So anyway, after reading about the big chains adding trans-fats to bread to make it 'feel' fresher longer I decided two weeks back to buy a breadmaker and start making my own. Pretty much every week-night I make a 750g loaf of wholewheat bread and I use nearly 1/2 of it for my breakfast and lunch whilst the rest of the family use the other half. It takes about 5 minutes to measure out and add in the ingredients and I have a beautiful fresh warm loaf waiting for me each morning. It's obviously low GI because I feel fuller for longer than with my previous bread and I actually feel healthier also. Obviously I am taking in less preseratives and other additives. The ingredients cost less than half what shop bread costs. I have started adding in sunflower seeds etc. to change the flavour from day to day. My total investment outlay for machine and ingredients (yeast, skim milk powder, brown sugar, improver) was about $80 US. I cannot speak highly enough of my breadmaker.
Any other recent closet bread-makers out there and do you have a good recipe for me?
I must away now and pen my 'Ode to the Breadmaker'.
