Kitchen Buddies-
I have experimented with Buckwheat with great success in the last few weeks. Using the recipes from this site-
http://www.thebirkettmills.com/glutenfr ... s_2006.htm#
I have made the Pancakes, Muffins and Crepes.
The Pancakes are very light and fluffy. As good as or better than a wheat Pancake. I used a lot more blueberries than the recipe called for , used plain cinnamon since I had no apple pie or pumpkin pie spice mix and left out the lemon extract since citrus is a problem for me. I would never eat just pancakes for breakfast like I used to but one pancake was I nice addition to the fruit, vegetables, meat or eggs that I usually eat. They keep several days in the icebox and made a good snack spread with nut butter and fresh fruit.
The Muffins are just as good as the Pancakes . Again I used cinnamon instead of the apple pie spice mix and added a good handful of chopped walnuts. They do not dry up in a plastic bag in the icebox and turn into door knobs like so many of the other GF products.
I made a fish stew using white fish, garlic , onions and broccoli. Rolled it up in the crepes, I left out the Lemon , Vanilla extract and cinnamon and seasoned it with Salt, Pepper and Rosemary and covered it with a Cauliflower white sauce using Polly’s idea . The Crepes are not like wheat or corn tortillas in that they get a little mushy but it was quite good anyway.
I have so many other good things to eat that I have not eaten it more than twice a week but it does make a nice addition to my diet and so far has not created any complications.
I hope this gives you some good ideas.
Love
Matthew
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