New Mum’s Food Adventures

I use a pancake maker which makes a HUGE difference in the way they turn out. Today I mixed half a cup of buckwheat with half a cup of Orgran Plain all purpose gluten free flour, 1 tablespoon of baking powder and one tablespoon sugar, 1 egg and 1 cup milk. It should be gooey and thick. I cooked the first batch for 3.5 minutes and the second for 3 minutes. It’s fluffy and dense and feels closer to cake. Very nice pancake.

My preferred batter so far has been Almond Flour with Buckwheat Flour. 1:1 ratio of the flours but this one is pretty great too. same measurements but the almond flour one needs extra sweetener. It helps give the almond flour strength and makes it feel more like regular pancakes. Something my hubby misses. Me, I like them now and then and could easily do without pancakes but my family likes them so I make them. Baby has to be gluten free and they tend to be a dry pancake so I like to serve with yoghurt or baby custard. He loves it with strawberry yoghurt or lemon cream yogurt. If I give banana he will just eat the banana and ignore the pancake. But totally normal toddler behaviour. I just give him his breakfast with some of the least preferred first then the preferred after. He usually only eats about half a small pancake. Which is more than enough. I usually eat his other half. The dogs eat up whatever baby throws which is probably about half of his half a pancake if he is feeling moody.

If you’re gluten free or cooking for someone who is gluten free and they love pancakes, definitely recommend a pancake maker. But if not, make sure you have a really good non stick pan.