What’s the hardest part of following a Banting diet? Giving up bread!

Yes, it’s no picnic giving up real sugar, sweets and chocolate, but there are some great Banting alternatives to these (watch The Better Weigh blog for the upcoming Banting Cheat Sheet for Sweets, Chocolate & Baked Goodies).

But every single Banting bread I’ve ever encountered (whether I’ve tried out a recipe or bought it from a supermarket or health store) has been abysmal. Most of these ‘breads’ bear only the faintest resemblance to the real thing and have an unpleasant aftertaste, leave an oily residue in your mouth or are just plain unappetising. And you can’t even toast them or make a decent grilled cheese!

Well, despair not, because here is the hands-down best recipe for Banting bread. It’s delicious, tastes like real seed loaf bread and is excellent for toasting! It’s super easy, super convenient and takes less than 15 minutes to mix the batter. You don’t have to be a whiz in the kitchen to make this either.

Ingredients

1 cup almond flour
1 cup mixed seeds
1/4 cup psyllium husks
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
6 eggs
1 cup plain yoghurt [low fat, full cream or double cream]

Method

Preheat the oven to 140°C.
Grease a bread baking tin or line it with baking paper.
In a large bowl, mix together the almond flour, mixed seeds, psyllium husks, salt and baking powder. Beat the eggs together and add to the dry ingredients. Mix well.
Add the yoghurt and, again, mix well.
Spoon the batter into the baking tin and bake in the oven for 2 hours.

Pop the bread out of the tin, let it cool down and either slice it up or leave it whole. Store in a airtight container in the fridge.

Pro tips:

Instead of almond flour, you can use 100g packet of whole or flaked almonds that you grind up in a coffee grinder.
For your mixed seeds, try an Omega Seed Mix or make up your own mix from your favourite seeds. I use a mix of sesame, sunflower, pumpkin and poppy seeds.

The bread lasts 2-3 weeks in the fridge, but you’ll probably wolf it down way before that!

As soon as you taste this bread, your Banting life will be changed for the better and you’ll be making it regularly. When you’ve made it as many times as I have, you won’t even need to refer to the recipe anymore.

Trust me, this is the Banting bread to end all Banting breads. It’s the best thing since…well, sliced bread!