Grain Free Nut Free Sunflower Bread {Sugar & Gluten Free}

Sunflower Bread made nut free, grain free, sugar free, yeast free, gluten free and low carb!!

What’s in this bread if it’s made without flours, almonds or doesn’t even use yeast you ask? Sunflowers dominate here!  You’ve probably seen low carb or paleo breads made with almond flour right? My goal here wasn’t for the purpose of a paleo recipe, but a nut free version that I could enjoy without the chance of almond flour dust entering into my home since my youngest has tree nut allergies. I wanted a low carb, gluten free bread that I could enjoy every so often with an egg, that was it.

I browsed the internet looking at all the almond flour bread recipes, but wasn’t impressed with anything as most had sugar of some sort involved. My first version was a good attempt using some protein powder to replace flour but to be honest was quite bland. I also used some baking soda in that first recipe and discovered that sunflowers and baking soda will cause a chemical reaction and your bread will turn green. Didn’t taste bad, but the green is a turn off don’t you think?  I decided to skip the baking soda, replace it with baking powder and use my favorite flaxseed meal and see how it worked here with the sunflowers and boy am I glad I experimented!

It’s a tasty bread perfect for toasting but if you’re looking for sandwich bread material this wouldn’t hit the mark. For me, I enjoy it with a poached egg. It’ is higher in fat than most breads due to the high volume of sunflowers but when you can’t use almond flour in a recipe this is really the next best thing! The fat of course is a healthy fat, mostly unsaturated, from the sunflowers and will keep you satiated and your blood sugar won’t spike after enjoying this delightful bread for breakfast. Raw unsalted sunflowers have a good amount of protein, fiber and iron and contain no cholesterol or sodium. Also very high in vitamin E which is a potent antioxidant!

A little butter and yummo! Top with a poached egg and enjoy! Or make a hearty salad, toast it up and use it as croutons!

Brenda’s Notes:

• Sunbutter is nothing more than sunflower seed spread, just like the texture of peanut butter. Made from sunflowers and you can often find it without any added sugars but be careful and read the label on the back.
• If no allergies to peanut butter, you could also sub peanut butter with the sunflowers, I bet it would be equally as delicious!
• DO NOT USE salted, roasted sunflowers! I did in my first attempt and the result was a dense, oily salty bread. You can find unsalted raw sunflowers in the bulk section of a health food market.
• If you choose to keep it frozen, after it’s been cooled, slice then seal in a ziplock freezer bag for up to a month.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 slice | Calories: 116kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 0.5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 118mg | Potassium: 88mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 79IU | Vitamin C: 0.003mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 0.3mg