Gluten Free Pancakes

This blog is a place for all my kitchen experiments, my love of the Thermomix and raves about ingredients ... both good and evil.

It has all come about due to my husband pestering me non stop for over ten years to produce a cookbook for all his clients. Not ready to go there!! I just cook good food from scratch and avoid various ingredients which change according to family issue, diet we are following and what I am craving. Yes I am the kitchen boss! What I want typically gets made.

Gluten Free Pancakes

Over the years I have personally followed many eating plans for various reasons: weight loss, curiosity, health issues and just a side effect of being a foodie Naturopath.

Diets I have followed for various periods of time over the years include: Candida diet, Blood type diet, Zone diet, Specific Carbohydrate Diet, Body Ecology, Raw food, Ketosis, vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, dairy free, GAPS, paleo, sugar free, grain free ... and so the list goes on. 

I am a big believer that no one diet is the answer to anyones problem. We are all individuals with different genetic makeup and wildly varied environments. But without starting somewhere, you can’t find what works for you. By experimenting with many different eating styles I have finally came to the conclusion that I am indeed a bitsa and as my body ages (yes we all age) and the environment changes around me then these eating habits will continue to change. 

So on reflection I realise that the recipes that will be posted over time will sometimes be gluten free, sometimes paleo, sometimes vegan ... in a nut shell, they will vary. They will be recipes that work for me and my family ... I am a big believer of never making a recipe again if it didn’t work out. Waste of time, energy and ingredients!

To kick off the recipes I thought I would start with an all time favourite of ours ... Gluten free Pancakes. Over the years these have varied greatly. It is almost a family joke as to what the pancakes will be made from this time. They have been gluten free, grain free, SCD, paleo but the favourite has been the original pancake that I used to serve for lazy Sunday breakfasts before kids, when you could eat in peace and read the paper (love my kids but Breakfast is a little more demanding now). Making pancakes with kids is a lesson in patience ... for them. They have to wait until I am finished cooking enough for both of them before I serve or otherwise the arguments are special!

Gluten Free Pancakes

Ingredients

1/3 cup buckwheat flour

1/3 cup white rice flour

1/3 cup arrowroot/tapioca flour

2 teaspoons gluten free baking powder

2 eggs

1 cup milk (rice, almond...)

1 tablespoon honey (optional)

Method

1. combine dry ingredients with a fork until well mixed
2. add eggs and milk and whisk to combine
3. add honey (optional) and whisk
4. spoon into a lightly buttered or oiled flat pan, do not flip until surface has bubbled and the edges look firm, flip and continue cooking until done
5. stack them in a warm oven so everyone gets them warm including the chef :)

Serving suggestions: 

something sweet, nuts for protein and fresh fruit for something live!

1. maple syrup, walnuts and fresh pears and prunes
2. coconut syrup, walnuts and cherries
3. sugar free topping ... raspberries and coconut cream

Enjoy!