Fries.

I really wanted french fries. You know that feeling, you really want something and you KNOW it isn't good for you, but you want it anyway.

So, I decided to make some. And in case you're in need of a french-fry fix, I'll share my method with you. (sorry, it's not a recipe, exactly)

Green Bean French Fries

Gather together:
1 cup oat flour (you won't use all of this)
1 lb green beans (my local mega mart sells them in already prepped 1 lb bags)
1 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt (use as much, or as little, as you like)
oil
4 eggs, beaten

Prepare:
Heat your oil over medium heat. When a little piece of bread dropped in the oil instantly starts to sizzle, it's hot enough. One of my kids broke my kitchen thermometer when it was mistaken for a sword (a hydrometer was lost in the same incident, sadly) but I'd estimate that the oil temp should be around 360°.

While the oil is heating, combine the flour and the seasoned salt in a bowl. Beat eggs in a separate bowl. Make sure the green beans are completely dry, dust with flour, dip in egg, coat with flour. When oil is hot, drop the fries in the oil, and fry for about 3 minutes or until all golden-y delicious.

Continue frying the fries in batches- place the completed fries in the oven on a cooling rack. Serve with ranch or the dipping sauce of your choice.

This makes approximately 4 servings of fries, with approximately 12 grams of starch per serving. The starch amount will vary based on the age of the beans (older beans are more starchy) and the amount of oat flour used (I had about 1/3 cup remaining after coating the fries)

Doughnut Pancakes

Okay, Doughnuts aren't really Good for you.

My taste buds take issue with that statement.

Thus, a dilemma.

After my son was diagnosed with his starch intolerance, we started to try many different pancake variations, as you can see on this blog. Over time, we started to view pancakes as flat-round-tasteless-vehicles-for-syrup. Sometimes, our quest for THE pancake resulted in a happy accident.

We recently had another happy accident. The pancakes look like yellow-box starch-filled vehicles for maple-flavored corn syrup, but they taste...

like....

(cue angels singing)

DOUGHNUTS.

Yes, my friends. You too can bring doughnuts back into your life. Let me show you how.

Doughnuts

Ingredients

6 eggs, separated
1 TBSP butter
1 8oz package cream cheese
1/4 cup flax seed meal
2 TBSP sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice
dash salt

Method

Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.

In another bowl, warm the cream cheese slightly with the butter (I use the microwave, and mine only needs about 15 seconds). Add the egg yolks, and mash everything together really well with a fork. Add the remaining ingredients (except for the egg whites).

After the eggs are ready, whisk in the cream cheese mixture.

Warm your pan or griddle or other cooking surface to medium-low.

Ladel or scoop or spoon (or even levitate, if you're into that kind of thing) approximately 1/3 cup batter onto your pan. Cook a few minutes on each side or until golden brown. If you cook them too quickly, they won't cook through so make sure that your temperature is low enough. The best way to do this is to make about half a dozen, eating each to ensure your pan is cooking them consistently.

Makes about 6 pancakes, plus about 6 "tester" pancakes.