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I Don’t Usually like Whole Wheat Bread but I Thought that This One Tasted Pretty GoodI admire people who choose to avoid bread for its carbs, and I feel bad for those that can not have it for allergy and other medical purposes. I can’t imagine a day without bread, as often at least one piece of toast is made in the morning, usually there is a sandwich eaten as a snack and  several more would appear during lunch time. Bread may even make its appearance at some of our dinners. I considered reducing the amount of bread that we are consuming because we were not getting organic loaves of bread, as I really couldn’t afford to get them all of the time but then I came across a sale of organic bread that had loaves for only two dollars a piece. One of these loaves was Private Selection 100% Whole Wheat Bread and here is what I thought about it.It is not uncommon for me to choose whole wheat breads as I know that they are healthy but I will admit that they are in no way my favorite kinds of breads. Still I wanted to give the Private Selection Organic 100% Whole Wheat Bread the benefit of the doubt and try it without anticipating that I wasn’t going to care for the taste. Now although I thought that it was hearty I have to admit that it was not as hearty as other whole wheat breads that I have tasted. I actually thought that it tasted pretty good for being one hundred percent whole wheat. We go back and forth on getting whole wheat breads and multi-grain breads, choosing which ever happens to be on sale, so I was sure that the ingredients of this bread would be much more humble than the multi-grain bread by the same company.

This Bread Tasted Really Good and I Am Glad that I Tried it OutUsually we go through a lot of bread in this house, which definitely makes it hard to spend a lot of money per loaf. Recently I tried out several different kinds of organic breads but their prices were more than twice as much of what I normally budget for bread so I was  not able to continue to get them. However, getting organic bread was still very important to me and so I was still keeping my eyes open for an affordable brand and I think that I may have found it. The other day while in the bread section I came across a brand that had three different organic breads, one of these breads was Private Selection Organic Harvest Grain Bread.Right away I loved the name of the bread, but I knew that just because it had a nice name didn’t mean that I would love the taste. For this reason I chose to just try one loaf. The Private Selection Organic Harvest Grain Bread was on sale for only two dollars a loaf, which is exactly what I pay on average for bread that isn’t even organic. I was ecstatic about the price and eager to find out if I should be stocking up on such a bread. Most of the breads that I get are either whole wheat or multi-grain and so I thought that the Harvest Grain sounded like a bread that would be right up our alley. A quick glance at the ingredients clued me in that this bread did indeed have a lot of different grains in it.The ingredients for Private Selection Organic Harvest Grain Bread are organic whole wheat flour, water, organic wheat flour, organic sugar, organic sunflower seeds, organic wheat gluten. The bread also contains two percent or less of organic oats, organic rye flour, organic soybean oil, yeast, salt, organic soy flour, organic brown rice, organic wheat bran, organic wheat bran, organic flax seeds, organic vinegar, cultured organic unbleached wheat flour, organic molasses, organic barley flakes, organic corn meal, organic millet, soy lecithin, calcium sulfate and enzymes. I thought that all of the ingredients looked great and after examining them I checked out the nutrition facts of this bread.

Finally, a Bread that was Reasonably Priced and Tasted Absolutely WonderfulVery recently I tried out many different loaves of breads by the brand Rudi’s Organic Bakery. This was both the first time that I had tried out any bread from this brand and the first time that I had bought organic bread. One reason that I had not yet tried out organic breads in general  is because they are usually more expensive. In the case of Rudi’s Organic Bakery I had found loaves of theirs that were as much as four dollars and seventy nine cents or only a dime cheaper. At the prices I had tried Rudi’s Organic Bakery’s Country French Bread, Oat Bread, 14-Grain Bread, Honey Sweet Whole Wheat Bread and 100 Percent Whole Wheat Bread. Although I thought all of the breads were good their prices were just too much out of my budget to get on a regular basis. The other day though I was in a different grocery store and discovered a new loaf of Rudi’s Organic Bakery that was only three dollars, the loaf was Rudi’s Organic Bakery 7 Grain with Flax Bread.Now I liked the 14 Grain Bread that Rudi’s Organic Bakery makes but it was not my favorite of the bunch and certainly was hearty. I was a little bit concerned that the Rudi’s Organic Bakery 7 Grain with Flax Bread may also be hearty but I hoped that it at least would be only half as hearty. To my surprise it wasn’t very hearty tasting at all and actually was quite chewy, something that you don’t always find in multi-grain breads. I certainly thought that it was worth the cost. The loaf itself was small but I was happy that the slices of bread fit in the toaster well and it made making a sandwich for my toddler son, who also enjoyed the bread, to be quite easy and the perfect size for him. I was very glad that I decided to try out this bread as I think that I will definitely be getting it again at such a nice price. I was curious though if its ingredients and nutrition facts looked as good as the bread tasted.

Homemade Wheat Bread Vs. Store Bought Wheat BreadThere are a lot of good people out there who chose to buy wheat bread because of the added health benefits. What they fail to realize is that what they think they are buying is not what they are getting. Ninety-five percent of wheat bread bought in the stores is not wheat bread at all.  Most store bought wheat bread is just white bread with molasses added for coloring. Real whole wheat bread will have whole wheat as the first ingredient. Real whole wheat bread is also marketed as one hundred percent whole wheat bread not just whole wheat bread.The health benefits of making your own bread for one is, you won’t have all those harmful chemicals in your bread like the ones made in the store. In addition store bought bread lacks the nutrients you are suppose to be able to get from breads. They don’t have a significant amount of calcium. Good wheat bread has at least ten percent calcium. Most store bought wheat bread has two percent. They also lack a good amount of vitamin a amongst other vitamins. The reason that store bought bread lacks so much in nutrition compared to real wheat bread is because most wheat bread is strip of it’s real nutrients, then they just add some coloring and maybe a little wheat grains so they can at least have the word wheat some where in there ingredients list.Here is the ingredients to make your own wheat bread. You don’t need an electrical bread maker. All you need is a bread making pan.Ingredients you’ll need:2 cups of warm water1 (1/2) teaspoons of yeast(1/3) cup of honey(1/3) cup of olive oil2 teaspoons of salt(1/3) cup of gluten flour5 to 7 cups of freshly grounded whole wheatCombine the water yeast and honey into a large bowl or mixer. Allow it to sit for five minutes to allow the yeast to start working. Then add the rest of the ingredients. Knead 7-10 minutes in a mixer or 10-15 minutes by hand.Next you let the dough rise till it doubles in size, then you hit the dough and divide into two pieces for the two separate loaves of bread.