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Showing posts with label receipe. Show all posts

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Breakfast Homerun!!!

For several weeks I have been researching and trying out egg-free buckwheat pancake recipes. Since we are grain-free and egg-free the run of the mill gluten-free pancake mix doesn't work for us, so I have been scouring the Internet for good options. When I find a good recipe I make it on Saturday morning and I usually double the recipe and freeze the left overs to be used for quick breakfasts during the week.
I have found a couple of recipes that Evelyn and Emeline like, usually made with pumpkin because it makes them nice and fluffy, but none that Tristan would eat too. This morning I was looking for the last recipe I attempted, because it got the best reviews from the kids, and I couldn't find it anywhere. I was sure I pinned it, not there. Surely I printed it, not there. Okay, surely I bookmarked it because it is our favorite thus far, not there either. I started searching the Internet and could not find it. Apparently it has fallen off the face of the Earth!!
So...I decided to attempt to create my own. Scary!!  Here's what I used:

2 cups organic buckwheat flour

2 Tbsp gluten-free baking powder

1/2 cup berry puree (any combo of berries put in the blender)

1 cup pumpkin (I used frozen from last years pumpkins, but canned should work)

1 1/2 - 2 cups of milk (we use almond)

Mix dry ingredients, add pumpkin and berry puree, and slowly add in milk. Add enough milk to make desired consistency. If you make them too thick they will burn before they cook through. This made about 24 pancakes which will give us plenty to freeze for the coming weeks. I also added a handful of chocolate chips to entice Tristan to try them.

I was skeptical. I mean, I'm not good at making up recipes.  After three bites Tristan announced "These pancakes are so good, but I can't taste the chocolate chips." Score!!! My pickiest pancake connoisseur approved!! Then Emeline chimed in with her approval. I heard no comment from Evelyn, then she asked for more! Evelyn ate three pancakes and Tristan and Emeline ate two each! This is a keeper!! I'm adding it to my blog so it doesn't disappear like the last recipe.

Maybe some other dairy-free, egg-free, grain-free family can benefit! Oh...it's also sugar free and extremely good for you! I'm not good at food photography so there are no pictures, but I will try to take some next time!

Enjoy!