Heat 1 tablespoon coconut oil in a pan or griddle over medium heat. When the oil shimmers, pour batter into the pan. Repeat for two to three more pancakes. Cook 4 to 5 minutes, until the top looks fairly dry and has little bubbles. Flip and cook 1 1/2 to 2 minutes more. Repeat with remaining batter, adding more oil as needed. Top with your favourite fruit like berries high in anti-oxidants and low in carbohydrates, a good dollop of organic butter (organic is best since animals store toxins in their fat and butter is fat – Yum!)
Keep the syrup to a minimum but be sure to use real maple syrup not the fake stuff if you do use it.
This easy gluten/lectin free tortilla recipe is a great alternative to the usual flour tortillas that more and more people are finding they don't tolerate. Use them to make wraps or crisp them up to make chips for dipping.
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time25minutes
Total Time40minutes
Servings6tortillas
Calories285kcal
AuthorBernadette Verhiel
Ingredients
1.5cupCassava Flour
3/4tspSea Salt
1/8tspBaking Soda
1cupHot Water
1tbspLemon Juicefreshly squeezed
1/3 cupAvocado Oil
Instructions
Combine flour, salt, and baking soda in a mixing bowl. Add oil, lemon juice and water and mix with a wooden spoon (not your hands as the water is very hot) until a stiff dough forms. If dough is sticky, use a bit more flour. If the dough is crumbly, add a bit more olive oil or water. (At first the dough will seem really wet but as you work with it the flour will absorb the moisture and become drier. If while you are working with the dough and it becomes dry add a bit more water by wetting your hands and working it in to the dough then roll it out as before.)
Divide dough in half, then each of these halves into three to create 6 fairly equal portions. Form each piece into a ball. Keep these balls in the bowl and cover with a moistened towel.
Place one dough ball at a time on a piece of parchment paper and flatten with the palm of your hand as much as possible. Cover flattened dough with a sheet of parchment paper. Roll dough into a very flat rough circle, about 8 inches in diameter. Carefully remove the top piece of parchment paper, so the rolled-out tortilla is stuck to one piece of parchment paper. Set aside and roll out the remaining dough balls (when they’re stuck to parchment paper, you can easily stack them in preparation for cooking). You can also use a tortilla press instead of rolling them out but make sure to use parchment paper so they don't stick to the press.
Preheat a 10″ or larger skillet (a well-seasoned cast iron or enameled cast iron pan works well) over medium heat (medium-high heat if using a stainless steel pan).
When pan is hot, peel one rolled-out raw tortilla off its parchment paper and place into pan. Cook about 1 minute or until bottom surface has a few pale brown spots. The top surface will begin to show a few little bubbles. Flip and cook for about 30-45 seconds. Ideally, the tortillas will be soft with a few small pale golden brown spots on surface. If tortilla is browning too fast, reduced heat a bit. If it’s taking longer than a minute to see a few pale golden brown spots on underside of tortillas, increase heat a bit. Remove from pan with tongs or a lifter and stack in a covered container until all tortillas are cooked.
Serve warm or allow to cool for later use. Store in an airtight container or resealable bag at at room temperature for 24 hours or can be frozen indefinitely. To freeze, separate tortillas with parchment paper an place in a zippered bag before placing in freezer.
What am I thinking? I can’t do that. Sure I can, it’s easy, I’ll give it a try. No I will fail so why try. No one is an expert at first but if I keep trying I will get better at it. No I’m scared. It might not be easy at first but it might even be fun! No it’s too hard!!!
We all have these two voices in our heads, don’t we? I had the good fortune to listen to an inspiring speech at my toastmasters club this week on just that, the two voices in our head. The loud voice that tells us we can’t do something and the quiet voice that encourages us and tells us anything is possible. All too often we only listen to the loud voice telling us no and just treat the quiet voice as a nuisance and dismiss it.  The problem is that when we do this we miss out on amazing opportunities. Perhaps your quiet voice is telling you that you would like to learn to play an instrument or join a club. Does your quiet voice tell you that you should take better care of yourself? Is your quiet voice is telling you that it is a beautiful day and you should go for a walk? Maybe it is something big like changing a job or a career. Whatever it is we think we would like to do, that loud voice pipes up and says, no that will be too difficult, it makes up excuses, “I don’t have time”, “what’s the use, I’ll never be any good at it”, or “I’m too tired”. The thing is, if you never start, never try, you will never find out what you are capable of. Whenever I would tell my mother I couldn’t do something as a child her response was always, “how do you know you haven’t even tried yet?”
I know this loud voice all too well, it yells at me every morning when I wake up and go over what I have to do that day. That is when I stop, clear my mind, be silent and listen to the quiet voice. You have to be silent to listen. Did you ever notice that silent and listen are spelled with the same letters. This is also the practice of mindfulness, being present, observing your thoughts and truly experiencing the moment. When you can stop and listen to the quiet voice and know inside that you are capable of anything, you can begin. Take the next logical step to achieving what you want. Write your idea down. Just the simple action of writing your idea down will make it more likely you will do something about it. I’m not saying it will be easy, nothing worthwhile is at the beginning.  It can be just plain scary the first time, maybe even the second time but then it starts to get easier. Then the quiet voice says, OK, I’ve got this now, and the loud voice isn’t so loud. We all have learned this way in the past. How does a child learn to walk? They get up and try, fall down, get up and try again and continue till they are running and squealing with delight! Do you want to make a change in your life? Start listening to your quiet voice that is your champion. The more you listen the louder it will get and the loud voice telling you no will start to get quieter.
I have been reflecting on the speech I heard this week and have been nurturing my quiet voice, it was a great reminder. If you need help listening to your quiet voice, I’d love to help.
You are what you eat
You are what you eat. What would YOU like to be?
— Julie Murphy, Nutrition Across A Lifetime
Medicine or Poison?
“The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.”
― Ann Wigmore
Chemical Substances
Any food that requires enhancing by the use of chemical substances should in no way be considered a food.
― John H. Tobe
What was I thinking?
“I don't think I'll ever grow old and say, "What was I thinking eating all those fruits and vegetables?”
― Nancy S. Mure
