When I was a little girl my mom would make special pancakes for me. It was not until I grew up that I found out she used buckwheat flour in those pancakes. It has been several years since I have had those buckwheat pancakes, and in that time, I have changed the way I eat food. Over three years ago I gave up sugar and traditional white flours and white rice. I started following the Trim Healthy Mama plan. If you do a search on the internet, you will find all kinds of information on the plan. There are so many people who can explain it better than I ever could, so I will just let you know that is the plan I follow.
I had not thought about those special pancakes for years. It wasn’t until I found that I had a few bags of buckwheat groats in my cupboard that either needed to be used up, or tossed out. That was when I thought of buckwheat pancakes. I have no idea how my mom made her special buckwheat pancakes, but since buckwheat grains are on the carb side of the Trim Healthy Mama plan, I wanted to limit the fat in these pancakes, so I used only egg whites, and almond milk. I didn’t add any fat to the recipe, as I would be using a fat in the pan to keep the pancake from sticking to the surface, but I believe I could have used a teaspoon and still kept it on plan.
I have found that low fat pancakes like these buckwheat pancakes tend to stick to the frying pan more than normal, so it takes a bit more work to flip the pancake and keep it in one piece.
Here is a video I did on my first try with this recipe. I added cocoa to the pancakes in the video, but since then I have made the recipe without the cocoa. That is the recipe you will find below the video. If you try my recipe, let me know.
Sugar Free Buckwheat Pancakes (THM E)
1/4 cup almond milk
1/4 cup buckwheat flour (I ground buckwheat groats into flour, and soaked the flour in the almond milk.)
2 tiny 1/32 teaspoons Stevia or Sweetener of your choice
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg white
pinch of salt
Mix together until smooth, but not over mixed. Fry in prepared frying pan, flipping so as to not burn them. As for how many pancakes this recipe will make, well that depends on the size of the pancake.