The Christmas Veganization of Gastronomical Proportions

I'm exhausted, ya'll.   Absolutely exhausted.   Why?   Well it's not because I've been up all night with an ulcer.. oh NOOOES.

Yesterday started out somewhat irritatingly but I didn't think much of it really.  I thought it might have been because I wasn't sure how I wanted my black bean burger cooked at the place I went to with my girls on Friday night.  (Ok REALLY?  Who asks you how you want your black bean burger cooked? It's a BLACK BEAN BURGER.. not a cow!)  Anyway.. I thought maybe somethin was up with what I ate there.. til later on, as I'm starving and wanting dinner.. but then, dinner didn't want to be in me at all. :(   The PAIN in my stomach was, and has been intense ever since.  It's an ulcer.. it's been confirmed.  It's awesome.  I got to spend the gest of the day on pillows and with a heating pad on my belly.   Regardless, even though I was in pain, I prepped my cinnamon rolls and biscuits last night.. and was able to create a vegan plate worthy of any Christmas breakfast today.

In no particular order, I made cinnamon rolls.  

They turned out small.  The reason I think this happened was because I rushed making the dough last night because it was hard to stand up.   They were cute though and tasted really good.  They have a sugary vegan cream cheese icing on top of them.  They certainly were best much warmer, but they were the first things to be popped in the oven and I think the last things to be eaten.  Regardless, I'll make them again, but I will make them alot bigger next time.

Biscuits and gravy.
You only see two biscuits there because it was only my sister and I eating them.   I was impressed.. my sister took leftovers of this home and said it was 'really good'!   Honestly, if you're an avid biscuits and gravy eater, it's really hard to tell that this isn't the real thing.  It's one of my favorite breakfasty things to make.. it's very yummy!

Cheesy Scrambled 'Eggs'
I like the lil spoony thing.  lol.   Obviously my 'eggs' were tofu.  I hate using alot of tofu, but I wanted to try some 'eggs' with the rest of my food today.  Tofu, some veggies, and top with Daiya and it hit the spot (albeit the wrong spot as my tummy isn't wanting me to eat today).   It made a nice colorful section on my plate. In fact, had I been really testing myself, I'd have made them 'Huevos Rancheros' and thrown some hot sauce on them.. but that would have just been evil!

Hash browned potatoes.  
I actually took a big shortcut here, but not before I did that thing I'm terrified to do and..   PEEL the dang potatoes.   (Shudder)...  AAAAHHH.  
Ok, anyway - I'd brought my cheese grater to moms to shred these potatoes and make them look more hash browny.  Oh trust me, because they look more like scalloped potatoes (thanks to my moms food processor shredder) my father let me know a couple of times what hash browns are SUPPOSED to look like.    Whatever, he ate them. ;)  Look that's him dishing some out!

Anyway, I hope everyone had a good holiday, whatever holiday you might celebrate!   I had a whole plate of food.   However, about 15 mins later I had to take a really good pain pill and sit on the floor with a heating pad and about a dozen fluffy pillows to open my Christmas presents due to the pain.  At least I was good enough to play a TOTALLY fun game of Disneyland Kinect with my neicage later on, and to get a Kundalini workout in with my sister.

My Christmas dinner?  Soda water and crackers. 
Yay.
:P

Stay tuned for my New Year blog.   I'm expecting to do something special for it.   We'll see how that turns out... You never KNOW what I have up my sleevy sleeve.

Have a beautiful night all.  I hope you're STUFFED with holiday cheer!


Music enjoyed while writing:
The news.

Current Craving:
An unpainful tum tum.


Current Motivation:
Exhaustion.

It's beginning to look alot like _______. (Insert holiday there!)

So,
While my family celebrates something that looks a little like that photo to your left, I'm sure there are some of you that celebrate other holidays!
I COULD list them all here.. but there are actually quite a few holidays to list, and that's really a pain in my butt, so I'm not going there.   Regardless, whatever holiday you celebrate, have a great one!

Now, as for me?  This usually means I'm going to have breakfast with the family people.  But I've got a rather long list of what I'm eating here so I'm going to start on the 'breads' on Saturday.  And work my way into the rest on Sunday (aka Christmas day).  Some of you might ask.."are you staying the night with your family!?" To which I'd add.. "Yes!"  But what "I" mean is my lil at home family.  My kiddos and I.   After all, we're putting vegan cookies and flax milk out for santa and leaving him some water and carrots for the reindeer.. all good kitties shall be up in bed with me by midnight or Santa will not put anything in our stockings!  (And yes - we've got stockings!  The proof, look to your right.)

So, that being said.. once I'm done prepping breads (they'll bake at the parents house the next morning) on Saturday night, the kids and I will do what we always do.  Cuddle up, watch Rudolph again, put out our snacks for santa and deer, then head to bed.  When we get up in the morning, we'll have goodies in our stocking and something to open.  At that point I'll log some miles and head out to the parents house with my ingredients to get a head-start on the oven before the neicage-weisage needs it for her muffins.

So WHAT is on the menu-riffic?
Check it.
Cinnamon Rolls
Biscuits and Gravy
Scrambled 'eggs'
Hash Brown Potatoes
(and some fruit!)

(And later on I'll be rolling out looking like Tanta Kringle to do Kundalini with the sister)

Ok.. let's do these killer numbers, shall we?

Cinnamon Rolls:                                            Vegan Cinnamon Rolls:

       1 roll                                                              1 roll
Calories - 242                                                        223               
Fat -   10g                                                                5g                      
Cholesterol -  40mg                                                    0        
Sodium - 230mg                                                      150mg                  
Carbohydrates - 44g                                                  30g      
Fiber - 1g                                                                  2g                        
Protien - 3.7g                                                             5g                   
WW Pts  - 8                                                              5         

Scrambled Eggs:                                                Vegan Scrambled 'Eggs'
Calories - 366                                                              250
Fat - 15g                                                                        6g                                                             
Cholesterol - 400mg                                                       0          
Sodium - 484mg                                                            211mg                  
Carbohydrates - 2g                                                        4g     
Fiber - 4g                                                                      4.8g                       
Protien - 24g                                                                  13g                    
WW Pts - 6                                                                    3

Biscuits and Gravy                                                Vegan Biscuits and Gravy
Calories - 508                                                                    310
Fat - 31g                                                                              12g                         
Cholesterol - 27mg                                                               0mg          
Sodium - 1461mg                                                                 890mg                 
Carbohydrates - 43g                                                             40g     
Fiber  - 1g                                                                              1g                     
Protien  - 12g                                                                         6g                  
WW Pts - 14                                                                          8

Hash Brown Potatoes (w/butter)                                    Vegan HBP
Calories  - 337                                                                   315                
Fat  - 6g                                                                               4g                         
Cholesterol - 15mg                                                                  0mg          
Sodium - 930mg                                                                   850mg                 
Carbohydrates  - 66g                                                            65g     
Fiber - 6g                                                                               6g                        
Protien   - 5.8g                                                                         3g                 
WW Pts - 9                                                                            8

AWLrighty then. That's about the size of this one.   (Not to mention my size later on in the day of course.)  I think we'll have fun with this one.  I've never made cinnamon rolls before so this is a new one to me.   The recipe I have calls for ... er, maybe I shouldn't tell you.  Nah, I will keep it a secret. ;)
It looks like I might be on a sugar high again.  Maybe I'd better add a mile to my morning!  Ack!

Regardless, I'm going to start on this on Christmas Eve.   So you'd better watch out, you'd better not cry, you'd better not pout I'm telling you why.

VEGAN CLAUS IS COMING, TO TOWN!!!
Merry, merry all!   Hugs, Kisses and good tidings to everyone.   Til you hear from me again.   "Yo ho the mistletoe hung where you can see... somebody waits for you, kiss her once, for me! ;)"
Holly Jolly.

Music Enjoyed while writing this blog:
Christmas Classics

Current Motivation:
To have a great holiday!

Current Craving:
A kiss under the mistletoe!

Welcome to sugartown - population, unknown.

It's time for a sugar-high.   This is going to be a two-parter.  This one part I'll be making ice cream. 
For the second part - I've got a crew set up - and we'll be making cookies.
On the menu?

For ME:   Vegan Eggnog Ice Cream. 
Reason?:  It's my main veganization this week. AND a Christmas gift for my baby's daddy, because it's his favorite.  However, I used to make it the un-vegan way for him.  This year, my baby mama gets to benefit from the VEGAN way.  I think he'll enjoy it just as much too.  He's an easy foodie to please.:) 
This is for our ornament party on Friday at the baby mama's house.   My baby mama has promised me vegan chicken and dumplins and time with my lil girls.  I'm excited.  It's going to be fun... especially now that I'm creating an "I Love Sheri" ornament for baby Lotus.  (Who wants an I love Sheri ornament?! - my BABY of course!)  She asked for it, she's getting it.. but I told her I wanted an "I love Lotus" ornament in return.   I'm so excited.  <3 

So, my ice cream-cream has already been started and is cooling so that I can churn tomorrow and it will make it there in it's glory on Friday.    Update on that in the next blog.. but let me get to my next big veganization for the weekend.

Christmas Cookie Veganization!

The Sis, AK, Megs and I are doing Christmas cookies on Sunday after Kundalini.  I'm not sure what Megs is making, and I think AK said something about 'Devil Dogs.'   My sister is making triple peanut butter cookies, a chili cookie,(?) and snowball cookies.
So what matters?  Lol.
*I* am making:
Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip
Vegan Soft Gingerbread Cookies
and
Vegan Sugar Cookies.

Now, you don't think I'm eating all this do you?   Ha!  I'm probably going to take them for our ornament exchange at work... and whatever doesn't get eaten there, I'll leave in our break room.   Ah, the people at work love it when I attempt to fatten them up.  lol.

So ok, lets do the ol' numbers.

                     Eggnog Ice Cream                                         Vegan Eggnog Ice Cream
                               1 scoop                                                               1 scoop

Calories                  250                                                                      180
Fat                           13 g                                                                      10g
Cholesterol             70mg                                                                   0
Sodium                    90mg                                                                  42mg
Carbohydrates       31g                                                                       25
Fiber                         0                                                                          0
Protien                     5.0g                                                                      3.6g
WW Pts                      7                                                                          6

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies                                      Vegan OCC Cookies

                       1 cookie                                                                    1 cookie
Calories          160                                                                            140
Fat                    8.5g                                                                           6g
Cholesterol       2.8                                                                             0
Sodium              135mg                                                                    115mg
Carbs                 18g                                                                           12g
Fiber                  2.5g                                                                           2.0g
Protien               2.0                                                                            2.0g
WW Pts              4                                                                                3

Soft Gingerbread Cookies                                             Vegan Soft Gingerbread Cookies
               1 cookie                                                                             1 cookie
Calories    143                                                                                 122
Fat               6g                                                                                  3g
Cholesterol     9g                                                                              0g
Sodium         147mg                                                                        112mg
Carbs             21g                                                                             15g
Fiber              0.4                                                                             0.4
Protien           1.6                                                                             0.5
WW Pts           4                                                                                2

Sugar Cookies                                                                         Vegan Sugar Cookies
      1 cookie                                                                                       1 cookie
Calories   72                                                                                         60
Fat           3.2g                                                                                       1g
Cholesterol  8mg                                                                                  0mg
Sodium        54mg                                                                                 32mg
Carbs            10.2g                                                                                 8g
Fiber              0.1g                                                                                 0.1g
Protien           0.8g                                                                                0.8g
WW Pts          2                                                                                       1

And there we go.   It's going to be a 'sweet'  weekend all around.   And hopefully I won't be on too big of a sugar high when it's all over.   It's time to roll into this holiday at full force.  Ornaments, Sugar, the works.   Ah, do you think I'll gain a lb?    I guess you better stick around to find out, shouldn't you?
:P

Til next blog.   Be "sweet".

Noise in the background while writing this blog:
The Flintstones

Current Craving:
Some sorta casserole.

Current Motivation:
SUGAR!