Spelt Bread

1 ½ cups spelt flour plus 1 1/3 cups spelt flour for later use in the recipe
2 packages dry active yeast
¼ tsp salt
1 ¼ cups unsweetened almond milk
3 Tbsp of Honey
2 Tbsp canola oil 
1 1/3 cups spelt flour
½ cup sunflower seeds½ cup pumpkin seeds
¼ cup flax seed grounded in a coffee grinder

Mix together the 1 ½ cups of flour, yeast and the salt and set inside a mixer.
In a saucepan, warm the almond milk and honey and the oil. Do not bring to a boil, just very warm(this will help to activate the yeast).
Pour the warm liquid over the dry ingredients and turn on your mixer to blend, add the additional 1 and 1/3 cups flour and mix until all is blended. Add the sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and the flax seeds.

Prepare your loaf pan. Spray or grease the loaf pan and place a piece of parchment paper on the bottom and sides of the pan.
Scoop the mixture into the loaf pan and set it aside to rise.
I recommend turning your oven on the lowest setting and let the pan sit on the open oven door with a dishtowel over it for one hour.
Then you can bake the bread at 375 for 35 minutes.
Let it cool for 10 minutes before you take it out of the pan.

Introduction

Congratulations on finding my cookalkaline.com blog. There are many sources that offer scientific information on alkaline diets and the effects on the human body.

This is not one of them. My intention is to share delicious recipes of everyday food with a twist or two to turn them into a more alkaline meal for an alkaline lifestyle.

You will be surprised how easy it is to maintain this way of eating.

I have always lived a healthy lifestyle and ate mostly organic fruit and vegetables with very little animal products. I was surprised a few years ago when my doctor informed me that I had osteoporosis.  My doctor prescribed drugs that I took for 4 years. My osteoporosis worsened. Two years ago I embarked on researching the alternatives to taking the bisphosphonate drugs, Fosamax and Boniva.   What I have discovered and has been widely known is that an alkaline diet can actually reverse osteoporosis as it has in my case.

Other benefits which I discovered are: it has improved my overall good health, no colds, no sore throats, no flu shot, no flu. Additionally I lost weight in the process and I am winning the race against osteoporosis.

I will be sharing my alkaline ideas and recipes and I hope you will enjoy them. My friend Jorun acts as my test kitchen, recreating the recipes for her family and friends.

Thank you for your interest in cooking alkaline, Sari

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