Breakfast


Gluten-Free Cracked Grain Cereal Mix

Gluten-Free Cracked Grain Cereal Mix
The following directions will help you crack grains in a Vita-Mix. Other grain mills also crack grains — refer to your mill’s manual for directions on this application.
Since we like a Cream of Wheat consistency for our hot cereal, these directions achieve a finer texture of cracking. Adjust accordingly for the degree of [...]

Buckwheat-Sorghum Pancakes — Gluten-Free

If you prefer a plain pancake, the carob is optional in this recipe. You may have to reduce the amount of water to account for fewer dry ingredients. For a more decadent pancake, use cocoa powder instead.

2-1/2 cups buckwheat flour
2-1/2 cups sorghum flour
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/3 cup carob powder
1/8 teaspoon stevia powder (optional)
5+ cups pure water
1/2 to 1 cup almond [...]

Successful Sprouted Buckwheat Breakfast~

4 out 5 members of the family loved breakfast this morning! I’d say that is a success. The person who didn’t care for it reported a willingness to have it again, though.
After rinsing the buckwheat sprouts that I began two nights ago, I put some in each cereal bowl. I topped the sprouts with raisins, unsweetened [...]

Sprouting Hulled Buckwheat for Breakfast

Sprouting Hulled Buckwheat
A man at the Farmer’s Market yesterday told me about sprouting buckwheat. It sprouts quickly (1-2 days) and makes a great breakfast. We do eat buckwheat now and then, cooked, for breakfast, but the kids don’t enjoy it that much because it gets a bit slimy. According to this man, buckwheat — sprouted — is not slimy. I’m [...]

Plum Pancakes — Gluten-Free

Plum Pancakes

2 cups buckwheat flour
2 cups brown rice flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
10 medium size plums — washed, pitted and pureed
2 cups nut milk
2-3/4 cups filtered water
1/4 cup agave syrup
1/2 cup grapeseed oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
garnishes: non-hydrogenated margarine (such as Earth Balance), honey, agave, jam, plum sauce, maple syrup, sliced fruit, etc.

Combine all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Whisk together. Add [...]

Cold Quinoa Breakfast Cereal

If it is too hot to eat hot cereal, and whole-grain cold cereals are not in your budget or your cupboards, give this delicious whole-grain, healthy cold cereal a try.
This recipe is gluten-free, wheat-free, egg-free, refined-sugar-free and dairy-free.

4 cups cooked and chilled plain quinoa*
1 teaspoon cinnamon
smidge stevia powder
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1/4 cup chopped nuts, such as walnuts

Toppings:

sliced bananas
almond or [...]

Genius Breakfast Cereal

Branching out here this morning… I’ve had this recipe saved to try for a few months. Someone shared it on a Yahoo! group. None of these grains have gluten and none of them are wheat (obviously). I’ll have to let you know what the family thinks. Naomi is scooping hers out right now.
My notes: I doubled [...]

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