Bread is one of the greatest treats this world has to offer – no that’s not an opinion, it’s a fact.

Bread can be added to any meal and goes with pretty much every food you can think of.  There’s an issue though: breads are generally made of cheap “non-nutritive” ingredients and “Enriched Flour”.  What is Enriched Flour you ask?

Enriched Flour: Flour that is artificially laced with nearly (but not) all the vitamins and minerals that were lost while prepping the flour.  Enriched Flour attempts to, but does not equal whole grain flour.

Another issue you face is that grain flour bread contains a protein that some individuals simply cannot digest, therefore causing a multitude of issues within the body: Gluten.

To make bread nutritious, you merely have to use a flour that is not comprised of enriched wheat flour...if you don’t suffer from celiac disease, you could use a whole grain flour and you are a-ok, otherwise here are some gluten free carb sources that make great flours for your bread!

• Oats
• Quinoa
• Corn (Grits)

In this recipe you can swap out the carb source with any of the 3 above in the same exact proportion and you’ll be more than happy with the bread result – I guarantee it!

The measurements are all volumetric (meaning in grams, ounces and pounds etc) because this is the most accurate way to make sure you’re getting the proper amount of ingredients - so you’ll need a scale.

To make the flour, put the desired amount of your carb source into a coffee grinder, blender or smaller smoothie creating blender, and blend until the carb source looks like a fine flour – usually 1-5 mins.

I’ll give the nutritional information at the end for bread made with each of the above carb sources.

Here’s the recipe:

                                    120 grams Oats

                                    100 grams Greek Yogurt

                                    7grams Baking Soda

                                    150 grams Water

Put your oven on broiler and put your Cast Iron Skillet in the oven while the broiler heats up.

Grind your flour and then mix all of the ingredients at once in a large bowl.

Take the piping hot iron skillet out of the oven.  Do not put any oil on the iron skillet – instead, lightly pour a high quality salt (Sea Salt, Himalayan Pink Salt, Aztek Salt)  Once you have a light dusting of salt on the surface of the hot iron skillet, pour your mixed batter in. 

Try to make your batter as uniform a thickness in the skillet as possible, to ensure even cooking – it should be noted that there are no “raw” ingredients in this recipe...you could eat it as is with no need for cooking.

Cook your bread under the broiler (preferably on the lowest rack in the oven) for 10-20 minutes depending on how dark you want it.

Serve your bread with any entree you would eat enriched flour bread with.

Here are the amounts of Calories, Fat, Carbohydrates and Proteins per serving

Happy Cooking! We are advocates of your goals!

-Chris