17 May GF Pancakes

Who doesn’t love pancakes for breakfast? You don’t have to feel deprived on your gut health journey… I got you!

Now cooking with gluten free flours requires a little knowhow. It took me a lot of trial and error to get familiar with how gluten free flours work. So let me save you the hassle.

When I was on my journey to healing my gut I developed a food intolerance to eggs (which sucked) but no matter how much I tried I just could not create an egg free GF pancake that actually resembled a pancake… so when I was able to enjoy eggs in pancakes was the very first thing I tried to make. So I have had a bit of practice with trial and error to get this perfect, not that you need my life story 🙂 

Buckwheat flour is a great GF option. It has quite a strong flavour so it works well when you mix gluten free flours together to make the flavours more mild and also helps with the consistency and fluffiness (if that’s even a word). Buchwheat flour adds the sticky binding agent that gluten is known for without harming the gut. The pancake is a mix of buckwheat flour and almond flour. Almond flour is very dense so works perfectly with the light fluffy buckwheat flour.

Buckwheat flour is actually a seed, not a grain and completely gluten free. If you are looking at the macros its majority carbs but has a lot of fiber and some protein so it’s a nutritionally balanced seed so combined with a little healthy fat you are good to go. Combined with almond flour the recipe is relatively low carb and will be a slow release of energy.

I use Monk Fruit Sweetener because its a 0Cal sweetener and derived from monk fruit. It doesn’t damage the gut and doesn’t spike your blood sugar, Its a dream come true for someone who has a sweet tooth and is concerned with their health. You can also use stevia or flavoured stevia drops however I find monk fruit sweetener an amazing sugar substitute. Normal sugar can be really damaging to your health, cause inflammation internally, cause a leaky gut and shift your gut microbiome in favour of the gut bugs we don’t want in there. Having a healthy sugar substitute is important so you can enjoy these sweet treats occasionally without the health consequences or without the guilt.

Enjoy with some coconut yogurt, cut up fruit and a drizzle of honey if you please. Personally I like to mix some vanilla flavoured protein powder into my coconut yoghurt for a higher protein breakfast. OR you can omit the sweetener and have this as a savory pancake with some avo and eggs.

GF Pancakes

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Course Breakfast

Ingredients

  

• 1/4 cup Buckwheat Flour
• 1/4 cup Almond Flour
• 1 tsp Psyllium husks
• 1 tsp Arrowroot flour (or tapioca)
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 1 tbs Monk fruit sweetener (or stevia)
• 1/2 cup Coconut milk (or any other plant based milk)
• 1 Egg
• 1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar

Instructions

 

• Add all ingredients into mixing bowl, combine and add acv last. Cook in a non stick pan on low and cook on both sides. Serve with coconut yoghurt, berries or any topping of your liking.