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Hi, Reed1998. Eggs can be a great source of protein. We highly encourge high-quality types, though – either “omega-3” or “pastured.”
Is “pastured” the American term for “Free Range” eggs, or something else?
Is it possible to add the English translation for American food names in brackets? I Joined a few days ago and have had to spend a lot of time using google to learn American and translate it into English. E.G.
Snow Peas (Mange Tout – I know, its French, but that is what we call them)
Lima (Butter) beans
Yellow (Spanish) Onion
Zucchini (Courgette)
Shredded (Grated)I didn’t realise I would be learning a new language!
Hi, Michelle. We did have the British names at one point, but apparently they were removed. I will ask about it, and get back to you if there is an update. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Regarding eggs, pastured is more than free range, because it means the chickens are allowed to eat their natural, wild diet.
OK. The supermarkets (Asda / Tesco / etc) only stock regular, “happy” (somewhere between regular and free range) and free range. I always eat free range, but I will see if the health food store have the other varieties (I am going tomorrow as the supermarkets do not stock pure cranberry juice, fresh cranberries, SWG flour (I bake most of my own bread in the breadmaker), or a number of the other ingredients. I hope I will have more luck at the two health food stores in town).
We have two health food stores in town, Grape Tree and Holland & Barrett. Neither of them have ever heard of SWG flour (maybe it is called something else in Britain) but I did manage to get spelt flour, brown rice flour, pure cranberry juice, and ground linseed (which they assure me is what Americans call Flax). They also confirmed the “natural baked beans” are just Haricot beans (so I already had them in the cupboard!) Neither of them stock Truvia, but I know Waitrose stock it so I will see where the nearest one is.
Hi, MichelleLee. “SWG” stands for “sprouted whole grain” so ypu would look for “sprouted wholemeal” or something similar. Truvia is just Stevia extract + erythritol.
Hi Ossie-Sharon, I got the Trivia today from Tesco. I know SWG means “sprouted whole grain” I was just being lazy and typing the abbreviation. The problem is I can’t find a shop that has even heard of Sprouted Grain flour. I like the Spelt flour though. I programmed the bread maker to do a normal wholemeal bake but with a shorter rise time and it worked quite well.
Hi, MichelleLee. Spelt is excellent You can find SWG products online at Food for Life (https://www.foodforlifeuk.com/) or Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/slp/sprouted-bread/zug3qghaefqy4fs). Holland and Barrett sells Everfresh SWG bread (https://www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/everfresh-sprouted-rye-bread-60019034), but it is more “cakey” than “bready”. If you like to bake bread, Sainsbury carries SWG flour, and you can order it online from Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Arrowhead-Mills-Organic-Sprouted-Wheat/dp/B005FC70X8), Real Foods (https://www.realfoods.co.uk/product/30129/organic-sprouted-whole-wheat-flour), Healthy Supplies (https://www.healthysupplies.co.uk/rude-health-sprouted-wheat-flour.html), or Abel and Cole (https://www.abelandcole.co.uk/organic-sprouted-whole-spelt-flour-rude-health).
We have a large Sainsbury’s (I get my petrol there but rarely go into the shop). I will have a look next time I fill up with petrol. I do like to bake fresh bread, I never buy brown or white bread as I make it. I also like to make fruit breads (white bread with added dried fruits like prunes, mango, pineapple, cranberries, sun dried tomatoes, etc). Am I OK to eat a slice of fruit bread if my menu says white bread? It is a similar recipe just with less water as it has one egg in it, 1 tbsp oil instead of 2, less salt, more milk powder, and 2 tbsp of dried fruit (it is a 1 1/2 lb loaf). I also make my own pizza dough, that way I can roll it out nice and thin (and home made pizzas are nicer than frozen ones from the supermarket!).
Hi, MichelleLee. We prefer avoiding white bread altogether (it is made available in this program only to help people get used to the menus here), but adding fruit certainly does help it’s nutritional value, so “yes” to your question. Good for you for cooking and baking from scratch!
Hi Ossie-Sharon, I watched the week 2 video re shopping and it says to only buy flour which has the 100% whole grain mark. I have tried Sainsbury, Morrisons, Asda, Lidl, Holland & Barrett, and Grape Tree but it seems flour in the UK does not carry this mark. I can buy pure wholemeal flour (which has 1 ingredient, wholemeal flour) is that the same as 100% wholegrain flour in America?
Also, the prices are astounding. 1KG of Pure wholemeal flour is £1, 1KG of Spelt Flour is £4, and 1KG of SWG flour is £10!!! I have bought 500G of SWG flour, so it will make 1 loaf, but I doubt it will be 10 times nicer than wholemeal bread. Is it really 10 times better for me? Maybe the price differences are a lot less in the US?Hi, MichelleLee. Yes!! That’s exactly it 🙂
SWG is indeed expensive. If you digest regular grains well, you don’t necessarily need to overspend.Hi Ossie-Sharon, Thanks for letting me know, I have been baking brown bread with pure wholemeal flour for years. I am baking my loaf of SWG bread as we speak, so I will see how good it is. I will then decide which to use, (I will at least alternate between wholemeal and Spelt bread, as I like both. The SWG flour I bought is made from sprouted Spelt grains – so should be very healthy at least 🙂
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