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Re: wholegrain bread

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 21 Nov 2002 11:54:55 -0600 (CST)

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My personal take on this - and I am not a low-carb fanatic, but this seems to have worked for me - is that our problem stems not from eating too many carbs but from too many wrong carbs. I really think whole grains and even whole wheat flour are perfectly fine in moderation... it's all the white stuff with sugar and corn syrup added that's really a problem! So read the ingredients on your bread... is there corn syrup, white flour, other stuff you wouldn't expect, since "cracked wheat" sounds so healthy?

I have found very few commercial brands available that fit my criteria. There is one that I have found that is made entirely from sprouted grains, no flour, no added sugars... and of course I forget who makes it. I can only find it at one store and I don't normally go to that store so I don't normally have it. It is something Brothers, and they are out of Oregon, I don't know if it's available outside of the Northwest although I seem to recall seeing it when I lived in Pennsylvania. If you have a natural foods store nearby, check their bread selection out. I think the Pepperidge Farm line of breads might have some decent ones... but I don't recall for sure, it's been a while since I have bought them. Our supermarket here (Safeway) has a store-brand line of organic breads and the whole wheat is actually quite wholesome. Not perfect, I'm sure, but a nice balance between convenience and healthy.

Eating open face sandwiches with any whole grain bread is a useful trick.

As for making breads, if you're serious, look into getting a Kitchenaid stand mixer. For kneading dough it's absolutely amazing, and there is a grain mill attachment you can add on to the front. Bread machines are super convenient but I think for versatility, a good mixer is better. (This likely isn't the only good mixer you can get for bread making... but prior to this I had a 30 year old Oster Kitchen Center with all sorts of attachments that was supposed to do anything, but when you tried to knead dough the dough just crawled up the dough hooks and stuck there. The Kitchenaid is quite expensive but we had a Bed Bath & Beyond coupon, and my husband had been wanting one for years... and I have to admit it was quite worth it. Except when he uses it to concoct sweet sugary things like apple kuchen...)

At Wed, 20 Nov 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Just wondering if anyone knows of a good brand of wholegrain bread,
>preferably available from a regular grocery store. I'm trying to stock my
>house with good options and bread is my big sticking point. I have a loaf
>right now called cracked wheat bread, but I read the label and it says 14g
>carbs and 1g fiber. I'm toying with the idea of making my own bread, but
>that would require getting a wheat mill and a bread machine . . . So my
>cheaper answer is to turn to you :) What bread do you guys use?
>
>Renae

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