Monday, December 27, 2010

Lucky Ducky

I'm feeling pretty lucky right now.  We had a fantastic Christmas with family we love, delicious food and way too many gifts.  Christmas Eve included a candlelight dinner with homemade tamales and eggnog.  


If you're like us and not drinking dairy eggnog, but not wild about tons of soy either, you'll LOVE this recipe. 


Soy-free, Dairy-free Eggnog

1 1/2 cups almond milk
1/2 cup unsweetened Mimicreme (cashew & almond creme)
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Pinch of ground cinnamon
Bigger pinch of ground nutmeg

Blend all this together in a blender or shake it up really good in a sealed jar.  Serve in a frosty cold mug with a pinch of nutmeg on top- Yum!


I knew I wanted to serve cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning, so the night before I whipped up some of my favorite gluten free cinnamon rolls and refrigerated them in the pan, ready to go in the oven the next day.  Here's a tip to add to the recipe, though: when rolling up the dough, just put the whole log in the freezer for an hour or so to firm it up nicely. It makes slicing the rolls a breeze!  

I hate to brag, but these were crazy good.  I used the orange glaze from the orange scone recipe in Vegan with a Vengeance for a little something special.  But really, these don't need frosting.  But I guess I don't need cinnamon rolls.  

We all got some great presents this year.  My favorites?  A reverse osmosis water filter for the kitchen, CSI game for the Wii, tickets to see Snoop Dogg and tons of my favorite pens!


Billie Cat's favorite (only) present is a new bed.  


Unfortunately for Billie Cat, Hannah Dog also loves this present. 

3 comments:

Catherine Weber said...

seeing Hannah crammed into the cat bed is hilarious! :)

Shaheen said...

I'm not a vegan but a vegetarian. So the dairyfree eggnog catches my eye. I need to keep an eye out fo it in the U.K.

Happy holidays to you.

Carissa said...

AW I love the pics of your babies. I haven't seen mimicreme anywhere here yet :(