Buckwheat Pancakes!!

I had originally tried this delicious treat at my husband's parents house. His Mom is adorable and just the best. She loves to entertain and always makes certain that everyone's belly is contently full--if not completely over-stuffed.

Buckwheat Pancakes was something she made before our diet had the need for change due to allergies. They were delicious and tasted healthy--which is strange for a pancake but for me they're just perfect! I find that once you eat healthy all that junk-food you once loved the taste of, really tastes quite gross. So these were always a breakfast I looked forward to when visiting.

The recipe was originally made with eggs but we've adjusted the recipe for those of us with egg-allergies.

My favourite part about these pancakes? It's my hubby who makes them! ^_^ So I get to sit back and relax in the morning while this remains a Strom tradition.

Strom's Buckwheat Pancakes:

1 cup Buckwheat Flour

1 cup Rice Milk (or any other milk beverage)

2 tablespoons Olive Oil (or any other oil)

1 tablespoon Agave Nectar (or sweetener of your choice)

1 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder

1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

1/2 teaspoon Salt

Egg Replacer equal to 1 Egg.

Raspberries (or fruit of your choice)

Mix all the Ingredients together until well mixed and dough-like consistency is reached. Please note, I recommend blending the egg-replacer mixture separately and then adding it to the mixture so that it doesn't clump. For the fruit you can play around, it's really your choice what you add and how much you add to it. Make them your own! ^_^

Cook in greased pan at fairly high heat until underside is brown. Flip and repeat.

Serve with toppings of your choice. I love mine with blueberry jam, Cory loves his with a little syrup. Enjoy! ♥

♥ Raw Carob-Almond Butter Spread!! ♥

I am a bit of a Chocolate fiend. Yes I'm your typical woman and I loooooooove Chocolate ~_^. I remember when I was younger and the delight of Nutella was just to die for. Now we've all seen those adds on TV claiming this treat is umm, good for you? Well when you read the ingredient list and see sugar is the first ingredient you know it can't be good for you. And don't you love how they say "and a hint of cocoa". Well the cocoa is probably the only good part in it. :p

Well, I've still got a sweet-tooth and every time I pass by this little jar of chocolate I crave it. I did manage to find two replacements in store. One was sadly not Organic, and I am quite particular about only eating Organic nuts. The other was Raw, now this excited me but I have yet to try it since at a whopping $18.00 I'm afraid I have to turn the other cheek. But I decided to make my own!

I already make my own Almond Butter so I figured why not attempt a chocolate spread as well? I did. And it is quite yummy. Don't be mistaken, it tastes nothing like that fake sugar jar of Nutella, but it is delicious, it's nutritious, it's Raw, and it will satisfy your sweet-tooth! ^_^

Raw Carob-Almond Butter Spread:

1 cup Raw Almonds

1/2 cup Raw Carob Powder

1/4 cup Raw Agave Nectar

1/2 cup Rice Milk or Water

In a Food Processor grind up the Almonds on high for approximately 10 minutes until it becomes a creamier texture. Add the Carob Powder, Agave Nectar, and a little bit of Rice Milk. Continue to process until the mixture becomes creamy, gradually adding Milk or Water (or a lil of both is what I do) to achieve the right texture. You can taste-test this along the way and add more Sweetened or Carob as you so desire. Once the mixture is done you can scoop it out into a glass jar (I use recycled jars from previously store-bought Almond butter) and store in the refrigerator.

I love this spread on Rice Cakes but I'm sure it goes yummy yummy with just about anything ♥♥

No More Boxed Cereal! Whatever to do?!! Yummy Granola Recipe ^_^

The dilemma with a wheat-free, gluten-free, sugar-free, oat-free Food Plan is that you really can't go out and buy Any boxed cereals. Even at your local health-food store the options are obsolete. However, when you love cereal as much as I do you're going to find a way around this apparent bump in the road. Fortunately not everything comes in a box (what? no way!) so we are back to the Recipe Books!

Last Christmas my lovely Sister bought me the kick-ass Vegan recipe book "La Dolce Vegan" by Sarah Kramer. I highly recommend this and her other recipe books. She has a couple recipes in this one on how to make your own yummy Granola Cereal. Once again the daunting Allergies arise. So I took a few of her Granola recipes as a bass to start from and added my own twist to make them healthy and allergy-free! ^_^

Bianca's Protein Granola Recipe:

2 cups Barley Flakes

1 cup Quinoa Flakes

1 cup Puffed Buckwheat Puffs (or any other puffed cereal)

1/3 cup crushed Almonds

1/2 cup Flaxseeds

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1/4 cup (just under) Agave Nectar (or 1/4 cup any other sweetener)

1/2 cup of Apple Juice or Water

1 cup dried fruit (optional..I have yet to experiment with this)

Preheat oven to 250ºF. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Add the Agave Nectar and Apple Juice and stir until well mixed. On two 9✗13-inch baking pans, spread out even amounts of the mixture on both pans and bake for 35 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Let cool and add dried fruit if desired. Store in an air-tight container.

I eat my yummy granola cereal with fruit and rice milk but feel free to eat yours however you'd like. ^_^

Banana Carob Oat Muffins

Up first is the recipe that got me started on the thought about making this Recipe blog.

Yummy Muffins that you can make adjustments too on which flour you'd prefer. I also use buckwheat oats in this recipe as my Hubby is allergic to regular oats.

3/4 cup of Brown Rice Flour
3/4 cup of Buckwheat Flour
1 cup of Barley Flakes (or any flake cereal of your choice)
1 tablespoon Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 cup Carob Powder (or cocoa powder)

Mix all these together in a large mixing bowl until well mixed.

1-2 Banana(s) (the riper the better)**
3/4 cup Rice Milk (or any other non-dairy milk)
1/3 cup Olive Oil (or any other oil or melted vegan margarine)
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 teaspoon Cinnamon

**(I only used one when I just made these. But if you want extra banana flavour use 2 and use a tad less milk)

Blend all these ingredients together in a blender until the bananas are nice and pureed.

Add blended ingredients to the dry mix along with just under 1/2 cup of Agave Nectar (if you use a different sweetener use 1/2 cup...Agave nectar is much sweeter than other sweeteners).
Mix everything together until very well mixed. Pour in muffin tray and bake at 350 for approx 20mins. And voila Yummy Healthy Muffins!

About this Blog...

Hello to all my wonderful Followers (New and old), or to those just passing by.

I decided to start this blog because I know how difficult it is to find Healthy Recipes that are void of those pesky Common Allergens most of the world pretends aren't bad for you.

Yes, I'm talking about Wheat, Gluten, Dairy, and Sugar.

My Husband fairly recently got an allergy test done and the results were not all that surprising. Those Common Allergens were on his list, along with several others that we a bit surprising. We switched to his allergy-needs--I switched because I still suspect myself to be allergic to most of these and, well, it's just plain healthier.

Now, even more recently, my brother got his allergy results back. His allergies? Surprise! Matched up almost perfectly with my Husbands. My conclusion? These are probably allergies to a lot of people whether we realize them or not. Really it's not a big surprise that there are as many health problems out there as there are, what when we treat out bodies with such malnutrition.

Switching to this "diet" has been an adventure that I have fully embraced and enjoyed. The only limits are those we place on ourselves.

So in all the recipes I am listing here I will also be eliminating the following (although I will include a few in brackets, meaning if you are not allergic to them then they make tasty variations of the original recipe).

These include:

Oats, Cranberries, Spelt flour, Kamut, Coconut, Mushrooms, Yeast, Chili Powder, and Soy.

So, here is a collective of Recipes I've come across along my way that I think are worth sharing or Recipes that I have made from scratch or by changing certain recipes to meet healthier needs.

Again, making these food changes are only as difficult as you make them. You CAN still find yummy food. It might take a little more work--meaning you can't just buy it in a box. You actually have to cook from scratch! *gasp* I for one LOVE this! I always wanted to do all my cooking from scratch and now I have the right motivation to do so. And let me tell you, it's fun, it's adventurous, and it's reaaaally nice to know what you put in your body (as opposed to those ingredient lists with words you can't even pronounce!).

Enjoy my Blog & the Yummy Recipes, and if you have any recipes you'd like to submit please let me know ^_^

Love & Bruises

xo

~Bianca