I'm so excited! I've been playing with flax meal a lot lately, and I've developed this bread, which can be used in a variety of ways, including sandwiches and toast. The carbs in it are almost all fiber, and flax is SO good for you. Watch for my article next week about the wonders of flax, especially for low carb eating. Until then, try my Basic Flax Meal Focaccia Bread.
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I'm so excited! I've been playing with flax meal a lot lately, and I've developed this bread, which can be used in a variety of ways, including sandwiches and toast. The carbs in it are almost all fiber, and flax is SO good for you. Watch for my article next week about the wonders of flax, especially for low carb eating. Until then, try my Basic Flax Meal Focaccia Bread.
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Horrible!!!
the worst-I can’t believe anyone can eat this horrible, horrible excuse for bread
I love this bread! It’s very filling and a great alternative to high carb breads — perfect for Atkins induction!
Oh my gosh I can’t believe anyone could not like this bread! It is the absolute best ever! It’s so filling. So versatile! I add to cinnamon or other flavorings for a wonderful breakfast bread. Leave it just like it is for sloppy joes or roast beef. I add a few spices and use for the base for pizza. Thank you so much! Everyone in my family is nuts for this stuff and if I don’t keep it make up there are no so subtle hints it time to make more!
Vikki
This bread is AWESOME! You have to love grainy bread for this to work for you and it works for me! Very filling-even my husband likes it! We have been losing weight by switching to low carb and one of the things we miss the most is bread. This bread satisfied my craving for a tuna sandwich-much better than stuffing a lettuce leaf or celery with tuna! Thanks so much !
hi, this is more like a question. i was wondering if i could eat this during my induction diet? email me at josevarela_69@yahoo.com Thanks!
This bread is great and I am eating it during my induction since it is only .8g of carbs and 0g sugar.
Keep up the good work on creating these wonderful recipes.
This bread is the most tasty and delicious meal in my Atkins diet. I offered some of my friends (without saying what it is) and they loved it too. Excellent invention
Just made the bread with a couple of changes. Used 1 3/4 cups of flax and 1/4 cup of wheat bran, used garlic salt instead of regular salt, used olive oil for the oil and added black pepper and toasted sesame seeds. It was great with Muenster cheese.
It was a little to sweet and eggy for my taste.
Next time I’m thinking of reducing the eggs to 4, increasing the wheat bran to 1/2 cup, eliminating the sweetener and maybe adding Parmesan cheese
I tried this, it was very eggy and salty not my taste at all, maybe i got it wrong with have a play around with it and see how it goes. Used LSA instead of flax meal
What is LSA? I can imagine that using something different from flax meal might get a very different outcome.
Linseed (Flax meal) Sunflower seeds and Almonds
You may notice that my recipes with almond meal contain less egg and other liquid than those with flax. Flax acts differently — it soaks up any liquid easily, including the water in the egg.
Coconut flour is even more absorbent than flax. So when cooking with the different flours, the proportions change.
Also, you mentioned salty — that’s a taste thing. Most people like some salt in their bread and find the one teaspoon to be about right, but if you have cut down on the salt in your diet, it would taste salty. Also, make sure it’s a level measuring teaspoon. (My husband once interpreted teaspoon to mean to take one out of the silverware drawer. Not good!)
All good will try again
It is pretty good..first I made a misAKE AND ONLY PUT 0NE CUP OF FLAX..BOY IT WAS OILY BUT VERY GOOD..THE NEXT i DID AS IT should be done and added a bit of caraway..Really good. Hubby is a diabetic so i hope he will like it..hey! I cant bake to save my butt either..lol
Not a bad bread, but I think the amount of carbs per slice should be re-checked. All of the pure milled flax I have seen offers about 4 grams of carbs per 2 tbsp (one serving)of flax. At 16 tbsp per cup, 2 cups of flax (as per your recipe) would equal 64 grams of carbs, or around 5.3 grams of carbs per slice for 12 servings, not .8 as mentioned…
Great Bread, this is going to make dieting a whole lot easier.
Thank you
hey Scott. The Carbs mentioned are Net Carbs. Flax seed has 4g of carbs and 4 grams of dietary fiber. Net Carbs= Carbs – Dietary Fiber.
4-4=0
This bread was YUMMY! Add a little bit of Italian seasoning!
what is flax seed meal can you get it health shops or supermarkets in england trying to follow low carb diet but mising bread
I have no idea how people can say this bread tastes great. It’s not horrible, but it sure ain’t great!
I just finished baking this bread (increased the recipe) it came out like a cake. Passed it around to the rest of the household (who are non low carbers)they loved it! Wow! Just thinking of the possibilities…include some dates, flavouring…now a nice desert…add some fresh whipped cream…yummy.
I have the perfect solution and I know it may be costly but I love it and I manage to budget to have my bread. I buy fresh 1 carb per slice loaves that are shipped to me from: http://www.juliansbakery.com/
i tried this and couldnt stomach it. it was that bad.
Thank you, This is great on a low carb diet. I did like one lady said and used 3 Tbs of oil and 1 cup of water and it turned out great.
Wow sounds like all these fans are hooked on the low carb bread breakthrough I guess I will have to check it out for myself. If it really is as good as you say, and still tastes good then I will no doubt be hooked too!! Anything that helps in weight loss and still has a great flavor has got to be a good thing!!!
Nancy
i dont know i wouldnt eat this bread, i eat 100% whole grain bread is that bad?
After all the negative comments I was pretty happy with the taste of this bread. I added 2 T. caraway seeds and 2 T. spelt bran to give it a nice rye taste.
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I love your recipe.
I have made this twice. I can’t get past the flaxseed flavor. It reminds me of seaweed! It was “okay” for sandwiches, but toasting it or treating it like regular bread didn’t work out. It just didn’t taste right.
I am trying almond flour next.
I don’t have an oven. But, I do have a bread maker. Can this bread be made in it?
It is wonderfully easy, gluten free, low carb and tastes like bread. Yummy!!
Great bread – at last something for under my poached eggs in the morning
Love this bread .Can someone help though,might went mouldy after 3 days had it in a container would it be better kept in the fridge.Also i bought Linseed Meal at the health shop they said it was the same as Flaxseed.Hope someone can comment on these issues as i want to keep making this.
wow, this was great! my family is very picky about the low-carb substitutes and they loved this. My picky son ate the half the bread on teh tray. He said it was the slight sweetness in teh bread and the because it was warm. It is so easy to make and so filling… it definitely beats the white bread.
We added almond butter and a little grape jelly (I know lots of sugar) but it was fantastic. It kind of reminded me of corn bread
I have to agree with Tania the Julian Bakery makes the best low carb bread on the market. Checkout there site they bake and ship fresh the same day: http://www.julianbakery.com
When I first tried this bread, I used dark flax meal. I didn’t like it. Then I substituted golden flax meal. It was delicious! I especially like the basic foccacio recipe but with caraway seeds, garlic and onion powder, and parmesan cheese! It’s delicious! Keep up the good work!
Biggest waste of eggs ever! This is awful! Don’t waste your ingredients on this
I found this bread really bitter and with a strange almost amonia-like smell to it. Disappointed as I really, really wanted to like it !!
[Note from Laura]: Sarah, it really sounds as though your flax meal was rancid. Flax meal (after the seeds have been ground), because it has a lot of highly-unsaturated oils (the omega-3’s) goes rancid pretty easily. If I buy the meal (rather than grinding it myself) I always make sure I buy it at a store that has rapid turnover, and store it in the freezer.
Flax has a pleasant, nutty flavor. There is nothing at all bitter about it.
I’m sorry for your bad experience!
Laura
I love this bread. I use 1 1/2 cups of flax and 1/2 cup of almond flour. I also add 2 teaspoons of vanilla and use heavy whipping cream along with the water. This helps tame the bitterness that the flax causes.
Which has more carbs? Flax bread or Hemp flour bread? Furthermore, is there an alternative bread that is even lower in carbs than these two?
Thanks,
R.
Ross, I’ve never cooked with hemp flour, and there is no entry in either the USDA or Canadian databases that I can find. The manufacturers packaging only lists by weight and I don’t know how that equates to, say, a cup of flour. By weight, flax seed has less carb – but they are both very low. I don’t know any that are lower. Laura
Wow! This bread is so wonderful. I’m on my extended induction, but I almost gave up on it because of my craving for some breads. It really saved me from it and made me feel like ” I can do this “. Thank you so much Laura! One question though…..how much of this bread can I eat a day? I usually bake in a morning. Can I eat up a whole bread by end of the day? Or is it too much? 2 cups of flex seed meal a day sound like a little too much, but this bread is so yummy and filling but still so low carb, that I can eat every meals
Laura deserves an award for this. I foil lined a jelly roll pan, lightly oiled it, followed the recipe and it turned out a perfect sheet of 1/4 ‘bread.’ I have IBS so will be eating it in small portions until I see the reaction and drinking alot of water. But the thought of a grilled vege sandwich or a slice with low fat cheese…Laura…big hug, thank you is certainly not enough. And to everyone for their variations,they all sound great, especially the cinnamon.
I have been looking for a bread that is low carb since we have started this low carb way of life and I really miss my bread….this is delicious. Thanks.
The bread from Jukian bakery is absolutely the best bread on the market. a local healthfood store in charlotte, nc just started carrying it. Its the best out there. I ahve to toast it. i hope it helps. Lost 95 pound on low carb!
My 10yo son and I love this bread.
On first taste (on its own) it threatened to be a little too salty and not sweet enough, but nothing we couldn’t adjust.
When toasted and made into a ‘Mediterranean sandwich’ (cheese, ham, tomato, olive oil /mayo etc), it was DELICIOUS, and the saltiness was not noticeable at all. It also holds together well.
This has enhanced our eating and added versatility and choice to our low carb eating/blood glucose control.
THANK YOU so much for this recipe!
i thought it was terrible. very bitter. i liked the texture but it had a terrible bitter flavor to.
Your flax seed meal is undoubtedly rancid. Check out: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/whattoeat/a/flaxinfo_2.htm
I’ve made this bread several times and my husband and I love it. I use large eggs so I only put in four and it doesn’t taste eggy. I also bake it for 25 minutes but I think that’s because of my oven. We’re both enjoying the benefits of the low-carb lifestyle, but we missed sandwiches and bread and butter. This is a nice solution, and flax is so good for you anyway. I’m going to try some of the variations next!
HOW MANY CARBS??? low carb means nothing at all
It says .7 grams per slice under “Nutritional Information” under the recipe.
This bread tasted good.But it crumbles aftor the first day. Doesnt stay together!
Made this bread because I am on a very restricted low carb diet for 2 weeks and I am not to eat bread. I noticed that on their menu (diet I’m on) they had low carb flax bread (why can I have that and not bread I thought) It didn’t matter, if I could eat it than who is going to question it. But when I saw the price I was shocked so I started looking for a recipe I could make. I found this and I love it. I just need to put it into a pan that will give me thicker slices maybe a loaf pan? Just wanted to say thank you, this bread was a big help in keeping me on my restricted diet. Now I know why I can eat it on a restricted carb diet after reading all the comments. Thanks again
cc
I’ve made this twice. First time I used the recipe as stated. We liked it toasted with cream cheese and PB & a smear of jelly and as an egg mcMuffin. it was okay. Tonight I made it, reduced the Splenda, added Thyme, Oregano, Parsley and ground peppercorns.
Oooo, smells so good. Made the flat bread and one ‘muffin’ so we could sample it. Had a good flavor with a smear of butter. Plan on using it for egg sandwich, meat and fish sandwiches, too. Next time I am planning on using pumpkin spices, cinnamon, etc. I’m thinking I could add a small bit of shredded carrots (slightly nuked to soften first), maybe tiny bit of raisins and normal Splenda. I’d like to try the golden flax seed if I can find it.
This is a great recipe loved it. Made a batch today and only had 1 cup of flax so I substituted 1/4 cup almond mealand 3/4 cup out flour came out perfect good flavor and consistency it upped the carbs a little but not by much I’m going to try and add some whey protein next time I’ll let u know how it is.
if you place the flax in a coffee grinder(about half the mix) the bread is not as heavy
Awesome; thank you so much for this recipe. I can’t believe I put off trying it for so long, thinking it would be complicated – not so. EASY. First try was last evening and I made two: one “savory” (added garlic powder, herbs, parmesan) and made another second one “sweet” (added Sweetzfree splenda drops, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice) — oh my gosh — I tasted both, and both are delicious. I enjoyed a slice of the savory one at lunch today with my salad, soft and moist and filling. The sweet version is close enough to cake to make me happy and I’m looking forward a slice this evening with a bit of whipped cream. What a delicious way to add some much needed fiber while following a low-carb eating plan. Thanks again!
Great bread! Love it!
Thank you!
You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation however I to find this matter to be actually something that I believe I’d by no means understand. It sort of feels too complex and extremely wide for me. I am looking ahead for your subsequent put up, I will attempt to get the cling of it!