Buckwheat flour page 2

[MissJecka]

Is buckwheat considered Primal?

Doubtful.

Coconut and almond flour, people. Seriously -- awesome flavor, fun textures, no one will complain. And I'm a damn picky eater.

Agreed 10000%. I have no need for anything else! (And, honestly, coconut flour alone works just fine!)

[patski]

Mark doesn't think eating buckwheat is at all necessary, and not primal.

My mom used to cook up buckwheat as a side dish when I was a kid. Polish thing...yummy stuff with butter, salt and pepper.

I don't agree with baking with almond flour: massive calorie bomb, and holy rancid O6 levels, Batman.

Having said that, I did have a homemade almond flour muffin from the Paleo Comfort Foods cookbook, and it was AWESOME. It's not something I would eat on a regular basis for the aforementioned reasons. Once you go primal/paleo for long enough, you do not crave the same foods you used to, and therefore do not need replacements.

HOWEVER...I need an egg/nut/dairy free cake for my 30th birthday

[yodiewan]

HOWEVER...I need an egg/nut/dairy free cake for my 30th birthday

Hmmm. That is tricky. My go-to primal dessert is flourless chocolate cake, but that has eggs AND butter. I've made banana bread a few times based off the recipe ChocoTaco posted several months ago. I did use an egg in it, but I think it might turn out okay without it.

[MissJecka]

HOWEVER...I need an egg/nut/dairy free cake for my 30th birthday

It's not a cake, PaleOMG recently posted this recipe that's pretty damn close (if you use a flax or chia + water mixture to replace the eggs): Moist Chocolate Zucchini Bread (nut free) | PaleOMG - Paleo Recipe

[Englishman in Oz]

Is buckwheat considered Primal?

No.

But I eat soba once or twice a week. Hey, I live in Japan! It's actually a seed, not a grain. It contains some good stuff (protein,magnesium), and some, er, not so good stuff. Not really primal, but an occasional treat as part of my 20%, I can live with that. It's not one for the super low-carbers though!

[Darz]

Soba is just so good, anyway I tried baking a mini chocolate cake with buckwheat and it turned out wonderful.

[Enilegna/hearts]

I'm guessing tapioca flour is out of the question? It's the only flour I bake with, to do mini bready cookies or what not, althoug I don't know how it would turn out to do something bigger, like bread or pancakes.

[yodiewan]

I'm guessing tapioca flour is out of the question? It's the only flour I bake with, to do mini bready cookies or what not, althoug I don't know how it would turn out to do something bigger, like bread or pancakes.

Actually, tapioca flour is more "Primal" than buckwheat. Tapioca is made from cassava, a tuber, while buckwheat is made from a seed. Tapioca is very low in anti-nutrients, whereas buckwheat should be soaked to lessen the anti-nutrients that it contains.