Baked some bread today

[liv]

I am on the final rung so I thought I would try some baking
I baked a wheat gluten bread (with oats, flax and soy added in) in my bread machine. Turned out pretty good. About 4 carbs per slice.

[SMKelly]

It looks yummy! How does it taste?

[liv]

It was very good. A little bit odd to eat something bread like again. So it tasted somewhat illegal

[Skeptika23]

Wow - bread is something I miss a lot and can't wait to get to that rung. Looks delicious!

[Elizellen]

And it is great that one slice worked out to around the rung addition of 5 net carbs, makes calculating easier!

[liv]

Elizellen that is so true - it works out well for adding at the rung.
Skeptica to tell you the truth I am not sure about when to eat bread anymore. When I started Atkins a year ago I was a huge bread eater. I loved the thing. Several of my meals consisted of bread some days. And I was not sure I was going to make it on Atkins without bread but I agrede with myself to try it for fourteen days. Of course that loss under induction gives plenty of motivation to keep going.
Now I cannot remember why I needed bread so much - I am perfectly happy with my menu without it.

[ImREADYImREADY]

It looks Wonderful!

[Momma2threegirls]

Congrats on your loss! The bread looks lovel. Can you share the recipe?? I love that one serving is 4carbs. Thats exactly what I need when i get there.

[Skeptika23]

Originally Posted by liv

Elizellen that is so true - it works out well for adding at the rung.
Skeptica to tell you the truth I am not sure about when to eat bread anymore. When I started Atkins a year ago I was a huge bread eater. I loved the thing. Several of my meals consisted of bread some days. And I was not sure I was going to make it on Atkins without bread but I agrede with myself to try it for fourteen days. Of course that loss under induction gives plenty of motivation to keep going.
Now I cannot remember why I needed bread so much - I am perfectly happy with my menu without it.

I hope I find that to be the case when I eventually get there!

Passing up bread is hard for me - I used to chow it down plain, no butter or anything!

[liv]

There are several recipes on the internet of these wheat gluten breads.
The one I used went like this

1 1/4 cup warm water
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1 cup vital wheat gluten flour
1/2 cup ground flax
1/4 cup oat flour (I put my oats in the food processor)
1/4 cup soy flour
1 tablespoon Splenda
1/2 tablespoon active dry yeast

I just add them in that order to the bread machine and bake on whole wheat setting.
Mine is now safely in the freezer so I can bring out a slice now and then.