I’ve been having a lot of fun experimenting with a variety of grains while we’re doing our Gluten Free Experiment with Malachi. This has been so good for me to learn to branch out and get away from only using wheat in so many of my recipes. Whether or not we’ll need to continue a gluten free diet for him or not, I am so thankful for all I am learning and for how our family has been introduced to new and different healthy foods!
I need to figure out how to make these Pancake Sausage Muffins with different grains. Any suggestions? Millet, rice flour, buckwheat? I should probably just make these Coconut Flour Muffins and add turkey sausage, huh? That would be an easy solution!
Here’s our menu for this week:
Sunday, April 17
Easy breakfast casserole , cantaloupe
Cheeseburger macaroni, green beans
Veggie chicken stew, cornbread
Monday, April 18
Millet-buckwheat-rice pancakes, blueberries
Popcorn chicken, ranch potato wedges, strawberry peach slushies
Lamb roast, carrots, potatoes, gravy
Tuesday, April 19
Mini apple pies, cheese
Turkey sausage , hashbrowns, peas
Stir fried chicken and veggies
Wednesday, April 20
Veggie egg scramble, bananas
Taco corn fritters, mock frozen yogurt
Tuna casserole, roasted asparagus
Thursday, April 21
Coconut banana muffins, applesauce
Hamburger patties, rice and veggie stir fry
Italian pasta bake, tossed salad
Friday, April 22
Giant breakfast cookies , creamy orange cooler
Chicken cheese quesadillas, carrot sticks, apples
Waffles, scrambled eggs, fruit
Saturday, April 23
Sweet potato streusel muffins , pears
Turkey and cheese sandwiches, apples, raw veggies
Leftovers
Say Mmm is a great resource you help you with menu planning!
We are gluten free at our house and I often mix different gluten free flours to come up with the perfect blend for baking. After reading your recipe, I am going to use my all purpose mix and add a little xantham gum. These look very yummy. I cant wait to try them out on my little monsters :)
I am not sure if you have seen Elana’s Pantry blog, but I found that blog most helpful. She uses Almond flour, and her recipes are great, and you don’t really have to use a bunch of complicated flour mixtures, and we find that a lot bread products turn out so good with the brand of almond flour she recommends. Honeyville farms brand. I have converted a few of your recipes using almond flour with some great results! Your chocolate chip cookie recipe for instance, I use about 1/2 cup more almond flour then your recipe calls for, and let the batter sit for about 25 min, other then that I don’t change a thing, and they turn out soooo good! Muffin recipes are really easy to convert as well. I did buy her cookbook on amazon, it was fairly inexpensive, but its a good jumping board, for tweeking your own recipes! I really recommend it!
Katie
I need to check into almond flour…someone else had recommended that to me. Sounds so good, and I love that it is so easy to convert recipes with it!
When I made the pancake sausage muffins I used cornmeal (Hubby has to be gluten free). They were pretty good!! I also use a lot of oatmeal, which hubby seems to tolerate just fine.
I was thinking the same as Sarah. A cornmeal muffin would be good with sausage in it.
So, I’m interested in what you are planning for Easter. Any peeks?
We’ll actually be eating with friends that day, but if we were making it at home, I’d probably roast a chicken and serve it with mashed potatoes, gravy, honey carrots, green beans and cheesecake. :)
Those mini apple pie tarts look terrific! I will have to whip some of those up next weekend. Your popcorn chicken recipe inspired me to create a crunchy version using egg wash to coat them and them a shake in some crunchy homemade breadcrumbs, followed by a drizzle of melted butter. They are one of my boys new favorites! You are such a wealth of inspiration! Thanks so much! Blessings, Kelly
Are you buying the alternative flours or are you grinding them like you do with wheat? We’re preparing to go GF for a while and I am trying to figure out the best way to go in terms of switching flours.
I’ve been grinding them…saves a lot of money, for sure!!
You are my hero! I wish I was this organized! Hope the gluten free is going well. I have been trying to stick to grain free altogether. Every once in a while I binge on cake.
For your pancake sausage muffins…I’ve been making Sue Gregg’s blender waffles lately, I wonder if you couldn’t use that method to make the pancake batter for these muffins? I don’t right off hand which grains are gluten free. I’ve used white wheat, rye, oats, and kamut so far with more experimenting to come!
Hi,
Just a tip, Pamela’s Products is a very good line of gluten free products. They have pancake mixes, cake mixes, and tons of recipes. We used to be very gluten free but we lightened up after my siblings started feeling better. We still use Pamela’s since it’s so good!
A warning about BUCKWHEAT! I experimented this week with my bread recipe and tried to copy Dave’s Killer Bread. I added buckwheat about 2 c. for a 4 loaf recipe. It was way too much!!!! The texture was like banana bread and the flavor was overpowering. So use buckwheat sparingly!
Would love to see your store room. wish I had a room but am so thankful to have a pantry. No matter how hard I try and keep it organized it gets messey. And I am a jar lover too from way back.
Havent had a chance to read other comments However I dont know if you know Azure had 25lbs of buckwheat available you can order and grind in your mill. I do that and replace everything that calls for regular flour with buckwheat and usually dont have a problem. WE make a ton of buckwheat and coconut flour pancakes at our house. I live in Omaha and love reading everything your stuff. I think in your other pancake sausage muffins I used buckwheat and also in your sweet potato muffins thats basically all we have for breakfast at our is muffins or pancakes and since I need to buy good almond flour still and have enough coconut and buckwheat flour in bulk that is usually what I bake with even though I want to get almond flour in bulk.
Ooh, we’re neighbors!
Okay, so you use buck wheat flour for EVERYTHING? Like, does it work for yeast breads??!?!
I also use quinoa flakes that I got from Azure and use those in my meatballs instead of oatmeal.
Two of my favorite gluten free websites are by glutenfree girl and karina’s kitchen – you’ll have to google them, sorry. Gluten free girl recommends 70% whole grains and 30% starch blend to make your own all-purpose flours (no gums). I do this for my little one that is gluten free and then just sub it in my regular recipes and have really great luck. We grind all our own flours too – have you looked into sorghum?
Hi! I have a blog with all gluten and diary food. I have a pancake recipe ( http://angelaskitchen.com/2007/03/20/sleep-over-pancakes/ ), a pizza pancake ( http://angelaskitchen.com/2007/04/13/gfcf-pizza-pancakes/ ) and pancake muffins ( http://angelaskitchen.com/2010/02/05/february-2010-once-a-month-mom-adaptions-breakfasts-lunches/ ) that might work for you. :o)
Hopefully one of those will help you out.
Please tell me what you use for your tuna casserole!! We are searching right now for a substitute for cream of mushroom soup! Thank you!!
Ah, so easy! I use my Creamy Mac and Cheese recipe and throw in some tuna. We LOVE it! https://www.heavenlyhomemakers.com/high-five-recipe-creamy-mac-and-cheese
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