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Tuesday, September 2, 2014Greetings Thrifty Friends,
Have you ever read the ingredients on a bag of bread? The preservatives and chemicals that go into commercial bread-making (especially white bread) are not just hazardous to the environment but they are not very good or you either!
In the manufacture of white flour, manufacturers first remove the wheat seed's bran and the germ which contains 76 percent of the vitamins and minerals and 97 percent of the dietary fiber.
Then it gets worse. What little is left is then bleached, preserved and aged with chlorine dioxide. It is further whitened by adding chalk, alum and ammonium carbonate to make it look and feel more appealing to the consumer. An anti-salting agent called sorbitan mono-saturate is added in the final stage.
A few synthetic nutrients are then added back into the white flour and it is then called 'enriched.'
Remember, the more ingredients, especially chemicals, in your food the worse it is for you, usually. But how can you guarantee that what you're eating is healthy and all natural?
Why not make your bread at home!
Keep pinchin' those pennies,
Penny
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*****TODAY'S THRIFTY TIP: You don't have to spend hours making dough and sitting next to an oven waiting for your bread to bake. A decent, automatic bread maker will cost you between $100 and $150. And you can find quality used or refurbished bread makers for even cheaper!
Being small enclosed units, modern bread makers are quite efficient in terms of electricity.
You can also buy ready-made bread mixes that even eliminate the need to prepare your own dough (unless you want to make it for fun).
There is a wide range of organic bread mixes available for people who are cautious about both health and environmental concerns.
One of the other great advantages of baking your own bread using pre-mixes is the shelf life of the mix; it will keep for months!
You are even using less packaging, as you can reuse one bread bag over and over again.
Plus, it's just plain fun!