Because not eating bread is not an option

Bring on the BREAD - this is one thing that I don't think I could ever give up, and frankly I don't believe there is any reason to.  As long as you buy the REAL product without all the added "fillers" you are good to go.

Once I heard switching over to whole wheat bread was the thing to do to be healthy I was on board and never turned back to white bread.  Little did I know that what I was purchasing was filled with so much added junk.  The next time you are at the grocery just pick up a loaf of 100% Whole Wheat Bread on the bread aisle and look at the list of ingredients - then check it out in your local grocery store bakery - I use to splurge on buying from the bakery thinking that had to be even better - WRONG!

These are the breads that I now purchase:

Sometimes I splurge by going to a REAL bakery - Great Harvest Bread Company bakes REAL bread with only 5 ingredients (per 100 days of real food lady).  I didn't question it or personally ask them myself...I was thrilled to know this because I LOVE their bread.

Now for a more budget friendly product I choose:

I've been able to find another brand Annie's Wholesale Bakery in Asheville, NC.

I have not been able to find a store bought whole wheat tortilla that you can buy at the grocery so I've started making my own - I thought this was going to be a HUGE undertaking at first, but I promise it is really not hard at all and taste so much better that those packaged in the stores.

Whole-Wheat Flour Tortillas

2 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour (I use King Arthur's white whole-wheat flour)
1/2 cup olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 cup warm water (heat in microwave for 1 minute)

Mix flour, oil & salt using the dough hook of your heavy duty mixer.  Beat for about 3-5 minutes until mixture is crumbly.  Scrape down sides as needed.  With mixer running gradually add warm water and continue mixing until the dough is smooth, about 3 minutes.

Take the dough out of mixer and form into a log about 10 inches long.  If it is sticky add a little bit of flour.  Divide the log into 12 equal sized pieces.  Roll each piece into a small ball and flatten it out on a baking tray.  Cover with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for at least 15 minutes or up to an hour.

Heat a griddle or skillet to medium-high heat.  The pan should be pretty hot before you begin cooking the tortillas.  Use a rolling pin to roll out each tortilla into a 8-10 inch circle (mine have never been in a perfect circle - my turn out like different states on the map).  Cook tortillas one at time until puffy and slightly brown, about 30-45 seconds per side.

These can also be frozen!

The taste is TOTALLY different from store bought.  Give it a try.


If you prefer corn tortillas, watch the ingredient list on these as well.  Whole Foods has an organic corn tortilla in the frozen section that is REAL - only ingredients are organic whole corn, water and trace of lime.

I made these once but without a tortilla press it was not the easiest thing to do.  I tried to mimic a press with a cast iron skillet - I'm pretty sure there has to be an easier way.

Here's a recipe if you want to give it a try.

Corn Tortillas

2 cups masa harina (whole corn flour that is found in the baking aisle - not corn meal)

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/4-1 1/3 cup warm water (heat in microwave for 1 minute)

Blend masa harina and salt with fork or whisk.  Pour in warm water.  Stir together with wooden spoon until dough starts to form - not too sticky and not too dry.  Add more water or flour if necessary.  Finish mixing with your hands.  Make a log out of the dough and divide into 12 equal pieces.  Roll each piece into round ball.  Flatten each ball onto a cutting board and cover with plastic wrap for 10-15 minutes.

Heat a cast iron skillet over medium high heat.  Flatten the dough balls in a tortilla press or if you don't have one...cover the bottom and top of dough ball with plastic wrap, put a cast iron skillet on top and put all your weight on it to flatten out the tortilla.  I had to do this a few times to get it thinned out enough.  

Cook tortillas in hot skillet one at time for only about a minute on each side.

Here's a little "sweet" treat that I wanted to share.  These are called donuts but they taste more like cake in the shape of a donut to me.  I will not let myself go to Krispy Kreme because I can't have just one donut...these do NOT take the place of KK, but they are very good and I can let myself have more than one and it still doesn't add up to one KK.

This recipe is for an electric donut maker but I made them in my donut baking pan and it worked fine.

Baked Whole-Grain Mini Donuts

1 cup whole-wheat flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1/2 cup mil
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
4 Tbl melted coconut oil

For all you chocolate lovers:  use this same recipe and add 1 Tbl unsweetened cocoa ("special dark" 100%) - Hershey's actually has one.

Whisk together the dry ingredients.  Make a well (hole) in the middle and drop in the egg, milk, syrup, vanilla and coconut oil.  Stir together with a fork until well combined.  These donuts can also be frozen!

Give me some feedback if you have any particular questions about something.  I'm just sharing with you what I've been doing the last several months and what seems to be working for us.  Just remember that I'm by all means not a nutritionist so don't come hunt me down if you get sick...LOL!

Enjoy!