Flaxseed bread mmmmm, have you tried it?

[765nottyash]

Anyone tried Flaxseed bread? Its only got 3 ingredients: flaxseed, water and salt!

I absolutely love it and wondered if anyone could advise on how much I am permitted to eat per day? I could easily eat the whole loaf smothered in butter, I believe it has lots of health benefits and its great if you're gluten, soy and dairy free and missing bread.

[MaisieGray]

Well you're "permitted" to eat as much as you like, there's no law controlling ingestion of flaxseed 😂 But from what I've read, the Flax Council of Canada for instance, recommends a daily intake of 1 -2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed.

[765nottyash in reply to MaisieGray]

Thanks MasieGray, as I have it made into bread I've no way of knowing how much I'm eating. I worked it out to about 100 cal per slice, but how big is a slice LOL. I bake a loaf every few days.

I believe we don't digest all the calories from flaxseed and it has lots of health benefits, when you've given up gluten it's a yummy alturnative. I'll just stick to a couple of slices to 3 a day, unless someone can tell me I'm over indulging. 😊

[greygoose in reply to 765nottyash]

You shouldn't be counting calories, anyway. Count nutrients, instead.

[765nottyash in reply to greygoose]

Hi greygoose, I don't count cals as I do intermittent fasting and eat when I'm hungry, usually twice a day. As its just, flaxseed, water and salt I can see how many calories are in it, but don't know how else you can measure it, and I want to eat too much. I'm pretty addicted to it, it so yummy.

[greygoose in reply to 765nottyash]

What exactly do you think eating 'too much' is going to do to you? If you eat 'too much' - whatever that is - you'll probably just get fed up with it faster!

[MaisieGray in reply to 765nottyash]

Well if you know the total ingredients and the produced weight of the loaf, you can work out from the weight of a slice, what proportion of ingredients or calories are in that slice. Certainly whole flax seeds are indigestible and hence why it's used as a constipation remedy, but that isn't the case when the seeds are ground into flour. Flaxseed is high in oil - about 42% - such that you can substitute some fat/shortening in recipes with ground flaxseeds, so if you are consuming the bread with butter you definitely are getting both fat and calories!

[topaz1]

Sounds lovely. Can you share the recipe?

[765nottyash in reply to topaz1]

250g Ground Flaxseed 270ml water pinch of salt cook for at least 1 hour on 220, google Dr Sarah Myhill flaxseed bread recipe. Easy peasy and delicious 😊

[765nottyash in reply to 765nottyash]

Ground Flaxseed

[topaz1 in reply to 765nottyash]

Thank you so much 765nottyash. I'll give it a try.

[alchemilla12 in reply to 765nottyash]

250 kg??!! presumably you mean 250 g!

[765nottyash in reply to alchemilla12]

Yes sorry 250g can't seem to correct on here, but I did say to google Dr Sarah Myhill Flaxseed bread.

[765nottyash in reply to 765nottyash]

250g ground flaxseed lol

[thyr01d]

Hi, you make the flaxseed loaf sound really appealing, does it by any chance soak up sauce? That's one of the things I miss being gluten-free.

[765nottyash in reply to thyr01d]

It's quite a solid bread think Hovis, I always eat it on it's own smothered with butter, not tried using it to mop up sauce but I suppose it would.