Revisiting a cooked brekkie!

For a long time I thought the reason I didn't like a cooked breakfast was because I was raised on cereal. We would go to IHOP and nicer places and I would always come home dissatisfied and now I know why! I was in PAIN people. I had become inadvertently accustomed to the upset feeling I got after eating pancakes etc. I didn't realize the gluten in them was causing my tummy to ache and making me hate anything other than cereal. I have since learnt that certain gluten laden items hurt me worse than others. Cereal was nowhere near as bad as pancakes. James who is such a sweetheart wanted to remedy this so after a couple of attempts he has mastered the art of making gluten free pancakes. Here is the recipe:

1 ½ cup Gluten Free Flour

3 ½ teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon Sugar

1 ¼ cups milk

1 egg

3 tablespoons butter, melter



1 In large bowl sift together all dry ingredients. Make a well in the center and add egg, melted butter, and milk. Mix together till smooth.

2 Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over med high heat. Pour or scoop batter onto cooking surface, using approx ¼ cup.

3 When bubbles form on surface and pancake forms flip over.

4 Cook other side and put on plate.

having to rethink it all...or maybe not

I have to say the hardest challenge so far has been the Indian flat bread called roti that I have fondly grown up eating. I nearly cried several times after attempting to make it and last night was a breakthrough moment. I felt like I had just won the Nobel Peace Prize since my eldest said "Hey Mom this tastes just like normal roti." SCORE! The prior attempt at roti making was FAIL, There was the episode where my eldest sniffed at the the roti and asked why it was brown (sorghum based) and flung it to her brother. My heart sunk and little Zayne cried because by sniffing it, she had inadvertently transferred germs onto it. What drama! Oh well ....so yesterday was amazing. I only used a GF flour mix and added the Xanthan Gum per usual but I thought hmmmmmm maybe I should let it rest for a while. So I covered it up with a towel and 15 minutes later it became this amazing dough that I could actually roll with a regular rolling pin. When I rolled the first one James said "What??? no plastic on top and under to prevent it from sticking?" I said "No, I think we have done it baby." :)