Hello, Darlings
Good news!
I do not have a renal disease.
I was
retested and all my results were normal. The only explanation for the previous
diagnosis is a testing error, which is great news for me and even greater news
for any of you brave souls out there who may have tried my renal ready pancake
recipe that I never got right and tasted terrible.
Nevertheless,
renal disease or no, I did not give up on improving the recipe. However, after many failed tries, I stumbled
upon a salt-free, sodium aluminum sulfate-free and gluten-free baking powder
made by Hain.
Whereas most regular baking powder
contains corn starch, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum sulfate, and
monocalcium phosphate, Hain
Pure Foods Featherweight Baking Powder is a dual-action baking agent that
contains monocalcium phosphate, potato starch, and potassium bicarbonate. And if
you will remember prior to the retesting of my renal functions, eliminating the
sodium aluminum sulfate and the monocalcium phosphate were my main goals of
changing what baking powder I used.
While Hain
Pure Foods Featherweight Baking Powder does contain monocalcium it is not a
danger to my kidneys.
Although pricey the Hain’s baking powder
makes the taste of these pancakes the bomb of deliciousness, and in this recipe,
there is a slight buttery taste due to the margarine I used without the bitter
soda and sodium aftertaste. Each pancake rose golden brown just the same as a
regular one.
Therefore this recipe is a keeper, which
is helpful in lowering my blood pressure and my cholesterol level as well.
So goodbye sodium aluminum sulfate base
baking powder, and hello to Freedom Pancakes.
Ha!
Ha! Ha! Ha!
This leads up right into my new recipe.
Freedom Pancakes
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1-1/2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1 tbsp Hain baking powder substitute
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup rice milk, regular or unsweetened
2 tbsps cooking oil
Margarine or butter
2 egg whites
Directions:
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1-1/2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1 tbsp Hain baking powder substitute
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup rice milk, regular or unsweetened
2 tbsps cooking oil
Margarine or butter
2 egg whites
Directions:
1. In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, Hain baking powder substitute, and salt
2. In medium bowl or mixer add milk, cooking oil
3. and egg, mix until blended
4. Stir into flour mixture just until moistened
5. If the mixture is too thick add a little more rice milk
6. For each pancake, pour ¼ cup mixture onto preheated 350°F to 365°F nonstick-coated electric skillet
7. Add some butter, margarine, cooking spray
8. Turn when bubbles form on the surface
9. Cook until lightly browned
Makes 6 pancakes
Here you have a truly salt free, sodium aluminum
sulfate-free, and a gluten-free batch of pancakes to brighten the smiles of all
your pancake lovers.
After writing this I came across an article entitled Grain-Free
Paleo Baking Powder Recipe.
It is simple and contains no sodium aluminum sulfate and
monocalcium phosphate. The author states that this homemade
substitute recipe for baking powder is an introduction to the paleo lifestyle.
Hmm.
Although I have not tried it, the fact that
it does eliminate sodium aluminum sulfate and monocalcium phosphate
makes is worth a try, which I will do and will follow up my article will a
review.
Here is the Grain-Free
Paleo Baking Powder Recipe.
Ingredients
2 parts cream of tartar
1 part baking soda
1 part arrowroot powder
Ingredients
2 parts cream of tartar
1 part baking soda
1 part arrowroot powder
Until next time,
Chow Darlings!
Note: The photo above is generic. I used
it because the pancakes were so good that they were eaten before I could take
pictures of them.