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    Healthy Extra Gluten Free Soda Bread | Slimming World

    December 1, 2016 20 Comments

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    Healthy Extra Gluten Free Soda Bread - the perfect side for all your favourite soups, stews and casseroles.

    Healthy Extra Gluten Free Soda Bread - the perfect side for all your favourite soups, stews and casseroles.| gluten free, vegetarian, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly

    I have many readers who are gluten-free either they have an intolerance or another member of their family does and one thing that is really hard to find is a gluten-free bread which qualifies as a healthy extra, not to mention that usually, the ones that do are pretty expensive.

    Well, you will be pleased to know I have this great recipe for Gluten Free Soda Bread that uses oats, is pretty inexpensive and easy to make and is just 1 HEb per serving. It does have a very teeny syn value from the baking powder and soda, but as the bread serves 3 people, those syns are negligible when portioned out.

    Healthy Extra Gluten Free Soda Bread - the perfect side for all your favourite soups, stews and casseroles.| gluten free, vegetarian, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly

    For blitzing the oats. I use my awesome Ninja Duo Blender with Auto IQ technology that you can see below. It is a super clever blender that features intelligent programs that combine pulsing and blending patterns, meaning no having to guess how long to pulse or blend etc. It's amazing. I blend the oats for this using the Nutri Ninja Cup.

     

     

    Blending the oats is not a tweak. This has been confirmed through Slimming World direct. Tweaks apply to free foods only, where you might be inclined to overindulge by using free foods in the place of synned items, such as using smash for scones, cakes etc. Oats are a measured amount as part of your healthy extra B choice, so you can't have more than your daily allowance without synning any additional, so for this reason, blending oats for a recipe like this is not a tweak.

    Healthy Extra Gluten Free Soda Bread - the perfect side for all your favourite soups, stews and casseroles.| gluten free, vegetarian, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly

    To bake the bread I use a 7-inch springform pan lined with parchment paper, it gives a perfectly round loaf, just like the traditional soda bread.

    Firstly let me say this isn't going to be like normal whole wheat bread and it doesn't rise really high like traditional bread, because oats are pretty dense. But it really is like Irish Soda bread and is lovely a filling and a great bread to serve alongside soups, stews, casseroles etc or even eggs for breakfast.

    Healthy Extra Gluten Free Soda Bread - the perfect side for all your favourite soups, stews and casseroles.| gluten free, vegetarian, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly

    The great thing about this Gluten Free Soda Bread is that the kids will love it too, my kids will easily devour a good few slices of this with some soup or stew and I feel confident knowing it has good natural ingredients and nothing artificial.

    It freezes perfectly also, so if you don't want to be tempted to eat more than your allowance, add the remaining slices to a freezer bag and pop in the freezer.

    Healthy Extra Gluten Free Soda Bread - the perfect side for all your favourite soups, stews and casseroles.| gluten free, vegetarian, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly

    Of course for this to truly be gluten-free, you must make sure the oats you use are gluten-free verified. If it doesn't state clearly on the bag that they are gluten-free, the chances are that they are not. Oats are often cross-contaminated with wheat/gluten, so it is worth bearing that in mind when you buy your bag of oats.

    You can also change the texture of the bread slightly and make it a softer bake, by adding 1 additional tsp of baking powder, it tastes less like soda bread if you do this, so if you are not as much a fan of soda bread than those of us with Irish roots, that might be the preferred option for you when baking this loaf.

    Healthy Extra Gluten Free Soda Bread - the perfect side for all your favourite soups, stews and casseroles.| gluten free, vegetarian, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly

    Looking for some recipes to serve this gluten free soda bread with? Check out these suggestions below:

    • Slow Cooker Irish Stew
    • Asparagus Soup
    • Butternut Squash Soup
    • would also be great topped with this Coronation Chicken

    or head on over to my FULL RECIPE INDEX with over 800+ delicious Slimming World Recipes all fully searchable by meal type, syn value and ingredients etc.

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    Gluten Free Soda Bread | Slimming World

    Gluten Free Soda Bread | Slimming World

    Yield: 3 servings
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 50 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

    This recipe is gluten-free, vegetarian, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly

    Extra Easy - 1 HEb per serving

    Green - 1 HEb per serving

    Original - 1 HEb per serving

    WW Smart Points - 4 

    Gluten Free - use gluten-free oats*suitable for freezing

    Ingredients

    • 120g/4.3oz of oats (make sure they are gluten free verified) - 3xHEb's
    • 120g/4.3oz of fat-free plain yoghurt
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 tsp of baking powder (make sure the one you use is gluten free)
    • ½ tsp of baking soda
    • pinch of salt

    Instructions

    1. Reserve a teaspoon of oats
    2. Place the rest of the oats in a blender and blitz until finely grinded
    3. Add to a bowl and mix in baking powder, baking soda and pinch of salt
    4. Add in yoghurt and eggs and fold till combined (don't over mix)
    5. Leave for 15 mins
    6. Preheat oven to 165c or 325f (gas mark 3)
    7. Line a 7inch spring-from tray with parchment paper
    8. Carefully add the bread mixture
    9. Sprinkle the top with the reserved oats
    10. Place in the oven and bake for approx 50 mins (skewer entered into the centre should come out clean)
    11. Allow to cool slightly and then slice.
    12. Enjoy a ⅓ of the loaf as part of your Healthy Extra B choice
    13. Freeze some for another day.

    Notes

    For a softer less soda bread tasting loaf, add 1 additional tsp of baking powder.

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    Nutrition Information
    Yield 3 Serving Size 1 serving
    Amount Per Serving Calories 217Total Fat 5.5gSaturated Fat 1.5gCholesterol 126mgSodium 496mgCarbohydrates 30.5gFiber 2.5gSugar 2.2gProtein 10.2g

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    Cuisine: Irish / Category: Side
    Healthy Extra Gluten Free Soda Bread - the perfect side for all your favourite soups, stews and casseroles.| gluten free, vegetarian, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly

     

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    Comments

    1. Julie Clement says

      January 18, 2017 at 4:12 pm

      I divided mine into 6 individual Yorkshire pudding tins and baked for 20 minutes - that way it was easier for me not to cheat myself on portions and have some slices bigger than others, lol

    2. Shevy (Slimming Eats) says

      January 19, 2017 at 11:36 pm

      Great Idea Julie - I bet they were like mini scones. Yum!!

    3. Susie says

      January 21, 2017 at 3:00 pm

      Seems more like a wheaten bread recipe to me rather than soda bread, but I will definitely give it a try as I'm missing my fave wheaten bread!!

    4. Andra says

      January 21, 2017 at 3:04 pm

      Oh my goodness I loved this soda bread. I didn't have the square tin so I made it in the muffin tin, turned out great. Soooooo easy to make. It gets the from us.

    5. Shevy (Slimming Eats) says

      January 21, 2017 at 7:18 pm

      It was actually intended as a gluten free bread HEb alternative for my gluten free readers, but reminded my of any Irish Soda bread in taste, delicous with soup, stews and casserole, so that's how it got it's name 😉

    6. Lesley says

      March 29, 2017 at 7:07 am

      Could it be used as a pizza base?

    7. Shevy (Slimming Eats) says

      April 03, 2017 at 4:40 pm

      Hi Lesley, soda bread is quite dense and filling, I am not sure it would work well as a pizza base.

    8. Marc says

      February 03, 2018 at 5:23 am

      Hi is there a syn value if you don’t use gluten free oats?

    9. Shevy (Slimming Eats) says

      February 03, 2018 at 10:19 pm

      Hi Marc, this would be 1 HEb per serving regardless of whether you use regular or gluten-free oats, hope that helps 🙂

    10. Seana Tatomir says

      February 04, 2018 at 10:43 pm

      A little slice of home. My hubby has been making a few loaves of this at a time portioning it up and freezing it. Much cheaper then buying loaves of bread.

    11. sue says

      February 05, 2018 at 3:31 pm

      I have an allergy to eggs, what can I use in place please? I can't use egg replacer

    12. Shevy (Slimming Eats) says

      February 05, 2018 at 9:28 pm

      Have you tried using a flax egg? That might work.

    13. Shevy (Slimming Eats) says

      February 05, 2018 at 9:30 pm

      Ahhh that’s so lovely Seana, it’s so good when we find something that helps those little cravings for homely dishes.

    14. Mrs T Woodhouse says

      February 13, 2018 at 6:49 am

      Could you double this recipe up?

    15. Shevy (Slimming Eats) says

      February 26, 2018 at 9:24 am

      I haven’t tried, but I don’t see why not.

    16. Cecily says

      May 27, 2018 at 3:54 pm

      Beautiful recipe ! But I was wondering what the syns are if I use my heB on something else ? I'm new to slimming world so trying to figure it all out

    17. Shevy (Slimming Eats) says

      May 28, 2018 at 8:44 am

      Hi Cecily - a HEb is 6.5 syns, so one serving would be that if not using your HEb. 🙂

    18. Sue valentine says

      June 11, 2018 at 7:28 am

      I just wanted to thank you so much for this little recipe. It has brought sunshine into my lunchtimes as I hate shop bought Gluten free bread. I have two loaves in the oven cooking as I write. Thanks again, sooooo good.

    19. Shevy (Slimming Eats) says

      June 12, 2018 at 9:44 am

      Thank you so much, Sue, for your lovely comment. I am so glad that this has allowed you to enjoy bread again.

    20. Serena says

      February 15, 2020 at 9:38 am

      This bread recipe has been a lifesaver. For years I've been looking for a recipe for my mum who can't have yeast and finally after trying this, she's able to have bread as a healthy extra. It's even better to know it's not packed with syns from flours like many other recipes I've found. It's made such a difference to her diet! Thank you so much for your recipes and blog. It's invaluable to our Slimming World journeys and everything I've tried has been amazing. Thank you xx

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