The Messy Chef-Name that breakfast tune

I love breakfast. We enjoy our time as a family and sit down without distractions. On non school days, we even play music and learn about various musical genres. My husband and I used to play this game in the car where he would try to teach me about music and have me guess the artist. I usually guessed Metallica or Smashing Pumpkins. I don’t know why I was just terrible at it and had no idea about music. So I would throw out something ridiculous to get him to just tell me who it was. I think he is trying to teach our daughters to “name that tune” or artist better than I did. Fun Fact: my dad was a radio DJ when I was very young at a local radio station so me not knowing about music was just embarrassing. One of our favorite breakfasts is pancakes with Bacon. I have; however, in the last few years really tried to reduce the amount of gluten, processed foods and refined sugar in our diets so I have found something that fits that bill and is filling.

Cassava Flour pancakes from Paleohacks website –
https://blog.paleohacks.com/cassava-flour-pancakes/
I usually double this recipe so that we can have leftovers for a quick school day breakfast one day during the week.
1/4 cup almond milk- If out just use water
3 eggs- I use pastured eggs
1 tbsp Honey- I use raw honey
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup Cassava flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 coconut oil
- Whisk the eggs
- Add the melted coconut oil, almond milk or water, and honey. Mix well
- Add the cassava flour, baking soda and salt. Here is where we found mixing it with a hand mixer makes the batter more uniform and the pancakes fluffier. Rather than just mixing by hand
- Scoop to desired size on a griddle or buttered skilled until golden brown and cooked through- we keep warm in the oven while cooking the batch.
With that we serve a ton of fresh fruit that I put out for the kids ahead of time, chopped nuts and then maple syrup or almond butter spread on top.
The adults have coffee because we also have a coffee shop business so we can’t enjoy ourselves in the morning without a deliciously brewed coffee. Our youngest, Fiona, had a sip when we were out once and liked it. Since she’s too young to have more than a sip, we’ll wait to someday enjoy fabulous coffee with her.
Finally, we serve uncured bacon on the side which is baked in the oven. A friend told me that she makes hers in a skillet and I was befuddled because in the oven, the pan catches the grease for easy cleanup and you save your stove and counters. Because if I did it on the stove, the name Messy Chef would totally be earned. Grease would be everywhere. On the windows, one the walls . . . . . I don’t know that we’ll ever play Lil Jon but maybe when their older who knows. 😉
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