The miracle of bread

I have a lot of catch up and photo editing to do before I can resume Penang and Thailand posts, but in the meantime I thought I'd another awesome food moment I had today.

The fun thing about hypoglycemia (if there can be a fun thing) is that suddenly food becomes miraculous.  Every newly accomplished recipe is a great victory and every new food I can eat is a gift from the gods.  I'm getting fat again because I have rediscovered junk food.  I don't have potato chips, but I have super-high-calorie seaweed crisps.  And now, in addition to almond flour bread, pancakes, and yes, crepes, I have flax foccacia!  And for the first time, I can have real sandwiches again thanks to this recipe!

It didn't look all that pretty in the pan.  I definitely have some not-so-nice visual comparisons to make.  But beggars can't be choosers, right?  I figured it would taste about how it looked, but I was already excited about how springy it was when I touched it.  It was like real bread!  Then I broke off a corner and ate it warm with butter.  It tasted like real bread!  And it's fairly fluffy too!  I'd actually prefer it to be a little denser, it's so fluffy!

Cut it up into 12 servings.  I was so excited to see how "bready" it looked.  See what I mean about miracles?  Are any of you ever this excited about bread?

George started craving brownies when he saw this photo.  Too bad.  I had a bad reaction to the Stevia I got from my mom, so I won't even be making carob brownies until I can try some natural stevia to see if it's better for me.

Very thick and fluffy.  Too thick for a sandwich. Maybe a bun?  George suggested I slice each piece in half for sandwiches.

Ta da!  I'm going to go out and buy some meat to put on this now!  Maybe some prosciutto!  MMMmmmm...

For those of you who don't need to make flax foccacia, you may want to try it anyway.  The taste is mild, even Regin and George liked it, and the health benefits of flax are tremendous.  Not to mention that this is one of the easiest recipes I have ever tried.  And fast!  I had bread (BREAD!) in half an hour (including prep time!)  Is all foccacia that easy and fast?

It was much less expensive than almond bread too.  I mean, I get 12 sandwiches from one batch, from one small bag of flax (two cups of meal).  I think the bag was a couple of bucks.  Whereas one canister of almond powder (that I get here in Penang) is $15 and that gets me a single loaf and that bread isn't at all sandwich-friendly.

Tips for flax:  always grind it yourself, a coffee grinder worked great for me; if it tastes strong or bitter, the flax is bad.  Fresh flax has a mild taste.  Also, it calls for sweetener, but I went without and it tasted fine.  If you are one of those who needs a hint of sweet in their breads (like American breads have) then I'm sure a little pinch of whatever would work fine.