Teff/Buckwheat Pancakes

After a lot of experimenting with my family pancake recipe, I have finally come up with a teff/buckwheat pancake recipe that is not to heavy.  It is very flavorful and light.  We love these pancakes with a little pure maple syrup and if we are lucky, some fresh blueberries.

Ingredients:
1 cup sorgham flour
⅔ cup teff flour
⅔ cup buckwheat flour
⅔ cup tapioca flour
2 Tbs baking powder
1 tsp salt
Stir with a fork
2 egg yolks (put the egg whites in a separate bowl)
¼ cup olive oil
1 Tbs molasses
Add enough coconut milk to make batter consistency
Whip the egg whites stiff.  Beat the pancake batter and then fold in the egg whites.

Corn Tortillas

This is a family recipe that I modified.  I made these tortillas the other night and we had turkey tacos.  They were very tasty.  I have also made these tortillas and then used them to make enchiladas.  I love these tortillas.  I will post the enchilada recipe and the taco seasoning recipe soon!

Ingredients:
⅓ cup sorghum flour
⅔ cup corn flour
1 cup corn meal
1 tsp salt
1 Tbs olive oil
1 beaten egg
coconut milk
water

Preparation:
Mix together and add enough milk and water to make a thin batter.  I usually try to do about half milk and half water.  Drop about 1/4 cup on medium hot griddle (375).  Not too hot or they won’t spread.  Spread with the back of a spoon into a circle about 5” in diameter.  When dry in appearance, turn and cook on the other side.  The second side will not brown.

Banana Bread

I have made many versions of this banana bread, some good and some terrible!  I guess it will be a work in progress.  The batch that I made today is my favorite so far.  So here it is, try it out and let me know your thoughts.

Preheat your oven to 300 degrees F. Line bottom of two bread tins with parchment paper and spray with olive oil.

Ingredients:
¼ cup Pureed Avocado
¼ cup Olive Oil
⅔ cup Raw Agave
2 Eggs (separated)
3 Very Ripe Bananas
½ teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1 ½ teaspoon Xanthan Gum
2 tablespoons Coconut Milk
½ teaspoon Lemon Juice (I used freshly squeezed)
1 cup Sorghum Flour
½ cup Tapioca Flour
¼ cup Teff Flour
¼ cup Buckwheat Flour

Preparation:
Cream together avocado, olive oil, agave, and egg yolks.  Put egg whites in a separate bowl and beat them until they are stiff.  Mix in  the bananas.  Mix in the salt, soda, baking powder, and xanthan gum.  Mix in the coconut milk and lemon juice.  Mix in the flours until smooth, about 2 minutes.  Fold in the egg whites.  Bake at for 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Coconut Ice Cream

My son's birthday is coming up and so I decided to try making some coconut ice cream.  I looked around at other ice cream recipes, combined a few, and came up with this one.  We all loved it, in fact, I'm finishing off the leftovers right now!  I am going to try using vanilla bean next time, I think that will give it an even richer flavor.

Ingredients:
4 egg yolks
1/3 cup raw agave
2 (13.5- ounce) cans regular coconut milk
1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation:
In a large bowl, whisk yolks until pale yellow, 1 to 2 minutes. Add regular coconut milk and whisk again until well combined. Transfer coconut mixture to a medium pot and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until just thickened and mixture coats the back of a spoon, 8 to 10 minutes. Be sure not to let the mixture boil. Remove pot from the heat. Transfer contents of pot to a bowl and chill until cold.  Add raw agave, coconut, and vanilla.  Process mixture in an ice cream maker.  You can also add fruit if you would like.

Pumpkin Waffles

I got this recipe from one of my friends.  I had to tweak it a bit to get it to be sugar free, but it is one of our favorite breakfasts.  I guess I can call it that even though we usually eat if for dinner.

Ingredients:
1 c. sorghum flour
1/2 c. teff flour
1/2 c. millet flour
1/2 c. tapioca flour/starch
4 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. raw agave (or 3 tsp Stevia mixed with 1 Tbs of pumpkin)
1/2 Tbs molasses

Slowly add:
1/4 c. olive oil
2 egg yolks
1 c. pumpkin
1 c. milk (I used coconut milk)
1 c. water
Mix until well blended.
Beat the egg whites until stiff peak.  Fold into the batter.
Heat waffle iron or griddle, and spray with
cooking spray.  Pour batter accordingly.

Honey Oatmeal Muffins

These muffins were easy to make gluten free.  They turned out amazingly.  I thought that they tasted just like the ‘normal’ ones!

¾ cup Old Fashioned Oats
¾ cup Sorghum Flour
½ cup Oat Flour
½ cup Tapioca Flour
¼ cup Teff Flour
2 tsp Xanthan Gum
2 tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Salt
½ tsp Ground Cinnamon
¼ tsp Baking Soda
2 eggs, slightly beaten
⅓ cup Raw Honey
¼ cup Olive Oil
1/2 cup Coconut Milk

Mix dry ingredients.  Mix wet ingredients in a separate bowl then mix with the dry ingredients.  Spoon into greased muffin pan.  Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.  Makes 12

Turkey Chili

My Sister-in-law always makes chili for us when we get together.  It is really good and everyone likes it.  So I got the recipe.  All I had to do was change the hamburger to turkey.  I thought that it was really good, my daughter even liked it and my husband keeps asking me to make it again!

1 Lb Meat (I used turkey)
1 onion
Scramble and add taco seasoning
In a pot add:
1 can Black Beans
1 can Kidney Beans
1 can Diced Tomatoes
Corn
Enough Tomatoe Sauce to make it desired thickness
Add chili powder to taste
Add the meat and onion mixture, warm it up and then enjoy!