Healthy Ways To Eat Bread

By Asha Das

Saturday, June 22, 2013, 15:22 [IST]

Bread has become an inevitable part of our dining table through the years. But, most people like sweet bread with high amount of added sugar which will cause many other health complications, including weight gain, diabetes etc.

You have to keep an extra eye while selecting the bread you eat regularly. Instead of white or enriched breads, prefer 100 percent whole grain or 100 percent whole wheat bread. Choose breads that have fewer calories per slice. Eating too much of white bread is not going to do any benefit to your health. So, to make your bread health you can add many other ingredients to it.

Here are some easy and healthy ways to eat bread.

Bread sandwiches

Bread sandwiches are made by stuffing a filling in between two bread slices. Bread sandwiches are good option to make your bread recipe healthier. It will provide you with all the freedom to select your favourite vegetable or cheese to add flavour to your bread sandwich.

Bread pudding

Bread pudding is made by baking bread slices together with dried fruit, sugar, spices, eggs, and milk. Bread pudding will add some more fibre, protein and vitamins to your diet. It is apt as a breakfast or dessert recipe.

Bread masala

If you want to have bread for lunch or dinner, you should opt for bread masala. You can add vegetables and egg in this, which will provide the extra benefits of the added ingredients. Bread masala will be a good choice if you want to make your bread a little spicy.

Banana bread

Banana bread is a healthy snack that is easy to prepare. Because of the added banana, it is highly packed with potassium. Consider banana bread if you are looking for replacing fast foods with a healthy snack option.

Bread & dates syrup

If you are bored with the classical bread and butter, then you may try a new flavour of dates syrup. It is advised to prepare the syrup at home to add better quality. It will provide all the health benefits of dates.

Brown bread and honey

Instead of milk bread or white bread you may try whole grain bread which is healthier. Replace your butter or jam with honey. It will give you a new taste as well as the health benefits of honey. This will give your plain bread a new life.

Bread salad

Bread salad is another good option for you to make your bread intake healthier. You can add your favourite
vegetables like tomato, carrot, cucumber, lettuce etc to make your favourite bread variety. This will provide the needed vitamins, minerals and electrolytes.