RECIPE TIME! Basic Pancake Batter using Quinoa Flour

Basic Pancakes Batter using Quinoa Flour

This recipe is from the Cooking with Quinoa (Pattern) book that I so frequently will refer too. I’ve adjusted the recipe to include a dairy-free option to buttermilk I discovered on the internet aswell!

Pancake Batter

• ·         1 cup Quinoa Flour
• ·         2 tbsp Caster Sugar
• ·         1 large egg (or egg substitute)
• ·         1 ½ cups ‘Buttermilk’ (see alternative recipe below)
• ·         1 tsp Vanilla extract
• ·         ‘Butter’ for cooking

Buttermilk Alternative

• ·         1 tbsp white vinegar or lemon juice
• ·         1 cup ‘milk’

Sift flour and sugar into a bowl.  Make ‘Buttermilk’ and whisk with egg and vanilla until combined; slowly pour into the flour mixing until you have a smooth batter.

Heat a non stick pan until hot, add a little butter to the pan and when melted, pour in a small ladleful of pancake mixture. Swirl the pan around to form an even pancake and cook on both sides till evenly set.

Serve with toppings of your choice ie, golden/maple syrup, lemon and sugar, jam….go nuts! :D

Quinoa is Awesome!

Personally, I only found out about this recently and as it turns out, I’m totally the last person to know! This supersede/grain is ridiculous. It’s stats include gluten and wheat free, high protein and other awesome vitamins, cholesterol free and for all of us with tummy troubles, totally easily digestible!

So after hearing how awesome this grain was I went on a search high and low to find a singular cookbook to start experimenting. And lo and behold, I did! This one:

                                     Cooking with Quinoa - Rena Patten

Its full of amazing recipes, some with meat and seafood but so many delicious vegetarian and vegan treats aswell, including deserts! :D

I’ve already experimented enough to feel totally comfortable cooking with quinoa almost every day so expect quite a few recipes to come!