Alternative for Bread
jferris91
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What do you use as an alternative to bread. I have done tortillas but they are almost as bad as bread. I am looking for some type of alternative that I could use for my lunch meat.
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When you say "bad" do you mean texture, taste, or nutrition value?
My regular bread alternatives are reduced calorie whole grain or rye breads, 90 calorie Hawaiian rolls, Trader Joes Artisan rolls for about 110 calories each or low carb flatbreads, tortillas and wraps.
Or if you want a no carb/ no grain options try lettuce wraps or cloud bread recipes. Hope this is what you're looking for.4 -
I just reduce how often I eat it.0
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newheavensearth wrote: »When you say "bad" do you mean texture, taste, or nutrition value?
My regular bread alternatives are reduced calorie whole grain or rye breads, 90 calorie Hawaiian rolls, Trader Joes Artisan rolls for about 110 calories each or low carb flatbreads, tortillas and wraps.
Or if you want a no carb/ no grain options try lettuce wraps or cloud bread recipes. Hope this is what you're looking for.
yes bad as in nutritional0 -
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I tend to make gram flour breads - very simple - gram flour and water - chuck some Coriander leaf and chilli seeds in - make the batter very runny and cook in a pan until either crispy or just under - (turn over once). very flavoursome - only uses small amount of gram flour too - (Chickpea flour).0
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I often use a Romain or Butter lettuce leaf. It makes a great alternative!
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newheavensearth wrote: »When you say "bad" do you mean texture, taste, or nutrition value?
My regular bread alternatives are reduced calorie whole grain or rye breads, 90 calorie Hawaiian rolls, Trader Joes Artisan rolls for about 110 calories each or low carb flatbreads, tortillas and wraps.
Or if you want a no carb/ no grain options try lettuce wraps or cloud bread recipes. Hope this is what you're looking for.
yes bad as in nutritional
Pinterest no carb or no grain bread options?0 -
add 2 eggs to 400g of whey isolate and slow cook in the oven for 45 mins.
almost exactly like bread but almost all protien4 -
I've seen and actually try to slice some cucumbers lengthwise and put some cream cheese and lunch meat in the center or just roll up your lunch meat or lettuce wraps, depending on what you're doing.1
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Lettuce wraps are the way to go!!
Been doing that for the past 6 months
Awesome
U can Lettuce wrap deli, hamburgers , tuna salad etc3 -
newheavensearth wrote: »When you say "bad" do you mean texture, taste, or nutrition value?
My regular bread alternatives are reduced calorie whole grain or rye breads, 90 calorie Hawaiian rolls, Trader Joes Artisan rolls for about 110 calories each or low carb flatbreads, tortillas and wraps.
Or if you want a no carb/ no grain options try lettuce wraps or cloud bread recipes. Hope this is what you're looking for.
yes bad as in nutritional
What's bad about it?9 -
What's bad about bread nutritionally? And why do you need a substitute?
I have celiac disease and roll cold cuts and cheese up and eat them with a fork a lot of the time. A lettuce wrap also works. But sometimes I just want a sandwich and I eat GF bread. It's expensive though so I don't buy it often.
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WinoGelato wrote: »newheavensearth wrote: »When you say "bad" do you mean texture, taste, or nutrition value?
My regular bread alternatives are reduced calorie whole grain or rye breads, 90 calorie Hawaiian rolls, Trader Joes Artisan rolls for about 110 calories each or low carb flatbreads, tortillas and wraps.
Or if you want a no carb/ no grain options try lettuce wraps or cloud bread recipes. Hope this is what you're looking for.
yes bad as in nutritional
What's bad about it?
High sodium1 -
WinoGelato wrote: »newheavensearth wrote: »When you say "bad" do you mean texture, taste, or nutrition value?
My regular bread alternatives are reduced calorie whole grain or rye breads, 90 calorie Hawaiian rolls, Trader Joes Artisan rolls for about 110 calories each or low carb flatbreads, tortillas and wraps.
Or if you want a no carb/ no grain options try lettuce wraps or cloud bread recipes. Hope this is what you're looking for.
yes bad as in nutritional
What's bad about it?
High sodium
Do you have to watch sodium intake for medical reasons? You could bake your own bread.1 -
You can use wholemeal bread. There is low sodium compared to white bread.1
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What do you use as an alternative to bread. I have done tortillas but they are almost as bad as bread. I am looking for some type of alternative that I could use for my lunch meat.WinoGelato wrote: »newheavensearth wrote: »When you say "bad" do you mean texture, taste, or nutrition value?
My regular bread alternatives are reduced calorie whole grain or rye breads, 90 calorie Hawaiian rolls, Trader Joes Artisan rolls for about 110 calories each or low carb flatbreads, tortillas and wraps.
Or if you want a no carb/ no grain options try lettuce wraps or cloud bread recipes. Hope this is what you're looking for.
yes bad as in nutritional
What's bad about it?
High sodium
I know this may come as a complete shock, but your lunch meat has about 3x as much sodium as the bread you put it between. And if you add any cheese, that's also more sodium than the bread you use, more than likely.
One slice of cheese and lunch meat could put you at a minimum of 400 mg of sodium, but likely closer to 600. I'm guessing you're buying the "carbs/bread/pasta/rice is bad" mantra.11 -
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If you want to eat less bread, and there are many reason that you may choose to or not that's just personal choice.
Then I'd think beyond a sandwich for lunch and look at what else you could be eating.
If you have access to a microwave (and the spare calories) leftovers could be an option.
Homemade, soups can be very nutritionally dense and lower calorie (or higher if that's what you want).
A salad box is a solid options and you can go way beyond a limp lettuce leaf with various shredded raw veg under your protein.
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What do you use as an alternative to bread.
Bread isn't "bad" but I rarely eat it, because for me it's not worth the calories (never been a bread person).
I don't consume "alternatives," though. I just don't use bread. For example, instead of a turkey sandwich I pack turkey and vegetables and whatever else I want to fill out the meal.0 -
The teaspoon of salt I include in my home made bread is critical to making a fluffy, chewy, lofty loaf. That is one teaspoon salt to two cups flour. Surely that is not high salt.0
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I don't substitute it... how much sodium does bread have!?0
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Why not just eat the lunch meat plain? If you need something else try vegetables.0
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One slice of bread to cut back. Or wrap your lunch meat in a slice of cheese.0
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I like the Mission brand low carb whole wheat tortillas (the smaller one, not the Fajitas one). its good for me watching carbs! Tastes like it has a bit of honey in it. Great for tacos!1
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Huh, literally never thought of bread as high sodium. I don't eat much but that's just because I prefer super fresh bread and CBA getting it often.
I enjoy crackers with cheese and meat on them but you might run into the same perceived issue of them being bad.
You could make potato salads, bean salads, grain salads etc. Lunch doesn't have to mean sandwich.0 -
My trainer recommended ezekiel bread. You can find it in the frozen section. Just put in the toaster for a few seconds to get it soft. It's natural, low calorie and has a lot of fiber.
http://www.eatthis.com/ezekiel-bread
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I personally have switched to Ole Xtreme Wellness tortillas. They carry only 50 calories, lots of fiber, a low amount of sodium, and even some protein. Here's a flavor I often get:
http://olemex.com/index.php/2013-07-26-20-44-53/traditional-mexican/item/175-spinach-herbs-tortilla-wraps-81 -
Just gonna leave this here..........
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@sjaplo YASSSSS0
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MotherOfSharpei wrote: »One slice of bread to cut back. Or wrap your lunch meat in a slice of cheese.
He's substituting bread because of it's "high" sodium content. Cheese is going to be far higher in sodium as @missh1967 already pointed out.
Use your coldcuts on a nice salad.....but make the dressing yourself because pre-made are generally high sodium.1
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