot, ALOT of work, and committment, but the results are worth it.

[crystalmoon]

Ive also tried the flax crackers, the onion bread & the bread morn mentioned & it just aint toast ;)
I had stopped eating bread for over a year before transitioning to raw yet it is toast I crave...how bizarre cravings are!

[JennaBoBenna]

I agree with Lily and you. The bread thing was the worst for me as well in going raw. In the beginning I ate some manna bread to help occasionally with the craving. It is sprouted but technically not raw. It is a good transitional food if you need it. Just eat it sparingly! I figure if there are some foods that help you stay raw otherwise you may need to do that temporarily to help you get over the hump. Good luck!

I occasionally eat manna bread also. I find that I can digest it better than whole wheat because it's been sprouted. I also don't crave it or get addicted to it like I do with non-sprouted wheat bread. When I get a dehydrator, I'm going to start making my own breads, though.

[Lavendula]

flax crackers definately are not the answer for bread for me either, but the almond bread we made really satisfied. There has to be an answer for the toast craving, check out thedailyraw, great and good food wit too.

[RawSweetie]

This is my problem, too. Bread and crackers are my hold-outs to going 100% raw. I do not yet have a dehydrator and won't be able to afford one for a few more weeks, so I keep caving in to whole wheat crackers. I notice afterward that I feel dragged down by them! I really want to be gluten-free. I fantasize about the onion bread on a regular basis. :)

[queenfluff]

Bread is my downfall too. I can't help myself. I have made some pretty good raw bread recipes that are pretty good but they still don't sub for me for that nice poufy crusty sourdough stuff.

I am going to do an experiement with yeast (it is active so techincally it is a "living" food - unless you are a big purist) and ground rye to try to make some rye bread in my dehyrator.

You can't sprout it and than use the yeast because of the sugar or something (my bf tried it and said it didn't work) so I think I am just going to grind the rye seeds I have and just follow the instructions on the yeast and put it in the dehyrator and see. (it will probably take a LONG time to dehydrate!)

If that works at all, I am going to work on sourdough, which is basically just fermented, so should work OK.

Once I get to it, I'll let you know if it works. Maybe next week.

[Lavendula]

Now you're talkin real temptation, for me. That is my preferred white death of choice, but thankfully , not much of that in the Midwest. What about lettting it ferment the way Igor B does his crackers?

[queenfluff]

yes, I will just make my bread mixture and than cover it and let it ferment for a day or something to make it sour. I might use some probiotics maybe to make it sour.

I am finally able to get to my dehydrator (we had boxes stacked in front of it) so I think I am inspired to try the rye bread tomorrow. :)

I'll let you guys know how it goes. I am sure it will take several days to dehydrate though. I am going to make it a bit on the thin side for my first experiment so it doesn't take as long.