Healthy Buckwheat Pancakes

Lovely honey on my Buckwheat Pancakes and a
delicious cup of peppermint tea. 

Perfect breakfast for a Sunday morning.

These healthy Buckwheat Pancakes are gluten free, easy to make and super delicious.

I was craving pancaked and don;t really like almond meal pancakes are they are just not right and do not want 10 eggs in coconut flour pancakes. Nope nope. Then I heard about buckwheat which is naturally gluten free and not wheat at all by the way.

Then I remembered a pancake recipe from Jamie Oliver that uses three ingredients. He uses self raising flour but I thought it will still work with buckwheat and I was right.

I am glad I gave this recipe a try. I will be making it more often. It it light on the tummy and tasty too. It is the perfect breakfast.

Healthy Gluten Free Buckwheat Pancakes

Ingredients
1 cup buckwehat
1 egg
1 cup lactose free milk or any milk of choice


Method
Whisk all ingredients in a bowl until combined. Do not over beat.

Heat up a frying pan, spray will olive oil or oil of choice and pour in batter.

Once bubbles start to form flip the pancake over. Give it a minute and flip onto your plate.

This recipe makes 12 large pancakes. 

Paleo Chocolate Cake

I was looking for a chocolate cake recipe that was grain free, gluten free and lactose free the other day because we were craving chocolate cake at work.

Our computer system was down and we had nothing to do until it got fixed so we started talking cakes - chocolate cakes. Then I went searching for a recipe and found this delicious Paleo Chocolate Cake at Super Glue Mom.

The recipe specifically said the milk had to be full fat milk. I used low fat milk by mistake and it came out moist, light, soft and fluffy. It even had the volume I have been missing since going grain free!

This is not a sweet cake but delicious none the same.  Light on the belly and will keep you happy all day. Definitely a keeper.

Paleo Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
½ cup coconut flour
¼ cup almond flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
400ml lactose free milk or any non dairy milk
½ cup honey
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla

Method
Preheat oven to 175C/350F then  line a 20cm x 20cm (8x8 inch) square baking tin with baking paper.

Sift coconut flour, almond flour, baking powder, and cocoa powder into a large bowl and mix until combined.

Place milk, honey, eggs, and vanilla in a blender and mix until combined.

Slowly pour wet ingredients into dry and mix until everything is well combined. Do not over mix. The end result is like chocolate soup. Perfect!

Pour the batter into the cake tin and bake for 50 minutes.

Allow to cool before removing from tin. Then serve and enjoy.

Apple Cinnamon Bread

You must eat this delicious Apple Cinnamon Bread that is gluten free, grain free and dairy free fresh out of the oven. It is soft, moist, warm and delicious and even better with a little strawberry jam.

I saw two tiny little loaf pans in the supermarket and had to get them. Then I went about searching for a recipe. I can't remember where I found this but it is perfect. I found that breads and cakes don't really rise with coconut or nut flours so thought this would be the way to have a "normal" looking bread.

I halved the recipe and filled one of the tiny tins. It worked a treat.

Apple Cinnamon Bread

Ingredients
1/4 cup  + 2 tbsps almond flour
1 tablespoon coconut flour
2 tablespoons shredded coconut
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon honey
1 egg
1 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons grated apple

Method
Preheat oven to 180C/350℉.


In a mixer bowl blend almond flour, coconut flour, shredded coconut, baking powder and cinnamon.

In small bowl whisk egg, coconut oil, vanilla and apple.


Pour egg mixture into almond flour mixture and blend well.

Grease loaf pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Coconut Flour Shells

I was out shopping one day and saw a tray with six shell shaped muffins and had to buy it. It was a great buy only $2!

Once I got it home I looked for some gluten free, dairy, free, grain free recipes I could make in this tin and came across a simple coconut muffin recipe from the Coconut Mama.

I halved the recipe and simplified it so it is super easy and quick to make.  You just chuck everything into a mixer bowl let it do the work and then scoop into tin bake and enjoy.

Coconut Flour Shells

Makes 6  

Ingredients
1/4 cup plus 2 tbsps coconut flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3 eggs
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
1/4 cup honey
1/2  teaspoon vanilla


Method
Pre heat oven to 180C/350F.

Oil 6 pod tin.

In a mixer add all ingredients and blend until combined.

Scoop mixture into each pod.

Bake for 25-30 minutes.

Enjoy.

Told you they were easy to make!