Yeast-Free Life - What Are My Bread Options?

Starting on a yeast free diet isn't easy. Yeast is in a lot of common foods, and avoiding yeast can sometimes be difficult. The main problem is with bread, as normal bread contains yeast to make it rise. However, there are a lot of yeast free breads available in health food shops. You can also make your own yeast free bread.

The majority of people with an allergy or intolerance to yeast have a specific problem with manufactured yeast, but can tolerate natural yeast. In this instance, such a person can eat sourdough bread. However, the trick is to use a proper sourdough starter which doesn't have any added yeast.

What's a "Starter"?

A starter is also known as a "levain", and is basically an ancestral form of pre-ferment which you use to make the sourdough bread. Sourdough is the method of trapping natural yeast. Once you have your starter, you can actually make most types of bread. The only difference is there will be a different taste to the bread. This is due to the lactic acid which is produced by the lactobacilli, which gives it its sour flavour, which is where the name comes from.

However, there is another type of bread you can make, and that is Soda Bread. Check out this great soda bread recipe

Ingredients:

* Six cups of flour

* 1 tbsp baking soda

* 1 teaspoon of salt

* Two eggs

* 3 cups of yoghurt

How to make the soda bread:

1. Mix the flour, salt and baking soda.

2. Add the eggs and yoghurt and mix thoroughly.

3. Thoroughly kneed it for approximately 5 minutes.

4. Place into 2 bread tins and bake for approximately thirty minutes.

By following a recipe like this and making your own bread, not only will you be able to control what ingredients are used, but you will also be able to enjoy it fresh, straight from the oven, nice and warm, the way bread should be.

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There are still many delicious, tasty foods that a person can enjoy once you have stopped eating yeast. Eating a yeast free diet is actually a lot easier than you might think. For FREE information about living on a yeast free diet, visit Yeast Free Diets