Grain-Free Lemony Almond Pancakes
OK everyone, I thought these looked really good when I saw them on Ricki's blog,
Diet, Dessert and Dogs. I make my own almond milk and my first thought was that this would be a great way to use up the almond meal that is left over afterwards, so that is what I'm going to try. Also, I have a good friend who is gluten-free, so I kind of want to learn to make some good things so I can spoil her when she comes to visit.
Pancakes are usually breakfast food, but I know at least one person who eats 'em for dinner, so don't feel temporally constrained by the recipe type. Also, don't feel constrained by traditional cooking utensils, either -- I myself can't decide whether these merit breaking out the electric guaranteed non-stick griddle or whether I should go with the wonderful Le Creuset 'Cruiser' skillet. Another decision to make: big, medium, or small??
The recipe is here:
Grain Free Lemony Almond PancakesI plan on making these babies over the weekend and will post an update!
Labels: breakfast, breakfast for dinner, chickpea flour, gluten-free, vegan
cookies for breakfast!
I finally got to the breakfast snack...I made
Chickpea Coco-Oat Cookies. SO GOOD! I absolutely love the taste of coconut, and I love the smell of toasting shredded coconut. The cookies are moist and tasty and wholesome, just perfect with a cuppa tea. I used maple syrup instead of molasses.
Last weekend someone who has a
Herbivore subscription showed me the reference to this blog in the online edition. I knew it was going to be in, they emailed me about it awhile ago. They quoted the pb cookie recipe
Brenda veganized awhile ago. I think all of us should break out our credit cards and
subscribe, because they're putting the f.u. in tofu. They're doing more online updates and fewer print editions for now.
Labels: baking, breakfast, cookies, Herbivore mag
Breakfast Baking Galore!
This week, we had a baking date for the breakfast themed cookalong. We made two things: the
corn muffins that Carla suggested as well as Choco-Banana Loaf.
We made the loaf first because we wanted it for dessert that nice. Our neighbours told us that she loves it when we're cooking because the smells are so yummy, and this night was extra special. And, J said he loves the smell and baking banana bread the best.
We followed a recipe from
The Everyday Vegan, it was a Maple Banana Bread, but we added the much-needed chocolate chips, walnuts, and cinnamon in. Heavenly - soft and moist, flavourful, and perfect when warm with some Earth Balance on it!
Then, we made the corn muffins. Here, we added some dried cranberries for colour and a nice zap of something else. The finished muffins tasted even more delich than the dough i sampled, which wasn't too bad (but what a weird texture with uncooked cornmeal!). I liked adding the cranberries because they broke up the flavour, and they added some lovely colour. The muffins didn't rise too much and were dense, but we freezed some for another time when we're too sluggish to eat a good breakfast.
Labels: baking, breakfast, vegan muffins
Chewy Granola Bars
I made Chewy Granola Bars on Monday night, but haven't gotten around to posting until now. I used
this link that Carla posted but, as usual, made some adjustments:
1 cup
agave syrup2/3 cup smooth
almond butter2 2/3 cups rolled oats
1 cup
unbleached white flour1 t cinnamon
1/2 t cloves
1/2 t nutmeg
1/3 cup wheat germ
2 cups mix-ins:
raw almonds, sunflower seeds, dried cranberries, walnut halves and pepitas
we have a great bulk store up the street. Whenever I go there I always get a Vege Hut vegetable patty and eat it on the way home. It's my ritual :)
Baked for about 15 minutes.
In hindsight, adding ground flax would have been a great idea! I don't have a shot of the cut bars, but they did turn out a bit crumbly even after adding some water to the mix. I'll definitely play with this recipe - it's way cheaper, healthier and tastier than those store bought ones! Next time I won't be afraid to add more agave syrup or nut butter.
They are wonderful with good, strong coffee!
Labels: breakfast, granola bar
breakfast on the go! (daylight savings rescue)
Daylight Savings is this weekend...eeeeep!! How do you feel about doing a "breakfast on the go" theme for this week? Muffins or bars or cookies to grab on a sleepy morning after the clocks go back...
I've made
Sunny Corn Muffins a few times, they're nice. How about these
breakfast cookies, which look so good and moist in
this blog!? Or
Chewy Granola Breakfast Bars?! We've done multi-recipe cookalongs before and it's been fun to see variety! What do you think?
ETA: or any other recipe you want to try on the "breakfast on the go theme"
Labels: bars, breakfast, cookies, muffins, stuff that freezes
