Last Tuesday evening, after blogging that morning, I hit the wall so hard it knocked me down and made me cry. I discovered yet another expensive ingredient I was using wasn't safe, and I had tried to make myself some pancakes substituting brown rice flour for the soy flour. They pretty much flopped. The rice flours are just not my thing.
Anyway, the next day I got up and dusted myself off, and because I didn't have any leftovers for lunch, decided to try pancakes again. This time I went back to my resources on different flours and thought perhaps potato starch might be workable. Sure enough! They had good texture and good flavor--better than the blend with soy, and I had hope again. So my new flour blend is as follows:
Equal parts of sorghum flour, GF oat flour, and potato starch.
A few other changes I have made helped as well. Hot cereal everyday is hard on the digestive system, so I made a small batch of granola again with the new blend. Waiting to have my morning tea after breakfast instead of before is easier on the tummy as well. And as much for my mental sanity as my physical, I am not going to focus on anything else besides getting gluten, soy, and corn out of my diet. I need to give my body time to adjust to the current changes.
Experiments with thickeners, soy sauce substitutes, and more baking still ahead.
Edit: Made biscuits tonight. Equal proportions of the above flours don't always work well. Worked for pancakes, not for biscuits. Back to the drawing board.
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