Easy Peasy Paleo Pancake with Berries

It’s Saturday morning. We normally like a lazy morning with pancakes at my place. Unfortunately, I have just been diagnosed with gestatational diabetes, which means regular GF pancakes are a definite no no for me!

What to do? Well, I won’t let this low carb thing make me miss out on the fun! So here’s a super easy recipe for berry pancakes for one.

Cooking time: about 10 minutes

gluten free, dairy free, nut free, soy free, refined sugar free.

Ingredients

Pancakes

1 tbsp coconut flour

1 egg

2 tablespoons non dairy milk (whatever you like to use, doesn’t really matter)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

1/2 teaspoon of bicarb soda

if you like your pancake sweet, add a little stevia. If you don’t (like me) leave it out.

Raspberry Sauce

50g raspberries

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1/2 a teaspoon – teaspoon of stevia (adjust to your own taste)

fresh strawberries

Instructions

  1. Beat the egg, milk, and vanilla together with a fork. Add coconut flour. Stir well, getting rid of any lumps.
  2. Heat a small frying pan on medium heat. Add a small amount of oil (about a teaspoon) to the pan.
  3. Pour in pancake mixture. Cook for about 2 minutes (until sealed and brown on pan side) then flip, and cook for a couple more minutes. Remove from the pan.
  4. Add raspberries, vanilla and stevia to the pan. Cook for about 30 sec to 1 minute, until the raspberries get syrupy.
  5. Serve with chopped strawberries on top of pancake, with raspberry sauce poured on top.

Enjoy!

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Apple, Carrot and Quinoa Bread (gluten free, dairy free and nut free)

I’ve had a few people request this recipe, so here it is! This yummy bread is delicious for breakfast. It makes a great alternative to banana bread for those who are sensitive to Amines. You can vary the sweetness according to taste.

Gluten free, wheat free, dairy free, nut free, can be made soy free and egg free

Ingredients

1 medium carrot, peeled and grated
2 green apples, peeled and grated
1/3 cup of melted nuttelex or coconut oil
1 cup of soy milk or other milk substitute
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2 eggs (this recipe will work well for egg allergies as it’s quite moist. Substitute your preferred egg replacement)
2 1/2 cups of gluten free Self Raising flour
2/3 cup of rolled quinoa
2 teaspoons of gluten free baking powder
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/3 cup of brown sugar (optional)

Instructions
Preheat oven to 180 degrees
Grease a loaf tin
Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl. If you’d like a sweeter loaf, add the brown sugar. It is still nice without, for those with less of a sweet tooth.
Beat the two eggs together in a second bowl. Add vanilla, grated carrot and apples, melted nuttelex and milk to the bowl. Mix with a spoon.
Pour wet ingredients into dry, and mix with a spoon.
Pour into a greased loaf tin, and bake for 45-50 minutes. Loaf is cooked when a knife comes out of the centre clean.

This will store for up to a week in the fridge, in an airtight container. I like it best slightly warmed or served at room temperature.

Lemon and Blueberry Cake (gluten, dairy and nut free)

This lovely lemony cake is really quick to make as you don’t need a mixer. It works well as muffins too.

Ingredients

2 cups of Gluten free self raising flour
1/2 cup of caster sugar
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 cup of soy or other milk
1/2 cup of melted nuttelex or butter
2 eggs, lightly beaten
Zest of 1 lemon
1 cup of fresh blueberries

Lemon Drizzle Icing
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
2/3 cup of icing sugar

Preheat oven to 180 degrees
Combine flour, sugar and baking powder in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre of the bowl.
In a smaller bowl, whisk eggs, milk, nuttelex and lemon together
Pour wet ingredients into the dry. Combine well with a spatula, getting paid if any big lumps in the mixture.
Stir through blueberries

Pour mixture into a greased loaf tin. Bake at 180 for 30-35 min (about 25 minutes for muffins). Cake is cooked when a knife comes out cleaning from the centre.

You can eat it as it is, or make a quick lemon drizzle icing to put on top. Simply combine lemon juice and icing sugar in a small bowl, and pour over the cooled cake. Enjoy with a cup of your favourite tea!

This cake is best stored in the fridge after the first day, as it will spoil more quickly if kept out. Take it out a little before serving, to serve at room temperature.

 

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Gluten free orange and Rosemary cakes with caramelised figs (vegan)

These are lovely, simple cakes, that you can serve on their own, with icing, or if you want to get a bit fancy, with the caramelised figs. My kids love it with the orange butter cream icing. I kind of like it with both! Boiling the orange takes a little time, but making the cake itself is simple and very quick. A nice treat for a Sunday afternoon!

Gluten, dairy, nut, and egg free. Can be made soy free. Vegan.

Ingredients

Cake

1 large orange
sprig of Rosemary
2 cups of gluten free flour
1/2 cup of coconut flour
1/2 cup of olive oil or coconut oil
1 cup of soy milk (or alternative milk. Coconut or rice milk work well)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon orange blossom water
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
Nuttelex for greasing baking tray

Icing

half cup of nuttelex
half a cup of icing sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
zest of an orange

Caramelised Figs

2 teaspoons of nuttelex
1 tablespoon of brown sugar
1 sprig of rosemary
3-4 figs
Pinch or salt
Method

Cake

  1. Boil the orange and one small Rosemary sprig for 1 hour. Allow to cool. Remove orange. Cut in half to remove any seeds, and then blend orange and Rosemary until smooth.
  2. Combine gluten free free flour, coconut flour, baking powder and sugar in a large bowl
  3. In a smaller bowl, combine Pureed orange, olive oil, vanilla, orange blossom water and soy milk.
  4. Make a well in the centre of dry ingredients. Pour in wet ingredients. Mix gently with a wooden spoon.
  5. Grease patty tin liberally with nuttelex
  6. spoon in mixture until each patty is roughly half full.
  7. Bake for 20 minutes at 170 degrees.
  8. Allow to cool if icing. Can be served warm with caramelised figs.

Icing

Place all ingredients in a large bowl, and beat until light and fluffy. Gently spread over cooled cakes.

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Caramelised figs

Add sugar and nuttelex to a small frying pan. Simmer on medium heat, until sugar has completely dissolved, and it starts to thicken a little. Add in half a teaspoon of finely chopped rosemary, and diced figs.
Cook figs in caramel syrup for a couple of minutes.
Pour a little syrup and a couple of figs over the orange cake to serve. You can add a dollop of icing or icecream as well if you like!

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A new kitchen! I’m a little bit excited…

I’ve been planning a new kitchen for ages.  We have a tight space to work with, and I cook A LOT, so I wanted to get the design perfect. A nice big cook top, a big 90cm oven, and as much storage as possible.

Since my oven died, I have been in full kitchen planning mode. Playing with samples, getting quotes for all the trades people, sourcing appliances… It’s a lot of work!

This week, the renovation started. Or more to the point, the demolition started! So now my kitchen looks like this:

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Yikes! It’s all a bit of a mess at the moment, but I’m feeling excited at the prospect of it being finished, and about having an oven again!

Can’t wait!