Just a bit of fun really - or part of seriously adhering to lent, depending on your perspective...

But its shrove tuesday aka pancake day on Tuesday!

I just wondered if anyone has any recipes for pancakes or carb friendly toppings or tips they'd like to share?

The one i'm planning to make is: (and i take no credit for this, nor have i tried it (yet!) - its from primal palate.com) but it looks simple enough, i can accomodate the carbs, and the ingredients aren't too hard to source!

Serves: 4
Calories: 343
Total Fat: 29g
Total Carbohydrate: 12g
Protein: 14g

Ingredients
1 3/4 cup Blanched Almond Flour
2 Pastured Eggs, whisked
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1/2 tsp ground Cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground Nutmeg
2/3 cup Water
1 Tbsp Salted Butter, for frying
Process
In a small mixing bowl, whisk two eggs.
Pour almond flour, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg into a medium sized mixing bowl.
Add vanilla extract, and eggs to the bowl.
Mix with a wooden spoon to combine.
Add water, and continue to stir.
Heat 1 tablespoon of grass fed butter or coconut oil in a large non stick skillet.
Using 1/8 cup, scoop batter into the frying pan, leaving enough space in between pancakes to flip.
Cook 2 minutes on the first side, flip, and cook for a remaining 1-2 minutes. Add additional cooking fat as needed. (It helps to flip pancakes back and forth a bit to ensure they are cooked through.)
Top with your choice of grass fed butter or coconut oil, and a sprinkle of cinnamon, and serve.

flaxmeal makes very realistic pancakes.

also i like to make a loaf of bread from coconut flour, and then make into french "toast" (i bake casserole style as coconut flour is very crumbly and would not flip well).

i used to love almond flour for these things, but my boyfriend is allergic.

for toppings- butter! sometimes we use sf pancake syrup (if you like "real" syrup, this won't do it. think of an aunt jemima sub, nothing more )

hands down favorite: take any berries, add a bit of sweetener, microwave, stirring 30 seconds until bubbling, and syrupy.

Serve any of the above with sausage, and we have dry champagne when feeling fancy for brunch

I've made this recipe numerous times: http://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/20...luten-free.html

What I've been disappointed in is the sugar free syrups. Have tried numerous brands and think next time I'm going to try to make my own.