Monday, April 6, 2009

Nut-Free, Egg-Free Pancakes

I have to tell you, I am pleasantly surprised, at my findings, while trying to discover the perfect pancake recipe, my kids will enjoy.

When Rooney was diagnosed with Peanut, and Tree nut allergies, I started cooking more things from scratch, as opposed to the easy, usually fool proof, box method.

One things my kids loved, was pancakes. I had my recipe down pat, the kids loved the pancakes. Ironically though, my nut allergy boy, never ate more than one.

Then, a few months ago, when we started having GI issues with him, and once throwing up, immediately after eating pancakes, we were back for more allergy testing. Sure enough, eggs were the culprit.

My daughter would eat pancakes three meals a day, if I would let her, she kept begging for pancakes. So I tried various ways of making them without eggs. All of them failed, where the kids were concerned anyway. They were all okay, but just tasted different to them.

I wanted to give one last shot, and found this recipe. I did use regular milk, instead of soy, we do not have milk issues in our house. I have to say, they came out perfect. The kids LOVED them. Rooney even asked for a second one. I even got a, "Mommy you make the best pancakes" again.

The funny thing about this is, the recipe is exactly how I used to make pancakes, minus one egg. In other words, my pancakes never needed an egg, to begin with.

That certainly gives me something to think about.

11 comments:

  1. Doesn't that figure?!? lol. The link isn't working. I'd love to see the recipe. I'm always trying to perfect my pancakes/waffles as well!

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  2. you are such a good mommy!!!

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  3. That's great! I'm so glad you were able to make pancakes again. Our boys loved them when they were little. :o)

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  4. I am always fascinated by these allergies in children. How come some kids get them and most don't? Will they grow out of them?

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  5. I'll have to give that one a try! Thanks for sharing.

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  6. yummy, glad to read you are finding more foods that everyone can enjoy. ")

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  7. oh shoot, i am sorry, this is Julie, I am on Brian's sign-on. OOPS!

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  8. Awesome! Very interesting that the recipe is the same, minus an egg. How many other things could you make just as well without the egg?! Definitely should give that a try on some other recipes huh?!

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  9. I struggled to make the perfect egg and dairy free pancake for the longest time, then tried making banana pancakes, and my son went crazy for them. So glad you have your favorite back! Libby

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  10. Can you please post the recipe? Thanks!

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