Instead of muesli

Dr. Bircher would turn in his grave if I called this muesli, but seeing as how oats are out of bounds, I had to come up with something edible.



I have a big plastic container and I just get out all my ingredients and start layering it up. The carbohydrate base is GF cornflakes, or riceflakes (which are just the same thing made out of rice). I also like to put in puffed quinoa or amaranth, and buckwheat groats. Ideally the buckwheat would be toasted but who has time for that?

I also add layers of flaxseed, coconut, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and sometimes chopped almonds.

Fruit wise cranberries are yummy and sultanas are good, neither need chopping up. Dried apricots and pawpaw are good but require some labour with a sharp knife.

Give it all a good shake.

So, this isn't a recipe as such, more trying to pass on some inspiration. Just chuck stuff in until it looks yummy. Next morning you eat some and this creates space in the container to alter the proportions, or add something else you just thought of.

Buckwheat pancakes

These are a winner, I'll never go back to wheat flour pancakes! I find them very filling and I don't get hungry right away the way I used to after a wheat pancake stack.

Enough to serve two ordinary adults (I always make a double batch for our family of 3 :-)

Ingredients

1/2C Buckwheat Flour
1/2C Cornflour
1t Baking Powder
1 Egg
1T Oil
1C Rice Milk or Soy Milk

Method

Combine dry ingredients. In another bowl mix together oil and milk. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add egg, and oil/milk mixture. Stir till smooth. Cook over a medium heat, the key is to wait until the bubbles pop and the pancake is mostly cooked before trying to flip.

My favorite toppings are jam and banana, or tinned peaches, yum.