Craig and I love garlic bread. We use to buy the Pepperidge Farms Garlic Bread and eat the whole thing! Yikes, check out this ingredient list (BOLD = Tran-fats!): Unbromated Unbleached Enriched Wheat Flour [Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid], Water, Margarine [Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Liquid Soybean Oil, Skim Milk, Cultured Skim Milk, Salt, Mono and Diglycerides and Soy Lecithin (Emulsifiers), Colored with Beta Carotene (a Source of Vitamin A), Vitamin A Palmitate Added], Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Contains 2% or Less of: Yeast, Salt, Garlic Powder, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Wheat Gluten, Yellow Cornmeal, Malted Barley, Sugar, Vegetable Mono and Diglycerides, Natural Flavor (from Milk Products), Parsley, Enzymes, Citric Acid, Soybean Oil, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Hydrolyzed Torula Yeast, Xanthan Gum, Extractives of Turmeric (Color) and Annatto (Color).
I served this "healthified" garlic bread with my lasagna. I knew I was going to be busy that day, so I made it ahead of time and froze it.
"HEALTHIFIED" GARLIC BREAD
6 eggs, separated
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 cup unflavored egg white or whey protein
1/4 cup cream cheese, softened
1 garlic clove (or powder)
Separate the eggs, (save the yolks for creme brule) and whip the whites with the cream of tartar for a few minutes until VERY stiff. Very slowly add in whey protein. Fold the cream cheese and seasonings to the whipped whites. Grease a bread pan very well. Spoon the mixture into the pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Bake at 375 degrees F for 45 minutes until lightly browned. Cool before cutting, then cut into 12 pieces. I also spread a little butter on each piece and rubbed with garlic cloves and sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. I tossed it back into the oven on a broil for 3 minutes until butter was bubbly and lightly browned. Serves 12.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON:
Pepperidge Farm Garlic Bread = 170 Calories, 7g fat, 4g protein, 24 carbs, 2 fiber
“Healthified” Garlic Bread = 43 calories, 2g fat, 5.6g protein, 1 carb, 0 fiber
NOTE: Whipping the white properly is tricky, do not under whip or this won’t turn out.
