Alternative for Bread
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I've gone the restrictive diet method before, and while it works in the short run - because you are monitoring everything you put in your mouth - it doesn't last.
Just using mfp and my Garmin is working very nicely thank you.
Bread's only issue is that is calorie dense - which was great before food became so plentiful - now it just means eating less and making sure what you eat is top quality. - Like every other food................0 -
I don't eat bread because I can't have gluten and gluten free breads aren't worth the dough. I wrap a slice of deli meat and cheese around a slice of avocado. Or you can beat an egg and cook it omelet style in a small non-stick skillet and wrap that around the meat and cheese. Or add some whey protein powder to the egg to give it more of a bread-like consistency. But honestly, if I could eat real bread I would probably eat a loaf every day.0
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I make muffins out of UMP vanilla protein powder, egg whites, a little olive oil and pumpkin pie spice. Yummy toasted with nut butter.0
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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 sodium
This is analogous to a cigarette smoker seeking alternatives to rolling paper because they heard they cause cancer.5 -
I haven't tried this yet, but it shows some promise.. it's on my "to try list" for an upcoming weekend.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/246350/easy-cloud-bread/1 -
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.
This was my first thought as well. I do find some commercial breads have more sodium than you would expect (especially white breads). But if you are eating a ham & cheese sandwich and you're worried about sodium, you should worry about the ham & cheese before the bread.
OP, start reading the nutrition info of breads and wraps in your grocery store and I'd bet you can find something that will work. Or you can go the lettuce wrap route. I have on occasion just rolled up some cold cuts and cheese on their own and eaten them for lunch too. Otherwise, maybe cold cuts aren't the best choice for you.1 -
look up low carb recipes for bread
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I haven't tried this yet, but it shows some promise.. it's on my "to try list" for an upcoming weekend.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/246350/easy-cloud-bread/
I love love LOVE cloud bread and you can make taste substitutions depending on what you're going for (garlic for sliders, a bit of stevia for nut butter sandwiches, etc). I use this one since I usually don't have cream of tatar:
http://thebigapplemama.com/2016/01/no-carb-cloud-bread.html0 -
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
This. Ezekiel bread is highly nutritious and there are several varieties!0 -
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WASA is my alternative to bread - sourdough whole grain crispbread by WASA @ 35 calories per slice.0
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Just gonna leave this here..........
Yes. This (great pic - and nice batch of breads!). If it's lowered sodium you want, it is very easy to bake your own. Some salt is needed, otherwise, the result tastes like cardboard. But you can crank it way down compared to commercial loaves.
I use a "no knead" method that requires about 10 minutes of easy work in an approx 3-hour start-from-scratch to finished-loaf-cooling cycle. I make a variety of types, and they're all about 1/3 the sodium of the comparable commercial brands and flavors I used to buy. Further, the homemade bread is more satisfying, so I actually eat less of it (by cutting thinner slices than I specify in the MFP recipe builder portion size determination, for a double dividend on macro counts). In addition to removing things such as sodium and less-desirable ingredients (really, bread can be nothing but flour, yeast, salt, water) you can ADD things you may want, such as whey or other protein, seeds/nuts/fruit/grains (I add items such as wheat germ, rolled oats, etc.) and more (e.g., herbs such as rosemary). You're in total control.0 -
I won't quote that picture of the bread a fifth time on this page, but HOLY DELICIOUSNESS, BATMAN!!!!!2
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I hand bake bread without any salt at all. Typically whole meal bread from flour made at a local sixteenth century stone mill. The salt is only there to put the brakes on the yeast and is what makes fluffy French style breads. The yeast all dies off when you put the loaf in the oven to cook anyway. I have a great cookbook that has bread recipes from all around the world. Another bread that has no salt is traditional naan bread. Also German rye bread. There are also a whole host of quick breads that do not use yeast or flour.
I suggest you get a bread cookbook and start baking bread with no salt.0 -
Oops do not use yeast or salt....did not mean to write yeast or flour. Sorry0
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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.
Hold on, bread has too much sodium for his cold cuts. Am I the only one who sees the irony here? Cold cuts have a LOT of sodium.
Anyway, not sure about the sodium level but there are a bunch of brands that make low carb/high protein tortillas nowadays.1 -
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.
Hold on, bread has too much sodium for his cold cuts. Am I the only one who sees the irony here? Cold cuts have a LOT of sodium.
Anyway, not sure about the sodium level but there are a bunch of brands that make low carb/high protein tortillas nowadays.
Most of these people are just looking to get their life complicated and are looking for bread subs for whatever reason. Most just guess they cant have gluten etc. This person things a TEASPOON of salt in a loaf of bread is a lot, yet cheese and cold cuts are fine. Makes sense to me.
Whole-loaf eaters!
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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.
Hold on, bread has too much sodium for his cold cuts. Am I the only one who sees the irony here? Cold cuts have a LOT of sodium.
Anyway, not sure about the sodium level but there are a bunch of brands that make low carb/high protein tortillas nowadays.
I can't say for certain "low sodium" cold cuts don't exist (I've never seen them myself)......I was giving OP the benefit of the doubt.0
I still buy it for the rest of my family and the smells drives me crazy! 
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