Caramel Rolls

My sister-in-law made these for easter, they were off the chain. Great for breakfast, brunch, or dessert. Also a great thing to bring to someone's house when you are invited over.

Ingredients:
-2 loaves frozen bread dough (she used Rhodes Bake-N-Serv White Bread)
-1 cup brown sugar
-1/2 cup Earth Balance
-1 large pack vanilla pudding "cook & serve" - NOT INSTANT (Jell-O Brand has polysorbate 60 which isn't vegan, but Dr. Oetker's has a vanilla pudding mix that is vegan)
-2 T. almond milk
-1 t. cinammon
-chopped pecans

To Prepare:
1. Thaw bread until you can cut it / tear it into pieces
2. Cover bottom of 9X13 greased pan with pieces of bread
3. Melt butter and mix in remaining ingredients and pour over bread
4. Let bread rise for about 3 hours (or overnight in the fridge)
5. Bake for 30 minutes at 350. All the goo will sink to the bottom, DON'T PANIC!
6. Once done, flip it over onto a serving tray (carefully!) and top with pecans.

RICE PUDDING

We received some free "written off" brown rice from the food co-op. By "some" i mean about 6lbs. I'm not a fan of rice, really, but i AM a fan of pudding. Specifically rice pudding.

I soak my rice overnight (1:2 rice:water) ratio with about a tablespoon of something lactobacilli-containing-- plain kombucha or soy yogurt, in a covered tupperware. It supposedly makes it easier to digest. I don't rinse or drain in after soaking, it just goes straight to the stove for the usual 45 minutes.


Rice Pudding!

Ingredients:
3/4 c. cooked brown rice
1.5 c. almond milk (may have to add more if it thickens prematurely)
2 t. light brown sugar
1 T. white sugar
1/2 t. cardamom
1/2 t. cinnamon
1 t. vanilla extract
dash of salt

Simmer everything until it's rice pudding consistency adding more almond milk as you see fit, stirring often. Serve warm or cold. Garnish with almonds, cinnamon, raisins, or in my case, a ginger-o cookie.