Is home made bread ok for you nutritionally?

Holyjebus

Hi guys,
I've been making my own whole meal bread by using only odlums coarse wholemeal flour and buttermilk and it's delicious!
Am I deluding myself by thinking its healthy just cos it's homemade? I know it's quite high in calories but I'm using it in conjunction with myfitnesspal and sticking to my calorific need per day.
Thanks!

conzy

Theres not really any one food thats bad for you.

How does your diet look as a whole?

If the rest of your diet is sound
Your happy with your weight loss or gain / training
You have no gluten / dairy intolerances

Then go to town on that delicious brown bread

Dixie Chick

So long as it fits in overall and is counted into your diet then its ok.

Have you ever tried to make porridge bread? Its a lovely brown loaf when done.
500g of natural yogurt
360g of porridle
1 egg
1 tsp of baking soda
some mixed linseeds

mix all in a bowl and into the oven in a tin for 40 mins

The Rabbit

Dixie Chick wrote: »

So long as it fits in overall and is counted into your diet then its ok.

Have you ever tried to make porridge bread? Its a lovely brown loaf when done.
500g of natural yogurt
360g of porridle
1 egg
1 tsp of baking soda
some mixed linseeds

mix all in a bowl and into the oven in a tin for 40 mins

This might be a silly question but what temperature do you bake it at?

It sounds like a great recipe.

Dixie Chick

Well I can never judge this properly, but I think gas mark 6 is 200degrees? You do it for about 35 mins, take it out , test it, if the fork has just a small bit of wet on it, then its okay to take out and let the end part cook outside the over as you don't want to burn the oats.

The Rabbit

Dixie Chick wrote: »

Well I can never judge this properly, but I think gas mark 6 is 200degrees? You do it for about 35 mins, take it out , test it, if the fork has just a small bit of wet on it, then its okay to take out and let the end part cook outside the over as you don't want to burn the oats.

Brilliant. Thank you.

Elmo

The Rabbit wrote: »

Brilliant. Thank you.

Have you tried putting different types of Seeds in your soda bread?

The Rabbit

Elmo wrote: »

Have you tried putting different types of Seeds in your soda bread?

I've never tried to make bread before actually.

I'll certainly give this a go this evening though. Are there certain seeds you have in mind?

Holyjebus

Thanks guys,

Dixie Chick, that recipe sounds amazing!! I'll be making that next time

Bruno26

Holyjebus wrote: »

Hi guys,
I've been making my own whole meal bread by using only odlums coarse wholemeal flour and buttermilk and it's delicious!
Am I deluding myself by thinking its healthy just cos it's homemade? I know it's quite high in calories but I'm using it in conjunction with myfitnesspal and sticking to my calorific need per day.
Thanks!

Bread is bread whether homemade or store bought. Yes. Nutritionally there are far better foods to eat.

AltAccount

Bruno26 wrote: »

Bread is bread whether homemade or store bought. Yes. Nutritionally there are far better foods to eat.

Bruno's bread recipe:
Fill baking tin to the top with butter
Bake at 200 degrees for 40 minutes
Tell everyone about it

Dixie Chick

Holyjebus wrote: »

Thanks guys,

Dixie Chick, that recipe sounds amazing!! I'll be making that next time

I was expecting it to be rotten but it turns out a lovely, dense loaf. I might be a weirdo now, you can let me know!!:)

murphyebass

Bruno26 wrote: »

Bread is bread whether homemade or store bought. Yes. Nutritionally there are far better foods to eat.

:rolleyes:

Anyway, OP there is no harm in having bread as part of your diet.

IMO homemade bread all the way. As with most foods buying processed should be the 2nd/last option depending what way you look at it. That said it depends what you put in your own bread salt etc wise. Processed breads are usually bery high in salt and sugar and a number of other things to make it keep longer. Tesco used to do a stay fresh pan that lasted 7 days I think. Awful stuff imo.

Homemade brown soda bread is relatively healthy and is easy and super quick to make. Thats my preference during the week and a nice granary loaf on the weekends. Takes a bit longer but oh so worth it.

Bottom line fresh home made bread all the way as part of a balanced diet.

Bruno26

AltAccount wrote: »

Bruno's bread recipe:
Fill baking tin to the top with butter
Bake at 200 degrees for 40 minutes
Tell everyone about it

Muppet- that helps the OP!

http://youtu.be/bc26Qt72Tok

Bruno26

murphyebass wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Anyway, OP there is no harm in having bread as part of your diet.



Homemade brown soda bread is relatively healthy

Bottom line fresh home made bread all the way as part of a balanced diet.

Explain relatively healthy. What are you comparing it to?

Dixie Chick

Bruno26 wrote: »

Explain relatively healthy. What are you comparing it to?

Maybe something like Brennans sliced pan.

AltAccount

Bruno26 wrote: »

Muppet- that helps the OP!

http://youtu.be/bc26Qt72Tok

Nope, but it makes me feel better.

Bruno26

Dixie Chick wrote: »

Maybe something like Brennans sliced pan.

Both fairly crap nutritionally then.

Dixie Chick

Bruno26 wrote: »

Both fairly crap nutritionally then.

Obviously the OP wants to include bread in her diet and wants to make it herself. If you don't agree with that then surely your brand of wisdom would be appreciated on another topic? Whats the point of just dissing everything

Bruno26

Dixie Chick wrote: »

Obviously the OP wants to include bread in her diet and wants to make it herself. If you don't agree with that then surely your brand of wisdom would be appreciated on another topic? Whats the point of just dissing everything

Someone needs to point out there are far more nutritious foods to eat than bread.

There is a difference between telling the truth and dissing.

Essien

conzy wrote: »

Theres not really any one food thats bad for you.

Conzy got it in one here^^

The answer is rarely 'yes' or 'no'. More often than not it'll be 'it depends...'.

Including a sensible amount of bread as part of a well balanced diet is grand, particularly if you've got a good grasp on your calories. So if you enjoy it and it's not causing you to go overboard, then fire away.

If you ruled out every food that one person or another had some issue with, you'd be on a diet of water.

Essien

Bruno26 wrote: »

Someone needs to point out there are far more nutritious foods to eat than bread.

Actually no, nobody needed to point that out. OP is obviously aware that bread isn't the best nutritionally, they just wanted to know if it's ok, and it is.

OP likes bread and it's not doing any harm. OP should eat bread.

AltAccount

Holyjebus wrote: »

Am I deluding myself by thinking its healthy just cos it's homemade?

Bruno26 wrote: »

fairly crap nutritionally

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Bruno26

Essien wrote: »

Actually no, nobody needed to point that out. OP is obviously aware that bread isn't the best nutritionally, they just wanted to know if it's ok, and it is.

OP likes bread and it's not doing any harm. OP should eat bread.

No harm at all in pointing it out.

Bruno26

Essien wrote: »

Conzy got it in one here^^

The answer is rarely 'yes' or 'no'. More often than not it'll be 'it depends...'.

Including a sensible amount of bread as part of a well balanced diet is grand, particularly if you've got a good grasp on your calories. So if you enjoy it and it's not causing you to go overboard, then fire away.

If you ruled out every food that one person or another had some issue with, you'd be on a diet of water.

What's a sensible amount of bread?

Most people only have issues with processed food. Bread is a processed food.

Brian?

Bruno, you've made your point, move on.

Everyone else, can we stop the back biting please.