Orgran Apple Cinnamon Gluten Free Pancake Mix, good for waffles tooThis morning I made a batch of Orgran Apple Cinnamon Gluten Free Pancake Mix, which I use in my waffle maker.

Whenever I use any GF pancake mix, I always make waffles instead, I really like waffles, and the GF versions of waffles usually are not too bad either, because the flours tend toward making a crisp finished product, and that is expected in a waffle. I use an ordinary small Krups waffle maker and the finished product comes out pretty much as expected.Gluten Free Waffles made with Orgran Pancake Mix If you look at the list of ingredients, the first one is corn starch. This is a highly processed carbohydrate and is likely to make your blood sugar bounce. It seems many people with celiac disease need to watch out for this. Gluten Free Waffles made with Orgran Pancake Mix To help minimize this effect I used soy milk instead of water to mix the batter.

So I always drench my waffles with peanut butter, which is high in fat, or fruit which also slows down digestion. The first batch I made today was covered in mandarin oranges before serving.

It’s a special event when I cook something that is sold explicitly as a gluten free product, so after I had my two waffles with oranges, I smeared one more with peanut butter. Most weekday mornings I’ll have a pair of Trader Joe’s Gluten Free Banana Waffles literally covered with peanut butter. Mmm.

Orgran gluten free products are made in Australia and sold, among other places, at Amazon.com.