When I was a little girl my mom would make special pancakes for me.\u00a0 It was not until I grew up that I found out she used buckwheat flour in those pancakes.\u00a0 It has been several years since I have had those buckwheat pancakes, and in that time, I have changed the way I eat food.\u00a0 Over three years ago I gave up sugar and traditional white flours and white rice.\u00a0\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
I had not thought about those special pancakes for years.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 That was when I thought of buckwheat pancakes.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Here is a video I did on my first try with this recipe.\u00a0 I added cocoa to the pancakes in the video, but since then I have made the recipe without the cocoa.\u00a0 That is the recipe you will find below the video.\u00a0 If you try my recipe, let me know.<\/p>\n