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7 budget-friendly bread recipes

The carb-loaded recipe round-up you’ve been waiting for – home-made bread. As food prices soar, so does the need to get crafty. And by crafty we mean it’s time to get baking!

3 no-knead bread recipes

Yeast-free wholemeal Irish soda bread is loaded with oats and walnuts for a wholesome finish. You can easily leave out the walnuts to reduce costs on this one.

This easy 5-ingredient pesto soda bread is yeast-free and delicious. Swap the basil pesto for a cost-effective DIY carrot top pesto – blitz 2 cups of carrot tops with 1 cup of basil or parsley, 1 garlic clove, ¼ cup olive oil, ¼ cup macadamia nuts, and a touch of fresh lemon juice and salt.

This no-knead Cape seed loaf recipe couldn’t be easier to make, and the result is a whole lot cheaper than store-bought seed loaves!

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2 classic bread recipes

If the thought of kneading yeasted bread is a little intimidating, here’s an easy how-to tutorial that will have you making this classic white loaf in no time at all!

An easy brown bread recipe with caraway seeds and raisins – the perfect savoury bake with sweet, flavourful pops from the raisins.

2 splurge-worth bready bakes

A bacon-and-mielie bread recipe that uses a few pantry staples and bacon to up the flavour game.

Loaded-greens courgette, chive and mozzarella nut loaf for when you’re on the search for a tasty low-carb alternative.

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