Saturday, February 27, 2010

Vegan White Russian


So, last night I watched The Big Lebowski again - I fucking love that movie! It's been a while since I saw it, and I knew that it just wouldn't be the same unless I had a white russian in hand. Since I'm all vegan and stuff now, I didn't know if this was possible.

I did some hunting around on the web, and I came across a couple of folks who said that they've used soy creamer to successfully make a vegan white russian. I had a coupon for So Delicious Coconut Milk Creamer so I headed over to the Co-op and picked some up. It's not exactly soy creamer, but I thought that the coconut stuff would make it even tastier! (BTW, I was right! The light coconut flavor it added was DIVINE).

I heard folks saying that Kahlua isn't actually vegan, so I picked up some Caffe Lolita, which I've had before and thought tasted just fine. I'm not sure if that's also not-vegan, but at least it's cheaper. I have no idea where to find out what coffee liquor is vegan and what isn't. I also have no idea how to find out what the proper recipe is for a white russian - there seems to be no consistency in the amounts of vodka, coffee liquor and cream people use! So, I winged it, and it turned out pretty damn delicious.



Vegan White Russian

1 shot of coffee liquor
1 shot of vodka
splash of So Delicious Coconut Milk Creamer
splash of light vanilla soymilk (to get that half & half effect!)



om nom nom!!

6 comments:

  1. According to Barnivore, (http://www.barnivore.com/liquor/73/Kahlua) Kahlua is vegan-friendly, so I'm guessing you might be okay with Caffe Lolita, too. This looks and sounds delicious! I cannot wait to try it! I might even use some So Delicious coconut milk beverage, instead of the soymilk, too!

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  2. WOW! I have all these ingredients and NEVER thought of putting them together - even though I used to be a HUGE HUGE 'White Russian' Fan...

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  3. I have made white russians with soy milk before. I think the dude would abide.

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  4. Made it. Love it. Used coconut creamer and almond milk. Holy shizz it's rich!

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  5. yes, so glad I found this! I'm having one of my great gf's over and she is vegan... I really wanted to have white russians and now we can! Nom Nom!

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  6. Using real coconut milk is really much tastier and healthier than coconut creamer or soy milk =)

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