Gluten Free Pancakes! <b>Pancakes!</b> <b>Tuesday, July 2, 2013</b> Pancakes are simple and quick to make, but gluten-free pancake mix can cost a fortune! Guess what? You don’t need a mix! You can make gluten-free pancakes from everyday ingredients. Our basic recipe is not very healthy, so use it in moderation. The “flour” is made up of one part asian rice flour, one part “sweet” or “glutinous” rice flour, and one part tapioca starch. We get all these ingredients cheap (about $1 per pound) at the asian grocery store. Last week, however, my mom ordered a 50 lb bag of certified gluten-free buckwheat flour and shared some with me. So today we substituted the regular rice flour with buckwheat and the pancakes turned out great! The sweet rice flour and tapioca starch still make up 2/3 of the carbs in this recipe, though, so this is not a diabetic- or carb-friendly recipe. But it’s a nice treat once in a while, and the buckwheat does add some nice nutritional value to the meal.