
Christmas Recipe Round-Up: Part 2
Yesterday I covered the appetizers I made in advance – which was most of them, as I was making the whole Christmas Day meal on the day, so all the better to get the appetizers out of the way! However, I left the dips for the crispy quinoa cakes, pita chips, crudites, olives and other snackeroos to the day of so they’d be ultra fresh!
The trio of dips I laid out (you can see them in the top right corner of the picture below) were, from left, naturally-sweetened cranberry sauce (this was also served with the meal), vegan garlic aioli and vegan roasted red pepper sauce (click for the recipe, as it was previously posted).
Here are the recipes for the vegan garlic aioli (this was delicious – I am so glad to have found a vegan alternative, as this my favourite dip to serve with yam fries!) and the cranberry sauce (which my mom made).
And, because this is a Wednesday, I will be linking this up at Jenn’s What I Ate Wednesday party! My eating still doesn’t have any kind of sensible pattern to it (I’m still adjusting to the post-Christmas return to a normal diet!) so showing what I ate on Christmas Day is the best I can do for this Wednesday 🙂
So let’s get to it :)!
Vegan Garlic Aioli
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup cashews, raw
6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2-3 tsp minced garlic (to taste)
3 tbsp lemon juice
DIRECTIONS:
Throw all the ingredients in a blender – blend!
Naturally-Sweetened Cranberry Sauce (by my mom)
INGREDIENTS:
12 oz bag fresh cranberries
1 cup red wine
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
Zest and juice of one orange
Agave nectar to taste (I go with 3 tbsp but you might want it sweeter)
DIRECTIONS:
1. Put all ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a boil.
2. Lower heat and simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour until the cranberries begin to pop and glaze over, and the sauce will thicken slightly.
3. This keeps really well in the fridge! It just gets a bit thicker as it cools :).
This guy may have sneaked a few bites – which would explain his tummy…(though a lot of it is fluffy fur, I promise!)
December 28, 2011
Shannon from Healthiful Balance
Thanks for sharing the recipes! 🙂
December 28, 2011
Anna
You’re more than welcome Shannon!
December 28, 2011
Tessa @ Amazing Asset
Thank you for sharing these Anna! You always have such great stuff
December 28, 2011
Anna
Aw thanks Tessa! 🙂
December 28, 2011
blogitness
Thanks for sharing, they sound great!
December 28, 2011
Anna
You’re more than welcome :).
December 28, 2011
Char @ www.charskitchen.ca
Mmmm I’m gonna make the garlic aioli next time I bake up some sweet potato fries! I hope you had a great Christmas, Anna! 🙂
December 28, 2011
Anna
Hope you love it Char, thanks!
December 28, 2011
Jessica
Sounds like a delicious recipe! Thanks for sharing, I can’t wait to try it!
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