Pumpkin Pancakes

Today's recipe is neither vegan (although I'm sure it's easy enough to find a substitute for one egg) nor is it gluten free (again, I'm sure it'd be just as good with cassava flour).

Learn to substitute to make a recipe what you want it to be.  Experimentation is awesome.  For every 100 kitchen experiments I do, probably only about 2 or 3 are fails.

Yesterday was our first storm of the season so we'll call today's recipe my entry into warm, comfort food season.

I actually really like winter because I love soups and stews.  Then again, I get excited when summer comes around because it means salads and smoothies.  Ha!  I just like to eat.

While the following is not gluten free, I use Einkorn wheat flour because it is non-hybridized (it's still in the same form as it was 30,000 years ago).

"Einkorn is the oldest wheat known to scientists and is considered man’s first wheat."... "Einkorn has a higher percentage of protein than modern red wheats and is considered more nutritious because it has also higher levels of fat, phosphorus, potassium, pyridoxine, and beta-carotene."

 Am I going to start eating a bunch of wheat products now?  No.  But if I have a craving, I feel like I probably won't have a reaction so long as my "treats" are few and far between... AND I opt for healthy versions of whatever it is I'm craving.

Pumpkin Pancakes

  • 1 cup of pumpkin (they now have organic in cans)
  • ¾ cup of unsweetened milk substitute (almond milk, coconut milk, etc)
  • ¼ unsweetened apple sauce
  • 1 egg
  • 2 T apple cider vinegar
  • 2 T honey
  • ½ t cinnamon
  • ½ t allspice
  • ½ t ginger
  • 1/8 t clove
  • ½ t baking soda
  • A couple shakes of salt
  • 1¼ C Einkorn flour (or other)
  1. With a fork, mix ingredients in the order listed.  Make sure to stir/mix everything thoroughly before adding the flour.
  2. Put 1-2 T of coconut oil or olive oil in a pan on medium-high heat.
  3. Add dollops (¼ C or so) of pancake mix to the hot pan so as none are touching.
  4. Be patient.  These need to cook through.  When you seen bubbles on the tops and sides and the top doesn't look like liquid, they are ready to flip.  These are very soft and moist pancakes, but there should be no liquid when you flip it.  Cook until both sides have color.  Turn heat to medium if they are getting dark on the outside without being cooked in the middle.
  5. Can eat plain or serve with vegan butter and maple syrup.

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