German Pancakes!

RECIPE - CLICK HERE

Quicky post, German pancakes... very good! easy peezy lemon squeezy! give a try!

Gluten Free Cake Donuts

RECIPE IS ADAPTED FROM BON APPÉTIT'S "SOUR CREAM DOUGHNUTS"

Gluten Free Cake Donuts!

Now, I don't dabble in photography, I do not have any stuff or conditions to do so, so try not to be to sad that my donut pics or blogs pics are not of as cute of pics as some are.

The recipe included in the link, plus these changes....

1. all purpose - use better batter all purpose flour

2. cinnamon - 1/2 the cinnamon, grate FRESH REAL CINNAMON BARK and add a dash of nutmeg.

3. sourcream - 1/4 sour cream, 1/4 greek yogurt, 1/2 buttermilk

4. vanilla - that plus itsy splash of rum

5. oil - i had to use a mix (low on oils) but mine was mostly avocado oil, I'd recommend trying grape-seed or nut oils. Or even coconut if you are into that sort of thing.

the instructions list a maple glaze and streusel mix, sounded very good. I lacked the stuff, so did a normal glaze (warning normal donut glazes set better on yeast donuts than the texture of cake ones)

and I did some in a mix of cinnamon and powdered sugar. MY FAVE! 

Everything else is really just following the instructions they give. Really with BETTER BATTER you can use any recipe and very easily make it gluten free. 

I even dipped a few extras in chocolate! I do not have pics of them, but seriously yummers!

I implore you to try making them! 

Want healthier GF donuts? Bake, use substitutes for fats, use all yogurt instead of sour cream, use  splenda instead of sugar, whatever flours you want, oat or whatever, and even the fake egg stuff. 

I read an article on REAL SIMPLE that said that a cake donut, almonds and chocolate milk are a decent breakfast. THATS ALL I NEED TO HEAR!

Though in the future I'd like to mix in protein powders and other nutritious vitamin filled mixes and use a mix of xylitol and agave. You know, better morning donut, healthy. But its my first set of donuts, like...ever. So i'm pretty happy :) 

So was hubby! 

Happy cooking all!

Breakfast Cookies

Almost a variant name for a fancy oatmeal cookie. The idea of these has gotten quite popular these days. As a busy on-the-go society, we need grab-n-go food. And the concept of a cookie can really take a quick breakfast far! you can stick all kinds of things in them! I guess we all get tired of muffins and bars. As well cereal and fruit. So why not mix it up with a healthy-ish cookie?

Yup healthy! These can be as healthy, or fattening, as you wish. On a typical 1-10 scale, I'd say 3-6 would be the best fat range. To lite and they won't be quite as scrumptious. Remember, if your going to eat sugar and fat, breakfast is the best time to do it! (balanced, not just that)

These are creative cookies. They leave plenty of room for your personal touch. Its your basic chocolate chip or oatmeal cookie recipe, cut some fat out, replace with mashed bananas and applesauce, through in some nuts, oats, dried fruit, chocolate, whatever. Some of the better sounding ingridients to a gal with my picky taste buds (don't like fruit much, esp dried) would be toasted coconut, walnuts, pecans, peanuts, flax, sunflower seeds, peanut butter, soy protein powders, chocolate chips, maybe dried cranberries. etc. I'd also probably have to up the applesauce to banana ratio, If I taste banana in the food, I'll be done with it. 

I plan on taking this idea and running with it myself. I'd encourage anyone to give it a try! Best you start with a recipe to work off of, and replace as close as possible to what is replaceable. I'll include a few below as options. (googled "breakfast cookies" to find)

Elle's Breakfast Cookies

Healthified PB Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

King Arthur Breakfast Cookies

Ok, well, thats all for now. I can't say I'll get to try my ideas out soon, as I will be "dukan-ing" the next few weeks/months. I start next week, as this week we are not properly equipped (groceries) to do so now. I will be adding a section to my "Cooky's Diets" tab about Dukan to further explain it later. I hope despite my not jumping on the breakfast cookie bandwagon that won't hinder, as I do plan on it as SOON as i'm allowed by Dukan.

PS - You might ask, "Why is she adding ANOTHER diet in the mix?" Well, I don't typically follow a certain one, I mix knowledge from the ones that I feel fit my life and situation best. At the moment, I'm having trouble with ANY AND ALL sugars, carbs, and starches PERIOD. Its causing a flare up of my Candida (stomach, digestive, etc), which feeds off so many things. And never fully goes away. It is also responsible for some food allergies and intolerances. well, the GENERAL RULE for killing them off is to eat certain veggies and protein, and not only does my blood type diet agree with this (for 0) but Dukan goes right with it. It be a great opportunity to cleanse my system (holding off cal counting temp) and really tone my muscles. Since I'll be eating so much muscle building and feeding foods. 

In short, its for my health, so I can enjoy food and cooking again. Right now I can't eat anything (of specified above) without getting so ill. So I look forward to fixing it. As well as to being toned. 

But, I really look forward to playing with these ideas. I love the idea of creative cooking!