Gluten Free -Sugar Free AND Yummy Pancakes

It's been a while since I posted, but that doesn't mean I have been doing things naturally or homemade.  It has been between 1-2 yrs since I started eating low carb and no sugar.  I feel so much better and now when I have, oh maybe a donut or something like that, I feel nauseous within minutes.  I've lost 25 lbs and most importantly, kept it off.  I haven't shared what I've been eating regularly, so I'm going to try to post my favorites in hopes that you can see it is possible.  I've read many books on the subject and have called my diet "The God Diet". Eat foods the way God created them, minimally processed and as whole as possible.  I buy almost exclusively organic and have learned how to feed my family on a budget and remove the dreaded cereal addiction from my pantry.  We are not perfect, we cheat, we eat out, we are REAL :)

Here is my family's favorite breakfast, which I make in 5 minutes and bake for 20. (If you want to flip pancakes for 2 hours you may cook them in a griddle). It will last us 3-4 mornings and the kids beg me for it.  Enjoy, and feel free to downsize the recipe (or increase :) to fit your needs.  This recipe makes about 62 small pancakes.

Gluten free -Sugar free Pancakes

4 cups rolled oats 

1 Tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp sea salt

2 Tbsp Stevia/Truvia or sweetener of your choice

1/2 tsp cinnamon

•pulverize it together in blender

•add 1 tsp vanilla, large container of egg whites, large container cottage cheese, 1 Tbsp coconut oil, blend well. 

•here's where you choose, oven baked or pan fried.  If you're using the stove top, make like normal pancakes.  If your baking in the oven, preheat it to 350 degrees and bake for 15 minutes per pan or until done in the middle.  This batch makes 3 pans 1/3 full.  I've found it is the perfect thickness. ( Any fuller and the pancakes are doughey in the middle.) be sure to spay your pans with nonstick spray, I use coconut.

•remove from oven and let cool.  Cut into bars.  

•serve with fruit, whipped cream, maple syrup, etc.

Store leftovers in plastic zipper bag in fridge for the next breakfast.  Hide from the kids or you'll be making them again tomorrow 😍

Here is a pan fried batch:

Quick oven baked blueberry pancakes

I had a humongous surgery this summer.  It's been two and a half months and I am slowly getting back to my normal routines.  Yesterday I took the kids to pick blueberries at a local farm.  One of my children has not stopped asking me to make him blueberry pancakes ever since.  He even leaned over during church today and asked if I would make them for lunch as soon as we got home. I was dreading the 45 minutes it usually takes to mix the batter and stand at the stove flipping pancake after pancake.  I decided to try something new, bake them in the oven.  It worked brilliantly!  

I know the box mix isn't usually my style, but for now it was a nice convenience.  I had them in the oven with less than a minute of prep and was able to sit and relax while my oven did all the work.  I'm sure it would work great with any pancake batter recipe.  I made the whole box and split it in between two large pizza pans.  We topped it with our freshly picked berries.  You could top it with nuts, bananas, strawberries, the possibilities are endless!  I baked it at 375 for 10-12 minutes.  I feel like I didn't even cook and my guy is very happy.  I guess sometimes you just need to think outside the box ;)