Dairy Free Orange Julius

If you remember my previous Orange Julius recipe, you know it has ice cream in it, so it isn't exactly dairy free.  This recipe is for my friends and family who may need to or wish to exclude dairy from their diets.  Really I'm just a sucker for trying to outdo myself and find out if it is possible to make a healthy substitute for a favorite food.  We love milkshakes, smoothies, any blended drink of the non alcoholic nature.  This was an experiment truthfully.  I used my family shamelessly as guinea pigs and had them drink it even before me.  My daughter's tend to be an either one or the other likes the smoothie or milkshake I make.  Lucky for me they both liked the Orange Julius.  Then I asked if it was a recipe worth sharing and my second daughter was confused, but she figured it out when we explained whether I should share it with you, and she said yes.  After they both said it was good, I tried it.  Guess what, they were right, and I agree it was good.  

We love blended drinks and this one is almost a guilt free treat.

Ingredients:

12.3 Ounces of Silken Tofu
1 Navel Orange
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Cane Sugar (White Granulated Sugar may also be substituted)
Orange Juice
Half Blender of Ice

Peel the orange, because this part just doesn't taste good.

Add orange and tofu to blender.

Pour enough orange juice in blender to come up to the three cup line.

Blend until smooth, or if using a Vita-Mix, use the smoothie setting
and blend until the program ends.

Enjoy!

Dairy Free Orange Julius

Ingredients:

12.3 Ounces of Silken Tofu

1 Navel Orange

1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1/2 cup Cane Sugar (White Granulated Sugar may also be substituted)

Orange Juice

Half Blender of Ice

Process:

Peel the orange.

Add orange and tofu to blende

Pour enough orange juice in blender to come up to the three cup line.

Blend until smooth, or if using a Vita-Mix use the smoothie setting and blend until the program ends.

Enjoy!

Cranberry Turkey Pizza

Remember that cranberry sauce you made for Thanksgiving ages ago and didn't eat all of it?  Oh, you ate it all?  Well we had some and I thought it would make a delicious barbecue sauce.  My recipes almost always have destiny.  This particular recipe is destined for a turkey and cheese pizza.  Yep I was reinventing Thanksgiving dinner as a pizza.  Anyway, you don't have to try my idea, but if you do, I think you'll like this new spin on a Thanksgiving pizza.  

Pizza is our Friday tradition, and this was a great addition to our traditional pepperoni. 

Cranberry barbecue sauce, the secret sauce of the delicous cranberry turkey pizza.

Cranberry Barbecue Sauce Ingredients:

1 cup Cranberry Sauce
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Orange Juice
1 tablespoon Spicy Brown Mustard
1 tablespoon Worcesthershire Sauce

Place all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.

Pour sauce into small saucepan and boil over medium heat and reduce heat to low
and simmer until thickened about 10 minutes.

Remove sauce from sauce pan and pour into lidded container, I used a pint sized Mason Jar.

Refrigerate remaining unused sauce.

Cranberry Turkey Pizza Ingredients:

Cranberry Barbecue Sauce
4 Slices Turkey Breast (sliced into strips)
2 cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese (grated)
Pizza Dough

Preheat oven to 500 Farhenheit for atleast a half hour after the oven has reached temperature.

Roll out pizza dough to 12 inch wide thin circle.  Spread a thin layer of sauce.

Add all the cheese, then the turkey and finally drizzle some more sauce on the pizza.

Bake pizza on the bottom of the oven for 5-8 minutes, until golden brown around the edges
and underneath.  Rest for three minutes before slicing, this allows the cheese to cool
enough to cut and become slightly solid.

Enjoy!

Cranberry Turkey Pizza

Cranberry Barbecue Sauce Ingredients:

1 cup Cranberry Sauce
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Orange Juice
1 tablespoon Spicy Brown Mustard
1 tablespoon Worcesthershire Sauce

Process:

Place all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.

Pour sauce into small saucepan and boil over medium heat and reduce heat to low and simmer until thickened about 10 minutes.

Remove sauce from sauce pana and pour into lidded container, I used a pint sized Mason Jar.

Refrigerate remaining unused sauce.

Cranberry Turkey Pizza Ingredients:

Cranberry Barbecue Sauce
4 Slices Turkey Breast (sliced into strips)
2 cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese (grated)
Pizza Dough

Process:

Preheat oven to 500 Farhenheit for atleast a half hour after the oven has reached temperature.

Roll out pizza dough to 12 inch wide thin circle.  Spread a thin layer of sauce.

Add all the cheese, then the turkey and finally drizzle some more sauce on the pizza.

Bake pizza on the bottom of the oven for 5-8 minutes, until golden brown around the edges and underneath.  Rest for three minutes before slicing, this allows the cheese to cool enough to cut and become slightly solid.

Enjoy!

Orange Julius

My family, especially my husband, loves milk shakes.  We came up with our own version of an Orange Julius shake many years ago, and still love making it.  My husband's family enjoyed a lot of milk shakes growing up.  My family didn't use the blender ever, it seemed like.  The blender has been one of the quintessential kitchen appliances in our home since our wedding day.  I have come to appreciate the simple milk shake because of my husband and his family's tradition.  As for the Orange Julius, you might not know what it is unless you are from California.  I remember going to the mall and ordering an Orange Julius, it is like an orange creamcicle, but you drink it.  This recipe is a joint effort from both my husband and I.  We have used countless quarts of vanilla ice cream and various brands of Orange Juice to create this special milkshake.  If you know and love Orange Julius, and miss it as much as we do, this recipe is for you.  If like us, you were only able to afford an Orange Julius on very very rare occasions, even though you live near a mall with one inside, then this is also for you.  Orange Julius and Hot Dog on a Stick, the two small fast foods joints I remember fondly from my childhood mall day's. I didn't spend a lot of time in the mall growing up truthfully.  I do remember being in the mall with my two daughter's when they were young and we went to Picture People to have them photographed, afterwards we would get an Orange Julius as a treat.  Enough reminiscing, time to share the super easy recipe.

 That is a glass of memories, family time, and tradition worth drinking.

Ingredients for this Recipe Are:

48 ounces Vanilla Bean Ice Cream 

Orange Juice (preferably not from concentrate)

 Scoop ice cream into blender cup.

Add orange juice until it reaches the top of the ice cream.

Place lid on blender.

Blend until smooth.

Add additional orange juice for each desired consistency.

Enjoy!

Orange Julius

Printable Recipe Found Here

Ingredients:

48 ounces Vanilla Bean Ice Cream 

Orange Juice (preferably not from concentrate)

Process:

Scoop ice cream into blender cup.

Add orange juice until it reaches the top of the ice cream.

Place lid on blender.

Blend until smooth.

Add additional orange juice for each desired consistency.

Enjoy!