5 Delicious Healthy Bread Recipes
Do you want to make healthy and delicious homemade bread? Than these are the 5 delicious healthy bread recipes that you have to try, they are very simple and have perfect taste. A taste of homemade bread cannot be compared to those at the bakery shop, so why not try and make one at home.
There is no better smell than one from the freshly baked bread. Start your breakfast in the morning with a healthy bread slice and make a beautiful tasty sandwich.
ITALIAN BREAD
Ingredients:
- 4 oz (40g) of yeast
- 2 fl oz (450 ml) of water
- 1 lbs (500 g) graham flour
- 7 oz (50 g) sunflower seeds
- 9 oz (25 g) sesame seeds
- 9 oz (25 g) ground flaxseed
- 9 oz (25 g) chopped walnuts
- 9 oz (25 g) chopped hazelnuts
- 2 flat teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
Preparation:
Mix the yeast with warm water. Add remaining ingredients and mix well with mixer extensions for dough. Mixture should not be much firm, it should be more viscous. Put the dough into a mold lined with parchment paper, in a cold oven. Bake for about an hour at 400° F (200°C), until it gets golden color.
When cool, cut a slice, brush with a little cream cheese, and add a piece of grilled zucchini, a thin slice of ham, tomato and grilled slice of lemon.
Nutritional value of the sandwich of about 1.7 oz (50 g) is 230 calories and contains 10 g protein, 14 g fat, 29 g carbohydrates.
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BREAD WITH HERBS
Ingredients:
- 8 oz (250 g) white flour
- 8 oz (250 g) graham flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 fl oz (250 ml) of warm water
- 7 oz (50 g ) of hot milk
- 35 oz (10 g) fresh yeast
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons chopped basil leaves
- 1 tablespoon chopped chives
- 1 teaspoon chopped parsley
- 1 teaspoon chopped celery leaf
Preparation:
Mix the yeast in a little warm water, then leave to rise. In a mixing bowl combine both types of flour and the salt, and when the yeast is ready, add it to the mix. Then, add the rest of the hot water and milk, and knead into soft dough. Cover with a cloth and let it rise into a warm place, about half an hour. During this time, chop the herbs. Set aside few of the chopped herbs for sprinkling bread. In the risen dough, add chopped herbs and lightly knead the dough again and form a loaf. Put it in a baking pan you have lined with parchment paper, and leave it for another ten minutes. The rest of the herbs we set aside mix with the olive oil. Cut the dough across in half depth and brush with the mixture with olive oil and sprinkle with the rest of the mixture. Warm up the oven to 480° F (250 °C) and bake the bread for 15-20 minutes, until golden color.
Nutritional information for a slice of bread of about 1.7 oz (50 g) is 182 calories and contains 6 g protein, 7 g fat, 29 g carbohydrates.
PUMPKIN FLOUR BREAD
Ingredients:
- 5 oz (100 g) pumpkin flour
- 5 oz (100 g) spelt flour
- 5 oz (100 g) buckwheat flour
- 5 oz (100 g) of millet flour
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
- a pinch of baking soda
- 1 tablespoon of pumpkin seeds
- 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon coriander seeds
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 7-8.5 oz (200-250 ml) warm water
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Preparation:
In a deeper bowl, combine all dry ingredients, and then add the olive oil, water and lemon juice at the end. Carefully mix all the ingredients and let stand for 30 minutes at room temperature. During this time, heat the oven at 300° F (150 ° C). After 30 minutes put the dough in a rectangular baking pan lined with parchment paper. Smooth the dough on the top, sprinkle with sea salt and cumin, cover with aluminum foil and place the pan in the oven on for about five minutes to rest, and then rise the oven temperature to 480° F (250 ° C). Bake the bread for about 45 minutes to an hour, with occasional checking. When the bread is baked, place it in a warm cotton cloth and leave it to cool. If the center of the bread is seemingly moist, it is because of buckwheat flour.
Nutritional information for a slice of bread of about 1.7 oz (50 g) is 185 calories and contains 6 g protein, 5 g fat, 30 g carbohydrates.
BREAD WITH SEEDS
Ingredients:
- 3oz (350 g) of whole wheat flour
- 3oz (150 g) plain wheat flour
- 3 tbsp corn flour
- 4 oz (40g) of fresh yeast
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons of ground flax seeds
- 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
- 2 tablespoons of pumpkin seeds
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoons cumin
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- About 13.5oz (400 ml) of hot water
Preparation:
Mix the yeast in warm water with the sugar and leave to rise. Mix the flours and the seeds, and add the risen yeast. Gradually add the water and knead into dough. Brush the dough with olive oil and leave in a warm place to double the volume. Then knead again let it rise one more time.
Then put the dough into a rectangular baking pan, lined with parchment paper, and smooth the surface is as flat as possible. Put the bread in a heated oven to 400° F (200 ° C), and let bake for 35-40 minutes. Wrap the baked in a wet cloth and allow it to cool.
A nutritional value ??for a slice of bread of about 1.4 oz (40 g) is 165 calories and contains 4 g protein, 6.1 g fat, 22 g carbohydrates.
WHOLEGRAIN BREAD
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of barley flour
- 1 cup of oat flour
- 1cup of rye flour
- 1 cup of wholegrain wheat flour
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups of sparkling water
- ½ teaspoon of baking powder
- ½ teaspoon of baking soda
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- For sprinkling-little cumin, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds
Preparation:
Mix all the dry ingredients. Beat the eggs and add the water and add the dry ingredients. The dough should be dense not liquid and let it stand for 10 minutes. Prepare a baking pan lined with parchment paper and pour the batter into it and smooth the top. Sprinkle over with the seeds and slightly cut the top of the dough. Preheat the oven at 480 °F (250 ° C), and place in a baking pan. Let the oven for a minute or two to be at such a high temperature, and then lower the temperature to 400 °F (200 ° C) , and bake for about 10 minutes.
Nutritional information for a piece of flat bread of about 2.1oz (60 g) is 177 calories and contains 4g of protein, 3.9 g fat, 28 g carbohydrates.
