A Simpler Life 2018

Pooky

Lilith1980 wrote: »

I've only just come across this thread. Always late to the party :rotfl:

Hope it's okay for me to join? I've recently started thinking a lot about making my life much simpler! I've been reading through some of the posts here and getting some inspiration

I've been thinking about getting a bread maker, probably second-hand to save the ££, and wondered if it's a good investment? It would need to be good at making GF bread as I'm intolerant

All the recipes I have seen for gluten free bread require an awful lot of ingredients. Have a look at some recipes and see if it would be something that is cost effective for you. The packets of GF mix for bread makers seems more expensive than a loaf too.

PipneyJane

Lilith1980 wrote: »

I've only just come across this thread. Always late to the party :rotfl:

Hope it's okay for me to join? I've recently started thinking a lot about making my life much simpler! I've been reading through some of the posts here and getting some inspiration

I've been thinking about getting a bread maker, probably second-hand to save the ££, and wondered if it's a good investment? It would need to be good at making GF bread as I'm intolerant

I would say “probably yes”. OK, I’m not gluten free, but I can make a regular loaf for less than 30p in my bread maker, including factoring in the electricity. It depends where and how you buy your ingredients. For instance I buy the big, 10kg sacks of chapatti flour (aka Atta flour). The last one cost £3.50.

My sister is gluten intolerant and has made GF bread in her bread maker. She says its wonderful, so much better than bought bread, to the point that she bing-ate the whole loaf in one sitting. There’s no point me asking her for what she used - she’s in Australia and they have different products there.. However, a blogger I used to follow (Frugal in Cornwall) would buy her gluten free bread mixes from Approved Foods for pennies a packet.

HTH

- Pip

dolly84

I could never get to grips with a breadmaker, the first one I had made the bread rise as tall as a stove pipe hat, pushing the lid of the breadmaker and then leaves a massive hole in the middle from the churny thing. The second one made bread like a house brick also with the same hole. I just make it by hand now.

Katieowl

Lilith1980 wrote: »

I've only just come across this thread. Always late to the party :rotfl:

Hope it's okay for me to join? I've recently started thinking a lot about making my life much simpler! I've been reading through some of the posts here and getting some inspiration

I've been thinking about getting a bread maker, probably second-hand to save the ££, and wondered if it's a good investment? It would need to be good at making GF bread as I'm intolerant

I've never tried GF bread in the bread maker, but I do make it by hand. Try Dan Leppards recipe as a starting point, but it needed more liquid for me, its more like a gloopy stiff batter than a dough but it cooks up great. I've swapped out lots of the ingredients to make it a bit healthier and added seeds. My Protein sell Xanthan and Physillium quite reasonably.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/may/23/baking-white-bread

Lilith1980

Hi, thanks for all your replies on the GF bread.

Pooky - yes I had wondered if buying all the ingredients would work out more expensive!

Pip - I'll check out Frugal in Cornwall and see if I can track the recipes down

Dolly - making by hand might be more fun for me. I don't really have the money to shelve out on a breadmaker right now unless it's really cheap!

Katie - thanks so much for the recipe. I will definitely check that out

maddiemay

Katieowl wrote: »

I've never tried GF bread in the bread maker, but I do make it by hand. Try Dan Leppards recipe as a starting point, but it needed more liquid for me, its more like a gloopy stiff batter than a dough but it cooks up great. I've swapped out lots of the ingredients to make it a bit healthier and added seeds. My Protein sell Xanthan and Physillium quite reasonably.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/may/23/baking-white-bread

Katie - this looks interesting, I was thinking of asking you if you had a bread recipe:D I have success with a couple from glutenfreealchemist, one bread maker and one conventional, but having been a bit of a bread snob and having access to wonderful real bread for dozens of years I am always trying to find something GF that is near to the real thing. I am not very brave in switching things about in GF recipes, can be expensive when I get it wrong, whereas in conventional baking it can usually be salvaged somehow.:(

System

In an effort to not use nasty chemicals and plastic bottles etc and save money, I would like to stop using face wash and go back to soap on my face....( which I have not used for years and old fashioned soap used to dry it out).
Has anybody got any ideas for something with not too many chemicals, but that is suitable for my 60 year old face. I did have a look at Dove, which says it is not a soap but a cleansing bar. But there seem to be several to choose from and also do contain quite a lot of nasties.

Primrose

I like "Simple" soap. Don't know what the ingredients are as have thrown away the last wrapper and don't currently have a spare bar in stock but find it quite gentle on the skin.

System

Primrose wrote: »

I like "Simple" soap. Don't know what the ingredients are as have thrown away the last wrapper and don't currently have a spare bar in stock but find it quite gentle on the skin.

Would imagine with a name like Simple, there wouldn't be too many chemicals in it.

jackieblack

ploppy57 wrote: »

Would imagine with a name like Simple, there wouldn't be too many chemicals in it.

Unless it's just clever marketing, of course :cool:

Ingredients listed here http://www.simple-barsoap.co.uk/products/pure-soap-125g-1.html