Vegan eggnog!!

For all my vegan friends!

I haven't tried it yet but its on my to do list... Here's the recipe a friend of mine sent me from vitamix!

Yields 4

Prep Time
5 min

Ingredients
1. 2 Cups Almond Milk
2. 1/4 Tsp Ground Cloves
3. 1/4 Tsp Ground Nutmeg
4. 1/2 Tsp Ground Cinnamon
5. 1/3 Cup Brandy (Optional)
6. 2 1/2 Tbs Maple Syrup
Instructions
1. Place all ingredients into your blender.
2. Start on low and slowly increase to high.
3. Blend for 15-30 seconds so that you can create a nice foam.
4. Serve over ice.
5. Enjoy!

Holiday Eggnog

Christmas eggnog anytime of year!

Ingredients:

6 Egg yolks
3 cups Milk
1 cup Heavy Cream
1 cup Sugar
½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
½ teaspoon Salt
Nutmeg to top

Directions:

1. In a mixing bowl, whisk together 1 cup sugar and ½ teaspoon salt.

2. Put the egg yolks into the mixing bowl and whisk vigorously.

3. Pour 3 cups of milk into a large pot and turn the heat up to medium.

4. Pour the egg mixture into the milk and whisk very quickly.

5. Continuously whisk while it heats up. You want to get the mixture to about 160°F. If you have a food thermometer you can keep track of the heat that way, but if you don't, simply heat the mixture until you start to see a little steam, then give it another 30-60 seconds to cook while whisking. You will notice that it thickens a bit and becomes smooth. It will take about 5 minutes.

6. Take the pot off the heat as soon as the proper temperature is reached. Add 1 cup of cream and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract. Stir.

7. Put into a pitcher and refrigerate until cold.

8. When ready to serve, stir or shake the eggnog to mix and pour into serving glasses. Dust with a bit of nutmeg. Enjoy!!

Sweet Tamales

Christmas tamales is a tradition in most Hispanic families. I may not be Hispanic but I grew up seconds from the border and my kids are.
So this year I taught my oldest so she can pass on the tradition.

This is the sweet version!
Enjoy! :)

Ingredients

• 1 package (8 ounces) dry corn husks
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
• 3 cups masa harina flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups warm water
• 1 can (14 ounces) Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 can (20 ounces) crushed pineapple, undrained
• 1/2 cup raisins

SOAK corn husks in warm water for at least 1 hour or until softened and easy to fold.

BEAT butter in large mixer bowl until creamy. Combine flour, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl. Alternately add flour mixture, water, sweetened condensed milk and oil to butter, mixing well after each addition until consistency of thick cake batter (masa). Stir in pineapple and juice, raisins and nuts.

SPREAD 1/3 cup masa mixture, using back of a spoon, to form a square in the center of the lower wider portion of one soaked corn husk. Fold right then left edge of husk over masa. Fold up bottom edge. Repeat with remaining masa mixture and soaked corn husks.

PLACE vegetable steamer in pot with lid; add water to just below steamer. Arrange tamales upright in steamer rack. Cover top of tamales with remainingdry husks and a damp towel; cover. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low. Steam, adding water as needed, for about 1 hour or until masa pulls away from husks. Serve warm.

FREE IG Challenge

If you've been following the #12daysofMAXmas  challenge on Instagram, this one will be very similar. The goal is to jumpstart  your inner sassy self in time for those NYE parties.
Look and feel fabulous when the ball drops!
Just think, you'll already be ahead of those that are waiting until the first, or until they sober up! ;) so MAXout with me! If you can find  60 seconds, that's all we need! Let's spend time on ourselves and get healthy!

So head over to my IG @coachKayCazz for a fun challenge. It starts Dec 15th!
Xoxo

Fitness challenge!

I'm hosting another FREE fitness challenge on Instagram starting Dec. 15th!
I will post a move daily from ShaunT's new Insanity MAX:30. The goal is to do as many sets as you can in 60 seconds! You WANT to max out. You WANT to hit muscle failure! Then see how that number improves from week to week. Does this sound like something you would be interested in? If so head on over to my IG @CoachKayCazz and #MAXoutwithKayCazz

Christmas Advent calendar

So I haven't done the candy advent calendar with my girls. Growing up it was so fun to have that countdown but the candy usually isn't super tasty and I figured with the amount of sweet treats around the holidays, eliminating one wouldn't hurt. Last year I made a tree with TP rolls, each day the girls got to break the foil and find a piece of paper with an activity on it. Dec 1 was a present to open that included matching Christmas Pjs and a Christmas movie! :) This year I am doing the same TP roll tree with the same idea but I wanted to really incorporate Jesus. You know... since he's the reason for Christmas and all. So I decided when they open each slot, they will have an activity and a bible verse. I'm no where near as versed in the bible as I would like to be so I cheated and googled bible verse advent calendar. Wouldn't you know it... there's a blog for that. ;) I loved this blog and she had printable bible verse cards ready to go. So I wanted to share her blog, in case anyone else is looking to steer away from the candy and teach the kiddos WHY we celebrate Christmas.

http://happyhomefairy.com/2010/11/30/bible-verse-advent-cards-free-printables/

Here are some pictures from last years advent calendar.