Bread Heaven

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I've been struggling recently with cutting certain foods out of my diet.  The main one has been bread.  I don't know what it is, but it just doesn't seem right, not eating bread at all.

Early on, when we first started eating primal, we attempted to make a primal alternative, a carrot and walnut bread.  This attempt was not successful.  After that, I gave it up as a bad joke, and didn't bother again.

Maybe I should have persevered, because on the same page that I found the recipe for the walnut bread on, was a link to a gluten free bread recipe at Elana's Pantry.  Having decided that I really needed a good alternative to bread, I decided to give this recipe a go.  Finding some of the ingredients was interesting, after all, I'd never even heard of arrowroot powder and agave nectar.  Still, after a visit to the local health food store, I had all the ingredients, and I was ready to bake some bread.

The bread is very easy to make, certainly nowhere near as much hassle as the bread I'd made in high school cooking classes.  As it was cooking, the smell coming from the oven was just amazing.  Although I'd intended to have the bread for breakfast, I just couldn't resist trying some last night after it had cooled off.

As for the taste, I can't even begin to describe it.  It's got so much flavour, making ordinary bread seem rather bland and boring by comparison.  I tried toasting it under the grill this morning, which worked okay, but really, toasting it is unnecessary.  I can see this one being made regularly from now on...