Wholemeal Bread – Bread Machine Recipe

Healthy Wholemeal Bread Recipe Breadmaker

If you have a bread machine there is no excuse to not make your own homemade bread. It’s easy, and if you follow this recipe, you’ll end up with a beautiful light-textured wholemeal loaf that’s also a great source of fiber. You may have to slice it yourself, but you can’t find anything in the stores like this. It’s great for sandwiches or toasted. It keeps well too, even without the preservatives that most store-bought bread has. I’ve left mine out for 3 days, and it’s still moist and delicious. Read more »

Wholewheat Pizza Dough

Pizza has to be one of the all-time favorite foods. In the United States along hundreds of slices of pizza are eaten every second. It can be eaten as a stand-alone meal, with a salad, it’s even good cold the next day. Why wait for the takeaway pizza shop to deliver a lukewarm, soggy pizza to your door when you can make your own delicious pizza anytime. It’s so quick and easy, especially when you have a bread machine. We use this basic pizza dough recipe to bring any of a number of focaccia bread, pizza bread and pizzas to parties – it’s always a hit! People are often impressed that we made pizza from scratch, but really it’s the quickest, easiest thing we can think of! Read more »

Wholewheat Pita Bread

This is a wholewheat version of the versatile pita bread, also known as pita pockets. They can be served filled as sandwiches or toasted and brushed with garlic butter to serve with soups. Use them as a quick and easy pizza base – top with pizza sauce, cheese and topping of your choice and grill until the cheese melts. One of my favorite ways of eating them is also the simplest – warm the pita in the oven (or make them fresh), dip in olive oil and grind rock salt on top. What ever way you prefer to eat them, the wholewheat is high in fiber and helps reduce the risk of heart disease. Read more »