Wine Country CrossFit

I recently ran across this recipe for Paleo Eggnog from the folks at CrossFit Gymnastics, and is it ever YUM! What better way of celebrating the holiday season than indulging in a creamy, rich, delicious beverage! Post any other paleo-friendly holiday recipes to the comments section!

Paleo Eggnog

• 8 egg yolks
• 4 cups coconut milk
• 8 tablespoons dark rum (Not Paleo, of course!  But you CAN use natural rum extract flavoring.)
• 6 tablespoons sugar (use your sweetener of choice, be it Raw cane sugar, evaporated cane juice, agave nectar, honey, maple syrup, beet sugar, date sugar, Stevia, etc.)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, ground

Directions

• Into a large saucepan, pour the coconut milk and add the sugar. Heat BUT DO NOT BOIL over a medium heat.
• In a large bowl, beat the egg yolks with the vanilla essence.Into the bowl, pour approximately half the coconut milk & sugar mixture. Whisk briskly.
• Add the remainder of the coconut milk & sugar mixture, then pour the combined mixture back into your large saucepan.
• Wash out the large bowl, because you’ll need it again in a few minutes.
• Cook over a low heat BUT DO NOT BOIL, ensuring that you continuously stir. (Why? If you let this mixture come to a boil, you will have created Scrambled Egg Nog!)
• Continue stirring until the eggnog thickens slightly – enough to be able to coat the back of a spoon.
• Pour & strain the eggnog back into the (washed, rinsed & dried) large bowl.
• Allow the eggnog to sit and cool until it becomes room temperature.
• Stir in the dark rum/rum flavouring.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours, but preferably overnight.
• Just prior to serving, combine the ground nutmeg & ground cinnamon, and sprinkle a little of the mixture on top of each served glassful of your delicious coconut eggnog!

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Tuesday’s WOD:

K2E skill work, get athletes kipping their knees to elbows before WOD begins

800m Run
10 rounds of the couplet:
10 K2E
10 Good Mornings (45/35)
800m Run

Compare to 4/10/12