Here is a picture of potential. Wasted potential.
I was reading Wheat Belly: 30 Minute Meals and I wanted to, so desperately wanted to, believe the hype. Quick, easy, simple meals you can make for daily life.
Well the book did not live up to that hype exactly. And thus far the few recipes I have made from it have ranged from totally wasting expensive ingredients to, at best, producing "meh" results.
The Wheat Belly Bread sadly falls under the "wasting expensive ingredients" category. Of the many ingredients for this bread, 6 (organic) eggs are called for.
Beyond the wasted ingredients you also have to separate the eggs, whip the whites, mix the ingredients in a food processor ... basically this recipe is not only expensive but it also takes up a huge amount of kitchen sink real estate in the form of dirty dishes. Lots and lots ... and lots ... of dirty dishes.
I was reading Wheat Belly: 30 Minute Meals and I wanted to, so desperately wanted to, believe the hype. Quick, easy, simple meals you can make for daily life.
Well the book did not live up to that hype exactly. And thus far the few recipes I have made from it have ranged from totally wasting expensive ingredients to, at best, producing "meh" results.
The Wheat Belly Bread sadly falls under the "wasting expensive ingredients" category. Of the many ingredients for this bread, 6 (organic) eggs are called for.
Beyond the wasted ingredients you also have to separate the eggs, whip the whites, mix the ingredients in a food processor ... basically this recipe is not only expensive but it also takes up a huge amount of kitchen sink real estate in the form of dirty dishes. Lots and lots ... and lots ... of dirty dishes.
The one positive thing I can say about this bread is that the texture was pretty good for grain-free bread. The texture makes it look pretty (and that's all that matters with food, right? ... I hope you are shaking your head "NO!!!!!) But once you get past the texture I have nothing nice to say.
I actually texted my husband and said, "Whoever created this monstrosity obviously never liked bread." And I stand by that statement. About half way through the cooking time a very odd smell began to fill up the kitchen. It is one of those smells that you think might be bad but you keep trying to convince yourself that no, it's really not bad it's just "different" maybe even "good" if you are being generous.
Of course you are totally delusional and lying to yourself because you just spent thirty minutes doing dishes and you have already wasted $3 worth of eggs (let's not even talk about other ingredients) in this loaf.
The taste is similar. My husband said: at first it's almost like it might taste good and then the secondary taste comes forth. And. It. Is. Awful.
I was trying to think of a way to describe it and I just could not think of anything. I'm not sure I have ever smelled or tasted anything like this, though the memory of the smell has, sadly, stuck with me. To stretch my example-giving skills, it sort of smelled like a mixture of "health" grain bread (I mean that in a derogatory manner) mixed with old house filled with dusty tschokeys. That is about as close as I can get for you.
I actually texted my husband and said, "Whoever created this monstrosity obviously never liked bread." And I stand by that statement. About half way through the cooking time a very odd smell began to fill up the kitchen. It is one of those smells that you think might be bad but you keep trying to convince yourself that no, it's really not bad it's just "different" maybe even "good" if you are being generous.
Of course you are totally delusional and lying to yourself because you just spent thirty minutes doing dishes and you have already wasted $3 worth of eggs (let's not even talk about other ingredients) in this loaf.
The taste is similar. My husband said: at first it's almost like it might taste good and then the secondary taste comes forth. And. It. Is. Awful.
I was trying to think of a way to describe it and I just could not think of anything. I'm not sure I have ever smelled or tasted anything like this, though the memory of the smell has, sadly, stuck with me. To stretch my example-giving skills, it sort of smelled like a mixture of "health" grain bread (I mean that in a derogatory manner) mixed with old house filled with dusty tschokeys. That is about as close as I can get for you.
The odd thing is that my daughter ate it.
What can I say? We are working on her taste.
I did try to rescue this bread (mostly because of the aforementioned expensive ingredients).
I attempted making garlic bread and bread crumbs from this loaf.
I achieved wasting more expensive ingredients (read, grass fed butter). It still had the awful description-less taste that dominated it.
Finally I gave up and tossed it.
Rating: 2/10 (for texture)
Expense: $$$
Experience: A lot of mess and dishes preempted by a fussy preparation.
KIddo's Thoughts: She ate it. I have no idea why.
Hub's Thoughts: "You think it might taste okay, and then that awful taste hits you."
What can I say? We are working on her taste.
I did try to rescue this bread (mostly because of the aforementioned expensive ingredients).
I attempted making garlic bread and bread crumbs from this loaf.
I achieved wasting more expensive ingredients (read, grass fed butter). It still had the awful description-less taste that dominated it.
Finally I gave up and tossed it.
Rating: 2/10 (for texture)
Expense: $$$
Experience: A lot of mess and dishes preempted by a fussy preparation.
KIddo's Thoughts: She ate it. I have no idea why.
Hub's Thoughts: "You think it might taste okay, and then that awful taste hits you."