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Prescribing Baking as Lifestyle Medicine

Change your bread, change your life. Discover how sourdough helps make bread more nutritious and why it is easier to digest, as you learn to bake eat and share extraordinary bread to support both mental and physical health.
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Baking and Lifestyle Medicine Members Focus Page

This is our Focus page.

Thursdays at 8pm (London time) I will run the Club Clinic. This is a 45 minute session.

The lesson is split the session into two parts

  1. These are the suggestions, as featured below, and I will be suggesting the recipes for the weeks ahead in this section and keeping you focused
  2. Clinic sessions are open for submission to members who have been baking for 3 months or more. We look at when things go wrong and I am delighted. Why? Because it gives you the opportunity to learn something. Please note that sessions are recorded for students who are on different time zones to watch later in the week.

I will not be answering any questions about using the website. If you have a login issue refer to the customer services pages. This session is NOT for user problems and I will not answer them.  You may see me at 4pm on Thursdays if you are having user issues OR preferably refer to the customer services page.

If you are not finding the support you need then it is likely that you are not following the communication procedure.  Please see the procedures here. 

If you have a small baking query, then put it on the Club Baking Forum and we will answer it there.

Please note that the Clinics follow an Oxbridge term timetable, and so do not run every week.

NOTE

If you are a beginner, then you really must understand that the Clinic subjects are not always for beginners. It can be overwhelming to find a session with a more advanced baker, and a discussion about the finer details of how to cultivate which bacteria to get a specific crumb structure, but please relax, enjoy the session and know that with time you will also be asking and understanding more complex issues.

It is for all Club members (over 2,000) and my members are at all levels. The Clinic is the opportunity to ask questions, and if you do not understand then you will just have to listen in and enjoy learning. You can ask questions at your own level about that week's topic ONLY, or simply come back when you have been baking for a few weeks.

If you are struggling with a particular bake you can submit your bake for analysis - please submit it in line with that week's topic.

Joining details to follow ready for first week of October.

Thank you,

Vanessa

Radicchio Red Onions White Bean Puree by Diana Henry

Radicchio and Red Onions on White Bean Puree from A Change of Appetite by Diana Henry

sourdough pasta

Sourdough Pasta with Wild Garlic Butter

sourdough tarts

Sourdough Rhubarb & Almond Tarts

filing pies with fermented frangipane

Fermented Frangipane

Shaping overview

Our 100% Wholemeal Classic Sourdough Boule – Ambient

HELPING EACH OTHER IS ABOUT BEING PART OF SOMETHIN HELPING EACH OTHER IS ABOUT BEING PART OF SOMETHING MORE….and great baguettes..

I read today that @tommyandatticus is over over 70% funded on their Kickstarter! Please help push them the ladt 30% & spread the word by sharing our campaign with your community!
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Once we open our retail bakery, baguettes will be available daily at the bakery and at our markets. Folks who have followed Tommy and Atticus since our home delivery days may remember our baguettes. Once we started selling at farmers markets two years ago, I had to drop baguettes since baguette shaping didn't fit into the increased production schedule required for farmers markets. Many more items will be available at our retail location but I'm super excited to bring back a favorite! #tommyandatticus #letsdough #comingsoon #smallbusiness #kickstarter
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TURMERIC PICKLED VEGETABLES We made these delici TURMERIC PICKLED VEGETABLES 

We made these delicious Turmeric Pickled Vegetables with some students who were attending one of our Sourdough School Diploma courses. 

We added the wonderfully golden turmeric for it’s amazing health benefits, and its beautiful colour of course. Not only that, but we also use our raw apple cider vinegar – live vinegar that is actually beneficial to your health. 

Add these Turmeric Pickled Vegetables to any meal as a side, a filling or a topping – they will increase your consumption of probiotics and the diversity of your diet.

At The Sourdough Club, we're not just teaching you to make sourdough, we'll teach you to make nourishing dishes to accompany your bread! Follow the link in the bio to learn about joining the Club 

#guthealth #healyourgut #healthygut #guthealing #guthealthmatters #letfoodbethymedicine #foodasmedicine #gutbrainconnection #nutrientdense #micronutrients #digestivehealth #nutritionfacts #microbiome #breadandguts #zoe #bluepoo #bluepoochallenge
🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉 We’ve givIng all our 🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉 

We’ve givIng all our UK members a chance to be gifted one of these black barley flakes so we thought we’d do a giveaway here on our instagram account too. We’re super excited about this. So yesterday @vanessakimbell baked a 10 minute style bread for her meeting with @kylebooksuk to start on her 4th sourdough book…. and we thought as a celebration that you can have the chat to win her first sourdough book that has this excellent black barley recipe in 👆🏼

WIN
👆🏼a copy of “The Sourdough School Book” 📖 & a 1 year self prescribed bake for health Sourdough Club membership (RRP £490.88 pa) 🍞
,PLUS 1kg of black barley flakes 🌾 
➕an invitation to a live conversation with @vanessakimbell & @hodmedods about the history and nutritional values of the incredible grain. ( date being announced in a week)  FIR YOU & YOUR 2 NOMINATED FRIENDS 

Here’s 4 different ways to enter:
1️⃣ Like this post ❤️ & comment why you would like to learn more about this relationship between bread and health 
2️⃣ Follow @sourdoughclub 👥 @hodmedods & @vanessakimbell 
3️⃣ Tag 2 friends who love baking! 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳
4️⃣ Share this post in your story & tag @sourdoughclub 📲

Boost your chances:
🔄 Each additional friend tag = 1 extra entry!

Hurry, contest ends on 16th April 🗓️ Good luck! 🍀

*UK residents only, 18+. T&Cs apply. This giveaway is not affiliated with Instagram.

#sourdoughclub #giveaway #baking #sourdough #bookgiveaway #sourdoughschool #blackbarley #instagiveaway #contest #freebies
SOURDOUGH CLUB LIVE: BAKING AS LIFESTYLE MEDICINE SOURDOUGH CLUB LIVE: BAKING AS LIFESTYLE MEDICINE SESSIONS – MONDAY 7PM

Monday's live Baking As Lifestyle Medicine Session is with Venetia Mitchell, our in-house Nutritionist. She I kicking off April's theme, which is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)!

We will talking about IBS and sourdough bread all month. Our students will be looking at why commercial bread can be so difficult to digest for so many people. 
Why people suffering with IBS or IBD need to move slowly to wholegrain in their sourdough baking. They will also be looking at a feature and study showing the potential of aniseed for improving IBS and mental health.

Venetia is able to discuss all areas of nutrition, particularly in relation to the health benefits of wholegrain & sourdough. In addition, other areas of physiology in relation to nutrition would be gut health, brain & mental health and immunity.

See you at 7pm Club members 👋

#lifestylemedicine #health #functionalmedicine #nutrition #integrativemedicine #healthylifestyle #wellness #lifestyle #rcgp #dietitian #nutritionist #healthcareprofessional #holistichealth #healthyliving #plantbased #guthealth #naturopathicmedicine #selfcare #functionalnutrition  #naturopathicdoctor #foodasmedicine #foodismedicine #lifestylegoals #cpd #lifestylechange #mentalhealth #sourdough #sourdoughschool #bakeforhealth
🫘 BLACK BEAN & RED PEPPER SOURDOUGH NAAN 🫘 🫘 BLACK BEAN & RED PEPPER SOURDOUGH NAAN 🫘

This recipe is for a beautiful wholegrain flatbread is high in fibre and bursting with a hearty filling.

This is one of those breads I turn to when I need to keep my mood level, especially if I am trying to maintain my weight, because it keeps me fuller for longer.

Sourdough Club members can find this in the flatbread recipe library 

#sourdough #sourdoughclub #bread #sourdoughlove #sourdoughlover #naturalleavened #leavening #levain #realbread #breadmaking #bakebread #makebread #makerealbread #learntobakebread #breadmakingclass #sourdoughstories #bakingforlove #bakingtherapy #sourdoughbaking
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