I have been having so much fun each week with the Gluten-free Products, Spotlight Holiday Edition, which Heather is having through December 22. She is inviting all of us to join her in featuring gluten-free and allergy-free products every Monday.
I really hope you try my favorite gluten-free product of the week: Nutcracker Sweet Holiday Tea. I wasn’t really crazy about this tea when it was hot, but chilled and blended with frozen cashew milk it is incredibly delicious. Like, I want to go make another one right now just talking about it, delicious. If you got something like this at Starbucks they would rob you of 4 dollars, delicious. You’ve gotta try it. Just a add to your blender:
9 cubes of frozen cashew milk
1 tbs honey
2 cups chilled Nutcracker Sweet tea
(double for two servings)
You could also spike this a little and serve it to company at a holiday party. Yum!
But, seeing as how they are marketed as gluten-free, and locally made in Boulder, I couldn’t pass up trying another holiday tea by Celestial Seasonings: Cinnamon Apple Spice herbal tea. This one is excellent hot. It will warm you up and fill you with the Christmas spirit. I just added a teaspoon of honey. Divine. 
Today I decided to make one of my favorite muffins: Quinoa Almond Muffins, to go with my breakfast drink (which you can see in the background there): frozen blended Nutcracker Sweet tea.Note: Many coffee shop syrups, and teas, especially at the holidays, are not gluten-free. We found more than one tea which contained barley.
Susan says
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Kelly says
Hi Susan!
Thanks for saying hi! I’m so glad you are enjoying my blog!
Cheers, Kelly
seamaiden says
Hey there! I love Celestial Seasoning. I haven’t personally found that many coffee shop syrups that contained gluten, though- for example, most Torani syrups are gluten-free, with the exception of Classic Caramel, Sugar Free Classic Caramel, Toasted Marshmallow and Sugar Free French Vanilla. I have found a few teas with barley malt, though…
-Sea
Weber says
I just had to leave a comment when I saw that you are gluten free, homeschool and knit! How very cool. I have three boys and a husband with celiac, we homeschool and I LOVE to knit. Oh, and my name is Kelly too! LOL!
Nice to meet you. 🙂
Kelly says
Hi Kelly!
LOL That is so funny! Nice to meet you too! I love the holiday images on your blog! (and your family looks great too!)
Cheers, Kelly
Stacy (mama-om) says
Yum. Cashew milk.
Your recipes are so inspiring!
We made the pumpkin pudding and all loved it. It got better the next day.
Kelly says
Thanks Stacy! I’m happy you liked it!
I think everything tastes better the next day too.
Kelly says
PS I don’t know what I would do without cashew milk. It’s such a great replacement for moo milk.
Latte says
This sounds so good, actually most of your recipes are…like…my kind of food! I love smoothies, and lattes, and deserts! I think I have or will have all of your recipes bookmarked!~
I don’t think I have found a blog or website for that matter like yours!-and trust me I have been looking for months! You are the only one I have been able to find that is gf/cf/sf and soy free! You have cornered the market on that girl!
Well I made my first food co-op order (they are like way less than amazon on much of their stuff) and soon what I could not get from the co-op I will probably order on amazon. My only question to you is were do you get your liqueurs from? Would a natural market have them? Or do you have a place online you order from?
Thanks for listening,
Faith
Kelly says
Faith,
Oh my gosh, I love you! I couldn’t ask for more! Too bad you’re so far away from me, or we could hang out and eat our yummy healthy food together 🙂
I just got my liqueur at a local place, after trying to figure out the whole gluten/alcohol thing. I thought I was clear, but now I forget! The one I have met my safety criteria when I bought it 🙂
Latte says
Oh dear Lord Kelly I just realized liqueur is to make this drink an alcoholic drink…so my bad! I thought it was like an extract type of ingredient. No wonder I could not find it on Amazon. Well I love hazelnut ANYTHING (well just about) so I think I will just get hazelnut stevia liquid instead…since I don’t drink, but you probably got that from my lack of even knowing what a liqueur even was. That must have sounded so funny me asking if you got it online!-I crack myself up!