Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Lulu's & Pumpkin Cashew Ice Cream

Hi!

Hope everyone is doing well! It’s getting colder and colder here in Kansas City and we even woke up to a nice dusting of snow. My parents were in town this weekend and we had fun running around on Monday doing some shopping. We ended up eating dinner Lulu’s and after a weekend full of running around, neither Erik or I felt like cooking tonight so guess what we had? More Lulu’s, ha. Yes, two nights in a row.

This time it was takeout though, so that’s different enough, right?

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Anyways, we both got the drunken noodles, vegan style (basically, without egg):

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I put my food on a plate, spent a little take taking photos and still finished my whole plate well before Erik finished his.

He was impressed. Or something like that.

Ha, either way … yum!

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Next up … I realize pumpkin season is coming to an end and sugar cookie season is beginning, but I couldn’t help one last commemoration of pumpkins! It looks a little something like this …

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Pumpkin Cashew Ice Cream

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup plain cashews
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/3 cup plain canned pumpkin
  • 1/2 cup agave nectar
  • 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions:

  • Blend together cashews and water until smooth.
  • Add remaining ingredients, and once again blend until smooth. The mixture should be blended enough that it’s slightly creamy
  • Place in ice cream maker until thickened. My ice cream maker usually takes around 30 minutes.

Note: If you don’t have an ice cream maker, you can place the blended mixture into the freezer, stirring often, and it should produce pretty good results. It may be a tad icy depending on how often you stir it but the taste should still be delicious.

It would taste especially delicious with these delicious vegan brownies!

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Yes, it’s cold outside.

But who doesn’t like ice cream all year round?

Exactly.

The end.

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What have you been baking or cooking lately??

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