Can we discuss Hunza bread? *thud*
Hi! I just joined Natural Cures the other day to see what it was about and to get the recipe for the Hunza bread. Has anyone made a batch? I had no idea where to post my experience so, if this isn't the right place - let me know.
I'm not what one would call a "cook". I'm just a mom that can usually follow instructions and produce something decent to feed the kids. They're growing on a daily basis so I must be doing something right. But I do believe I have met my match...
I thought, how hard can it be to make the recipe outlined on this site for the Hanza bread? A few ingredients, stir, bake and... tada!!!! Bread!
I made a trip to the store and found the ingredients needed. I went to the health food store as I wasn't sure if my local Albertsons would have everything I needed and if it would be organic and natural.
$59 bucks later (Thats where one of the *thud*'s come in to play) and I'm out the door thinking "This had better be one heckuva loaf of bread for this price!". When I got home, I didn't feel as bad about the price I paid 'cause I remembered I also bought coffee and some xylitol. So my "loaf" of bread is only costing me maybe $40.
My 8yr old son volunteered to help me mix the ingredients. We got the biggest bowl we had and dumped in the flour. I hadn't really stopped to think just how much flour was in 8 cups. My son thought it was neat because it was so fine and soft. Try it! It makes dandy hand indentations! But I digress.... We spooned in the honey and the molasses. T'wasn't easy but we did it. Spices here and there, oil.... and.... Hmmmm.... My son asks how we're going to stir it. I have no idea. It looks pretty thick. DOH! The water! We weren't sure we'd have room in that bowl but we put it in and gave it a few stirs with my big wooden spoon. We looked at each other and knew that just wasn't going to do.
"Mom! The hand mixer!". Yeah, son! Sounds good! I get out my handy dandy hand mixer that has seen me through 30 years of uninterrupted service. Put the beaters in, stuck it in the mix and let it rip.
*Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrr... rrrrrrrrr......rrrrrrrr. rrrrrrrr...rrr..r..*
Did you know those things spark up when they burn out their lil motors?
My son and I looked at each other like "Well? What now?" So I go to lift the mixer and blades out of the concoction. Mixer comes, blades remain. My son was in hysterics. We were both laughing so hard we were crying. Those beaters stood up firm and straight. I didn't think the mix would ever let loose.
Once we regained our composure, we mixed it with the wood spoons the best that we could. It seemed like it was starting to set up so we got some into a pan and stuck it in my toaster oven.
Did I mention my regular oven decided to retire? Burners light but there's no heat in the oven. Good timing, Mr. O'Keefe & Merritt! 60 years of service and this is the week it decides to go kaput. Noooooooooo problemo. Toaster oven it is!
Once I got the first pan into the oven, I looked at the remainder of the mix VS the size pan I was working with and determined that it will take me approximately 1 week to bake all of the Hanza bread. Good thing this stuff doesn't go bad!
The first batch came out of the oven. I was eager to try it and see if it works the way they say it does. Yes, I am on a diet. Yes I like to eat and no I don't get filled up real fast the conventional way. This bread I was hoping would be my salvation.
I cut (with effort!) my first batch into the prescribed 2 x 2 inch squares. I looked at it and just knew that one of those would never fill me up. How could it? So I took 2, took my full glass of water and went and had a "snack".
*Thud* (oh yeah, lots of *thuds* with this bread...) Honestly, once I ate those two servings and drank my water - I thought I was gonna explode. I have never been so full, so fast and felt so satisfied by so little. I went to bed that evening quite full and without a "midnight snack". When I woke up this morning, I wasn't hungry as usual. I did eat another square and drank my water but only one square this time and I feel quite satisfied. I think maybe this experiment is going to pay off.
If you're going to try the Hanza bread - I would think you would want to mix only maybe half of what they say to use. I mean, that recipe they have on here will make maybe.... oh.... 100 or more squares. I really don't know but it will make a LOT. And have one with some water if you're dieting. You wont want anything else. *thud* (one more... for emphasis.. lol!)
What is your experience with this bread? I'm not diabetic but sugar really causes me to crash. This recipe doesn't seem to do that. It can't be diabetic friendly, can it?
I'm not what one would call a "cook". I'm just a mom that can usually follow instructions and produce something decent to feed the kids. They're growing on a daily basis so I must be doing something right. But I do believe I have met my match...
I thought, how hard can it be to make the recipe outlined on this site for the Hanza bread? A few ingredients, stir, bake and... tada!!!! Bread!
I made a trip to the store and found the ingredients needed. I went to the health food store as I wasn't sure if my local Albertsons would have everything I needed and if it would be organic and natural.
$59 bucks later (Thats where one of the *thud*'s come in to play) and I'm out the door thinking "This had better be one heckuva loaf of bread for this price!". When I got home, I didn't feel as bad about the price I paid 'cause I remembered I also bought coffee and some xylitol. So my "loaf" of bread is only costing me maybe $40.
My 8yr old son volunteered to help me mix the ingredients. We got the biggest bowl we had and dumped in the flour. I hadn't really stopped to think just how much flour was in 8 cups. My son thought it was neat because it was so fine and soft. Try it! It makes dandy hand indentations! But I digress.... We spooned in the honey and the molasses. T'wasn't easy but we did it. Spices here and there, oil.... and.... Hmmmm.... My son asks how we're going to stir it. I have no idea. It looks pretty thick. DOH! The water! We weren't sure we'd have room in that bowl but we put it in and gave it a few stirs with my big wooden spoon. We looked at each other and knew that just wasn't going to do.
"Mom! The hand mixer!". Yeah, son! Sounds good! I get out my handy dandy hand mixer that has seen me through 30 years of uninterrupted service. Put the beaters in, stuck it in the mix and let it rip.
*Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrr... rrrrrrrrr......rrrrrrrr. rrrrrrrr...rrr..r..*
Did you know those things spark up when they burn out their lil motors?
My son and I looked at each other like "Well? What now?" So I go to lift the mixer and blades out of the concoction. Mixer comes, blades remain. My son was in hysterics. We were both laughing so hard we were crying. Those beaters stood up firm and straight. I didn't think the mix would ever let loose.
Once we regained our composure, we mixed it with the wood spoons the best that we could. It seemed like it was starting to set up so we got some into a pan and stuck it in my toaster oven.
Did I mention my regular oven decided to retire? Burners light but there's no heat in the oven. Good timing, Mr. O'Keefe & Merritt! 60 years of service and this is the week it decides to go kaput. Noooooooooo problemo. Toaster oven it is!
Once I got the first pan into the oven, I looked at the remainder of the mix VS the size pan I was working with and determined that it will take me approximately 1 week to bake all of the Hanza bread. Good thing this stuff doesn't go bad!
The first batch came out of the oven. I was eager to try it and see if it works the way they say it does. Yes, I am on a diet. Yes I like to eat and no I don't get filled up real fast the conventional way. This bread I was hoping would be my salvation.
I cut (with effort!) my first batch into the prescribed 2 x 2 inch squares. I looked at it and just knew that one of those would never fill me up. How could it? So I took 2, took my full glass of water and went and had a "snack".
*Thud* (oh yeah, lots of *thuds* with this bread...) Honestly, once I ate those two servings and drank my water - I thought I was gonna explode. I have never been so full, so fast and felt so satisfied by so little. I went to bed that evening quite full and without a "midnight snack". When I woke up this morning, I wasn't hungry as usual. I did eat another square and drank my water but only one square this time and I feel quite satisfied. I think maybe this experiment is going to pay off.
If you're going to try the Hanza bread - I would think you would want to mix only maybe half of what they say to use. I mean, that recipe they have on here will make maybe.... oh.... 100 or more squares. I really don't know but it will make a LOT. And have one with some water if you're dieting. You wont want anything else. *thud* (one more... for emphasis.. lol!)
What is your experience with this bread? I'm not diabetic but sugar really causes me to crash. This recipe doesn't seem to do that. It can't be diabetic friendly, can it?
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Permalink Reply by pj on -
hi savage - i love your outlook! "what the hey, let's keep going and make do with what we have!" i have the original Hunza diet bread recipe from Kevin's book. i haven't made the bread yet because in that recipe it says to bake for 1 hr. @ 300 degrees, then lower oven to 90 degrees and let it dry out at that temp for another 2 hrs. i have a digital oven that doesn't go below 170 degrees. NOW what to do? evidently this was an accident in the original baking and it helped it to become very dense and chewy.
i would like any help, tips, info, etc. on how to attempt this maneuver at 170 degrees? also does this bread rise? i suffer from a chronic, debilitating neurological disorder. that's what got me started on Kevin's books and i found this website. i have chronic fatigue and hear that this bread gives you a lot of get-up-and-go, is this true? it would be lovely to do all that i need to in one day without crashing and burning before i finish making dinner. the medications they've given me for fatigue caused me to have violent tremors and cluster headaches, so we said goodbye to those very quickly.
thanks for any help anyone can give me on this bread. i desperately need to lose weight as a stint in the wheelchair caused it me to "blossom", shall we say?. i'm up and walking again but can't sustain an exercise routine without fear of relapse. if this bread does what it says it does, it woud be a God-send!
thanks again!!
pj
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Permalink Reply by Stephen Blauert on -
After the one hour of baking, I just turned off my oven and left the bread in there with the door closed for 2 hours. The bread ended up just fine... "dense and chewy", etc.
sb
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