breakfast
Non-Meat Breakfast Choices Offering Protein (GF, DF, EF)
As I heard yesterday from a commenter, breakfast can be a tricky meal. How does one get enough protein when eating gluten-free and egg-free and also when trying to avoid the monetary expense of purchasing sausage and/or turkey bacon each day? I will share our breakfast choices, in the hope that it will be a [...]
Raw Sweet Potato Cereal
a variation on my friend Brenna’s recipe, originally from Hallelujah Acres
2 sweet potatoes, grated (not yams)
1 cup unsweetened medium shredded coconut OR 2 cups unsweetened large flake coconut
1 cup dried fruit of your choice, or a combination (raisins, chopped dates, chopped dried pears, cranberries, etc.)
1 cup chopped nuts
1 tablespoon cinnamon
garnishes: fresh or frozen fruit, sweetener [...]
Gluten Free 4-Grain Breakfast Porridge
A take on the Genius Breakfast Cereal, only another grain is added here — teff. In addition, I’ve added a soaking to neutralize the phytic acid, would otherwise would interfere with mineral absorption.
1 cup millet
1/2 cup quinoa
1/4 cup amaranth
1/4 cup teff, brown or ivory
6 tablespoons raw apple cider vinegar or Kombucha
1 tablespoon cinnamon
6 cups pure [...]
Gluten-Free Cracked Grain Breakfast Cereal
Gluten-Free Cracked Grain Breakfast Cereal
A robust and healthy cereal because of the many gluten-free grains included, it will nourish and warm you on a cold winter morning. This recipe uses the Gluten-Free Cracked Grain Cereal Mix made with the Vita-Mix or another grain mill.
Small Batch (serves 2 to 3 persons):
1 cup cracked grain [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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