While carbs do give you energy, not every carb is created equal. Processed carbs, such as white bread, pasta, and pretzels have been processed during food production resulting in a low nutrient food. Americans tend to over consume processed carbs. These carbs have a negative effect on the body such as pre-diabetes, weight gain, and undesirable blood lipid levels.
Since learning these facts about carbs, I have been trying to eat less of these “processed” carbs. This is a little hard to because I love eating pasta and bread. I couldn’t believe myself when I saw a low carb cloud bread recipe while I was browsing Pinterest the other day. When I looked into it further, I was shocked that it was so easy to make, and had only a few ingredients.
I decided to put my own spin on the recipe using only ingredients that I had on hand in my dorm fridge. The result was a super simple cloud bread recipe that only requires 3 ingredients! It’s also gluten free and diabetic friendly as well!
Low Carb Cloud Bread
- Prep Time:15 minutes
- Cook Time:30-45 minutes
- Total Time:about 1 hour
- Servings:makes about 7 slices
- Easy
- 3 large eggs
- 3 tablespoon Greek yogurt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
Ingredients
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Step 1
Preheat your oven to 300ºF. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Step 2
Separate egg whites from egg yolk. If you don’t know how to do that, check out this article.
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Step 3
Mix Greek yogurt with egg yolks together.
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Step 4
Add baking soda to egg whites.
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Step 5
Beat egg whites with an electric whisk until still peaks form (about 5 minutes). If you are using a hand held whisk this takes about 15- 20 minutes.
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Step 6
Gently fold in egg yolk/ yogurt mixture in the egg whites.
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Step 7
On the baking sheet, scoop about 3 tablespoons of batter and smooth it over with a spoon or spatula until it is a circle shape. Repeat about 7 times or until batter is done.
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Step 8
Bake for about 30 minutes in the oven or until the “bread” is golden in color and has cracks.
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Step 9
Remove from oven and top with your favorite toppings. I used some chopped garlic and olive oil.