Vegan Egg-Free Nog

Hey guys! So in today's video I'm going to show you how to make this incredibly delicious, creamy and flavorful vegan eggnog. You're going to love it! So good! So the reason I'm calling this a vegan eggnog is because it doesn't have any eggs. And I wanted to create a vegan eggnog recipe because a lot of people can eat eggs, a lot of people are sensitive to them or have allergies, and of course there's lots of people who just choose not to eat eggs. So before I begin I want to tell you I'm not against eggs, I'm not a vegan, I do eat eggs, but I really love this egg-free nog. So let's just call it a nog, why don't we? What makes this nog so joyously healthy and delicious are the fantastic healing spices that are in this recipe that are very anti-inflammatory which I'm sure we could all use a little bit more of over the holidays because over the holidays we tend to indulge maybe a little bit too much which increases inflammation. So this nog recipe is going to decrease inflammation. So I'm going to tell you all the fantastic ingredients in this egg-free nog. So first of all you want to decide how are you going to sweeten your nog. Now the great thing is that we're not using any white sugar whatsoever, instead I'm recommending either using dark maple syrup, I think the darker the better. So this is number 3 grade C maple syrup so it's very very maple-y and rich. So you could either use that or you could use coconut palm sugar which also has a really rich flavor, almost like a molasses flavor so it's one or the other. And then of course the healing spices so we have ground cinnamon and ground cinnamon, cinnamon first of all is amazing in any recipe and cinnamon is great because it really helps to balance your blood sugar and adds a wonderful warming flavor. Then of course we have nutmeg, nutmeg is really rich in anti-inflammatory nutrients. And then on this little plate here I have cloves, I absolutely love cloves, so aromatic, so flavorful and a little goes a long way. And of course I have some vanilla bean powder as well. Now this might be hard for you to find at the health food store and if it is just use vanilla extract like a liquid, that's totally fine. And then to give the nog its creaminess we've got one banana and then also one can of coconut milk. Now normally I don't recommend canned foods but this is the one exception when you're making this nog because the coconut milk, the full fat coconut milk adds so much flavor and so much taste so I highly recommend it if you want this nog to be just over the top and be so delicious. Now I'm going to show you how to make this nog and you're going to love how easy it is. Okay so we'll put in our cinnamon, I always recommend with spices to buy organic spices because you'll find that they have richer flavors. So I'm putting in my vanilla powder and my cloves, now I'll put in my nutmeg, now we'll have the can of coconut milk, see how creamy and delicious it is, so much flavor. Putting in some almond milk, now you can really just use any milk that you have on hand but I just like almond milk, it has a really nice flavor, you can use hemp milk or cashew milk. I'm also going to put in my banana. So the banana is adding a nice natural sweetness plus it's adding to the creaminess which is what we want. And then I will add my sweetness, so this is maple syrup as I mentioned earlier, we'll add a bit of maple syrup and then I'll give it a taste test and decide if I think it needs to be sweeter but I think it's going to be just perfect. Something else I just thought of actually, a lot of people tell me they can't eat bananas, seems to be becoming more of a common food allergen, so something else you could do instead of a banana is you could put in two or three medjool dates, they would add a nice creaminess plus that sweetness as well. So I think we should give it a taste test before we serve it to our guests to see if it is sweet enough. Oh, I need a spoon, getting my spoon, okay so let's give this a little taste test and see if it's sweet enough. Oh, it's so good, this is perfection. If you serve this to your guests at your next holiday party, you are going to be talked about for the next year about how amazing your nog was. So yummy! So that's it guys, there is my super easy nog recipe, I hope you love it, I hope you try it and let me know what you think, comment or ask me your questions below, be sure to subscribe, give me a thumbs up and cheers to joyous health!