. No bread is an island: 5:2 DIET - CHEESE SAUCE, VEGAN AND 125 CALORIES!

No bread is an island

...entire of itself. (With apologies to John Donne!)

I live and breathe breadmaking. I’m an evangelist who would like everyone to make his or her own bread. I want to demystify breadmaking and show it as the easy everyday craft that it is. To this end I endeavour to make my recipes as simple and as foolproof as I possibly can.

I call my blog 'No bread is an island' because every bread is connected to another bread. So a spicy fruit bun with a cross on top is a hot cross bun. This fruit dough will also make a fruit loaf - or Chelsea buns or a Swedish tea ring...

I'm also a vegan, so I have lots of vegan recipes on here - and I'm adding more all the time.

Beginners, start here.

To all those who follow this blog

If you've followed me from the beginning you'll know how frustrating I’ve found the blogging experience to be at times. I love doing it, but it can be a real pain (if you’ll forgive the pun!) on occasion! Over the last few months I've endeavoured to welcome new followers using the 'Send a message' button on the Dashboard. Whenever I've tried to do that I had to go through such a convoluted process that I've given up trying. On one occasion the only result was that I began following my own blog! And I found it impossible to remove myself - so, in the end I had to resort to blocking myself - not wishing to be seen as a follower!:-D One of the reasons I wanted to contact you was to ask you what you'd like to see on the blog. Were there any particular breads you'd like me to have a go at? In other words, where your particular interest lie. If you wish to respond to this, then, simply make a comment at the end of one of my posts. I check my comments quite frequently, so I’ll see it quite quickly. Best wishes, Paul

Sunday, 3 March 2013

5:2 DIET - CHEESE SAUCE, VEGAN AND 125 CALORIES!

Here's a simple 'cheese sauce' - low in calories and so easy to make!

You'll need:
Free and Easy cheese flavour sauce mix - available in the 'Free from' section of Sainsbury's;
Nutritional yeast - from your local health food shop;
Bouillon powder - widely available

Directions:
4 heaped teaspoons of the sauce mix
300ml water
1 teaspoon (5g) bouillon powder
2 dessertspoons (10g) nutritional yeast (nooch)

Mix a little of the water into the powder in a saucepan and stir into a paste - add the rest of the water. Place over a low heat and allow to simmer, stirring frequently. When the sauce thickens, stir in the flavourings.

And that's it!

Calorie count: The sauce - 78 cals; bouillon powder - 12 cals; nooch - 35 cals.
Total - 125 calories

I'm off to buy a cauliflower - can't wait to make a tasty, vegan, cauliflower cheese! :)

. No bread is an island

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