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Bread / Wraps

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Jacinta (Australian)

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Hello lovelies
I’m struggling to find bread or wraps that I can have and are in low carbs. If we can even have any that is,
I miss having a piece of toast or even a sandwich . Before I became a diabetic I could eat sourdough as I’m also battling IBS aswell . So I couldn’t have normal white bread as it made me look really bloated. Please help .
 
Could be a bit tricky that one @Jacinta! The majority of us are based in UK and I doubt if any of the breads and things we head for are available in Oz.

Are food labelling regulations in Oz like those in UK where nutritional information is printed on packaging? If so then the basic principle is to look at what is available and go for the options with the lowest total carb values. We can find bread with 9-10g carb per slice, which we would consider low, so maybe you could set that as a target in your searches.
 
Docb said:
Could be a bit tricky that one @Jacinta! The majority of us are based in UK and I doubt if any of the breads and things we head for are available in Oz.

Are food labelling regulations in Oz like those in UK where nutritional information is printed on packaging? If so then the basic principle is to look at what is available and go for the options with the lowest total carb values. We can find bread with 9-10g carb per slice, which we would consider low, so maybe you could set that as a target in your searches.
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Sure is , Thankyou so much for responding , I’ll defiantly keep those numbers in mind when looking for bread .
 
I've heard about some people swapping wraps for cabbage leaves - perhaps that's something to explore?
 
I think I've seen that mentioned elsewhere too. Give it a go and feed back!
 
I recently bought a bread maker in order to experiment with low carb options, but cheese waffles, aka 'chaffles' are useful as wraps. Extra thick bacon in a chaffle - aka a chaffy, is now a breakfast option here.
 
We have replaced bread wraps with large Romane lettuce leaves can get a bit messy but it's nice to lick your fingers sometimes 🙂
 
Thankyou all , I’ll try everything ,
I’m thinking of trying the lettuce leaf ago tomorrow and I’ll let you all know how it goes 🙂
 
Romaine lettuce has nice big leaves for wraps. I use those sometimes.
 
All these ideas are interesting but how would you store them in a lunch box for eating at a work site, leafs would go all soggy and raw cabbage instead of bread yuck!

Sorry not trying to rain on peoples parades but not all of us have the luxury of fridges at work or can have lunch at home, its just frustrating hearing all these ideas for replacements and snacks but practically impossible to implement for some jobs/people.
 
Stuvart said:
All these ideas are interesting but how would you store them in a lunch box for eating at a work site, leafs would go all soggy and raw cabbage instead of bread yuck!

Sorry not trying to rain on peoples parades but not all of us have the luxury of fridges at work or can have lunch at home, its just frustrating hearing all these ideas for replacements and snacks but practically impossible to implement for some jobs/people.
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Think you’ve just got to be looking at the carb content on the nutrition label
of the loaf of bread you buy (if you really want to put a sandwich in your lunch box)
it can be quite an eye opener seeing the carb content on some loaves in the supermarketm

for the last few weeks I’ve been buying a warburtons wholemeal loaf in Tesco, that has a lower carb content according to the nutrition label (9g per slice)

your right we don’t all have a fridge at work
I eat on the go myself
I don’t take a sandwich, before I leave home, I chop a quick salad before I go to work,
some days I prefer a salad to a sandwich (didn’t think I’d ever say that)
hope you find something suitable
 
goodybags said:
Think you’ve just got to be looking at the carb content on the nutrition label
of the loaf of bread you buy (if you really want to put a sandwich in your lunch box)
it can be quite an eye opener seeing the carb content on some loaves in the supermarketm

for the last few weeks I’ve been buying a warburtons wholemeal loaf in Tesco, that has a lower carb content according to the nutrition label (9g per slice)

your right we don’t all have a fridge at work
I eat on the go myself
I don’t take a sandwich, before I leave home, I chop a quick salad before I go to work,
some days I prefer a salad to a sandwich (didn’t think I’d ever say that)
hope you find something suitable
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I’m defianetly more into salad then sandwich’s especially in summer aswell . I totally hear what the other person is saying , I never had the privilege of a fridge at work like ever . So I never put lettuce in my sandwich unless it was on a cold day . Summer is my go to for salads all the way .
 
Stuvart said:
All these ideas are interesting but how would you store them in a lunch box for eating at a work site, leafs would go all soggy and raw cabbage instead of bread yuck!

Sorry not trying to rain on peoples parades but not all of us have the luxury of fridges at work or can have lunch at home, its just frustrating hearing all these ideas for replacements and snacks but practically impossible to implement for some jobs/people.
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I think you cook the cabbage leaves first - as you would with chinese parcels/vine leaves in dolmakis. Raw cabbage would be impossible to manipulate.
 
none of this wets my bread appetite, let’s face it at the end of the day you either have bread or none. I think it is up to bakers to come up with a tasty bread you can sandwich, toast or whatever! Every once in a while I have ordinary bread, then freeze tge remainder.
 
Stuvart said:
All these ideas are interesting but how would you store them in a lunch box for eating at a work site, leafs would go all soggy and raw cabbage instead of bread yuck!

Sorry not trying to rain on peoples parades but not all of us have the luxury of fridges at work or can have lunch at home, its just frustrating hearing all these ideas for replacements and snacks but practically impossible to implement for some jobs/people.
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You only need an cool bag ice block laid in the bottom of you sandwich box that what I do
 
Jacinta said:
Hello lovelies
I’m struggling to find bread or wraps that I can have and are in low carbs. If we can even have any that is,
I miss having a piece of toast or even a sandwich . Before I became a diabetic I could eat sourdough as I’m also battling IBS aswell . So I couldn’t have normal white bread as it made me look really bloated. Please help .
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I've been using the bfree sweet potato wraps. They have just 13g of carbs per wrap. I had 2 last week for fajitas and didnt spike. I wrap them individually and freeze then use as pizza bases or for sandwiches. I've even though about ordering a halloumi wrap from my local pizza company and just transferring the contents Into one of these wraps just so I can enjoy a guilt free takeaway. I find they taste just as nice as other wraps. They are a little pricey though
 
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