Failed Flourless Crepe Turned Mediocre Pancakes

Success is merely overcoming many, many failures.

Tried:
2 eggs
1 T almond milk
1 tsp olive oil
1/8 t agave
1/8 t vanilla

Consensus: it was boring and tasted too much like egg to be an adequate substitute for delicious, perfect crepes. In my picky opinion.

Using a recipe was a bad idea, so making up entirely from imagination should work, right? Unfortunately, this case was 'no' or 'nein' as the Germans would say. (Can't use Italian, because they are not any fancier and use 'no' too)

Started with 3 eggs, 1 cup rice dream, 3 T sour cream, 1/2 tsp vanilla, 3/4 cup rough coconut flour. Wouldn't stick together, but had a really nice light taste. Next time do the same but use finer flour, less almond milk, more vanilla and eggs. Maybe it could turn out, just maybe.

Added shy 1/2 c of ground almonds and 1 egg. Still no good. Then a touch more vanilla and sprinkle of nutmeg. In a way, worse. Slapped self in forehead and add 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (first time in months)! Holds together, but is now even more bland. Drizzle in a little agave. Helped, still can't eat more than one bite.

Not wanting to waste any more expensive almond or coconut or milk I decide it would be a good idea to try baking it. Dumped in 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon, more vanilla, more agave and 1/2 tsp baking soda. Good idea: tried frying a bit of the batter before subjecting it to the oven. Puffed up just like a classic pancake with crispy edges, tender center and all.

Baked only a little bit in the oven, it was another bad idea. Unless you like the taste and texture of styrofoam. "Saved" the rest of the batter by transforming it into round puffy pancakes and soaked in a pond of delicious maple syrup.

Did I mention that I started making this at 10 P.M. after getting home from drawing class and didn't get done until 12:00 A.M. only to have the results of a slight stomach ache and hurricane-mess of a kitchen?

Wondering if I am actually only good at creating "food fillers" to compliment condiments I sometimes secretly contemplate eating straight from the bottle--maple syrup being the most recent example.

Decided I can't look at recipes online anymore and especially NO cake decorating or gourmet food shows online...or even movies featuring food! Because then it makes me want to make it, but I am trying to stick to a very restricted diet and don't have the chemistry background or time to figure how to make a spectacular look/taste-a-like. Rant aside, thinking I shall stick to fresh vegetable juice mixes (that allows for some experimentation and creativity) and easy to make up homemade broth based soups.

Until next time...I'll keep writing to myself.

Experimentation is the only way to arrive at a better future, oh, and learning from the past. (I may recant this statement later)