Life Changing Loaf of Bread

Sometimes I can't sleep at night.  Sometimes I browse Instagram on my phone while I wait to fall asleep.

Sometimes I'm still instagramming when I fall asleep, resulting in a painful drop of the phone directly onto my face.

I'm pretty sure that's a problem they didn't have in 1986.  Dropping your phone on your face while in bed.  Is technology really improving our lives, people??

Yes.  Because late night instagramming led me to this:

 Sarah named this recipe Life Changing Loaf of Bread, and it is.  Her blog, My New Roots, is amazing and full of killer healthy recipes.  Go check it out.  Right meow.


Since we've been flooded in for a few days, I decided baking was a good idea.

 I was right.  

Just look at that bread!  No flour.  Full of nuts, seeds, oats, and fiber.

And deliciousness, but that's kind of a given, eh?


Since we're not able to get to the store, I had to make a few substitutions with what I had on hand.  Sarah's blog post with the recipe is awesome because she chats about making substitutions and health benefits and reasons why this bread is awesome.

I'm going to post the modified recipe I used, but I strongly encourage you to check out the original recipe on Sarah's blog, My New Roots.  Then make your own necessary changes.  Kapeesh?  Capisci? (I totally googled that.)

 These are the players for this recipe game.

90 g flaxmeal
65 g raw pumpkin seeds, roasted
40 g sliced almonds
30 g chopped pecans
24 g chia seeds
35 g hemp hearts, shelled
145 g oats
4 T whole psyllium husk
1/4 tsp salt

3 T coconut oil, melted
1 1/2 c warm water
1 dropperful stevia

 Isn't that a beautiful bowl of nuts and seeds?  I dig it.

 Mix up all the dry ingredients.

 Combine the oil, water and stevia.  Pour into the dry ingredients mixture and mix. 

Wilberforce did the stirring.  He's a great stirrer.  Solid gold stirrer.

It's a beautiful bread batter.  But not your usual bread batter.  Don't worry, unusual is ok.

In this case.  In all cases, actually.  Unusual is always ok.

 Unless you have an unsightly mole that looks unusual.  Get that shizz checked out.

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Press that beautiful batter into a greased loaf pan.  Don't try to be all fancy schmancy and round the top of the loaf.  Just press that stuff in there.  Flat.

 Now here's a tough part of the recipe.  Let it sit.

Right there on the kitchen counter.  Just let it be.  Breathe in, breathe out.

And let it be.

For at least two hours, then pop that baby in an oven preheated to 350F for 20 minutes.

Take it out, dump the loaf out of the pan, set it upside down directly on the oven rack and bake another 30-40 minutes.

Why upside down?  I have no idea.  I don't ask questions.  I just do.

 Remove your lovely loaf from the oven when it sounds hollow if you tap on it.  Let it cool.

 Take lots of pictures because it's just so freakin pretty.

 Slice.

 Slice it allllllll. 

 Eat.

 I put a few slices in the fridge in an airtight container - they'll be good for 5 days.

I put the rest in baggies in the freezer so we can just pull a slice out, put it in the fridge overnight and toast it up for breakfast in the morning.

 I can't tell you how good this stuff is.  Nutty and filling and delicious and I love it.

Yesterday Wilberforce and I ran down to the floodwaters.  They had receded quite a bit from pictures we had found on the internet, but still covered the road.

I wasn't feeling great, so I didn't go closer to take pictures, I just turned around and ran home.  Worst run ever.  I felt sick, I felt out of breath, I felt like I hadn't run in months.

What the heck?

Mystery solved.  Not only did my socks not match, I had put one on inside out.  

That's what ya get for getting dressed in the dark. 

But at least my new running shirt kept me warm. 

 Today is Bronco football.  Brother versus brother.  Just like on HGTV.  But this is football.

I'm hungry.

We might venture out to see if we can get to a grocery store today.  And try to find a route to work for tomorrow.