More Experiments

More experiments in the kitchen... I can make quite the mess.

I can't believe it's already September 1st. Fall is approaching and that makes me a very happy girl. Fall and winter are my favorite! I love the cozy feeling the seasons bring and thinking back, most of my happiest times have taken place during this time of year. I think Amber was feeling a bit nostalgic too since she chose a few fall flavors for this weeks menu. Since Thursday is our slow day we got out of the kitchen pretty early this morning. On my drive home I was thinking of what I wanted to make for breakfast. Buckwheat pancakes... I always crave them. I thought I would try something new by making a carrot spice version.

As much as I love using buckwheat for my batter, I always have trouble with it when adding other ingredients. I tried making a raspberry apple variation the other day but they completely fell apart and failed as pancakes. It turned out more like porridge. 

This still needs some tweaking but for todays experiment I added 1 egg white and 1 teaspoon grape seed oil along with shredded carrot, vanilla extract, and yacon syrup to my original recipe. 

I made a creme top with two parts mascarpone, one part plain greek yogurt and cinnamon. A few drops of stevia were added for sweetness. I finished these off with walnuts, a drizzle of yacon syrup and some leftover shredded carrot.

I felt a bit like Joy the Baker while eating these as I stood over my counter.

Buckwheat Carob Pancakes

 A few weeks ago Amber told me about foodgawker. I was familiar with craftgawker, but one dedicated to food? I was in love the first time I set my eyes on this site. All the photos are so beautiful and everything looks delicious. I have the app on my phone now so before bed I find myself browsing though all the yummy goodness, getting inspired... and hungry. I've been drawn to posts from The Healthy Foodie. Black Forest pancakes and chocolate cherry buckwheat bake. I love how she likes to indulge (but in a healthy way) for breakfast. Her photos are lovely to look at as well. I really like her styling. I woke up this morning craving pancakes after reading her latest post last night. I'm always trying to create new recipes for pancakes so I tried making a blend with almond and coconut flour. It was an epic fail. After rinsing all my dishes I used the recipe I usually work with.

3 tablespoons buckwheat flour

1 tablespoon ground flax

Enough almond milk to give the batter a semi-runny consistency.

(These pancakes are not fluffy. They come out more like thick crepes.)

To make these pancakes decadent, I added 1 tablespoon carob powder and a few drops of liquid stevia to the batter.

I topped them with peanut butter and a dollop of plain Greek yogurt. For the syrup, I mixed cinnamon flax oil and agave syrup together. They were so yummy.