Monoprinted Egg Cards

I have become quite addicted to monoprinting via a home-made permanent gelli plate. Monoprinting is a form of print making that results in one unique print rather than a multitude of identical copies of the print. I made some funky graphic 'egg' cards.

First I made a bunch of backgrounds prints with bright colours and various textures on old book paper. Then I made a stencil of the white of the egg and by 'stencil' I mean I but a weird blob out of some thin plastic. I printed the egg white onto various background papers. Then I made a round stencil and used that to print the yolk onto the egg white. Then I stamped on the word 'egg' and mounted the image on a card base. 

Monoprinting is fun because you can create a bunch of similar items but each one has its own quirky personality. This egg was my first 'mass-produced' try at the gelli plate but I think using the same technique for other food images would be fun. Ideas include: chocolate chip cookies, pancakes and butter, and a bowl of fruit. 

Edited to Add: I made more and am selling them here!

Recipe: Vegan Egg Nog

Uh.... I think I accidentally found the holy grail of vegan eggnogs! This is thick, creamy, and foamy. It's so thick that it basically requires booze to thin it down to a drinkable consistency. It's pretty easy to put together and does not require much in the way of speciality ingredients.  

This is an eggnog for true nog lovers!  

5 tablespoons flour
1 cup water
1/3 cup almond milk
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons icing sugar
1/3 cup aquafaba (liquid from unsalted canned chickpeas)
ground nutmeg
booze of choice

Combine flour and water in a pan over medium high heat. Stir constantly to remove lumps. This mixture will smell like toasting flour and then start to clump together in clear-ish blobs. Stir consistently until mixture forms one sticky ball then remove from heat. Remove mixture from hot pan.

Combine 2 tablespoons of flour mixture with milk, sugar, and vanilla and blend together in a blender. Once combined set aside. 

Combine icing sugar and aquafaba in a stand mixer and mix until soft peaks form which will take anywhere from 7-15 minutes. 

Combine two mixtures in a mug and top with ground nutmeg and booze of choice. 

This recipe makes one serving but the extra portions of flour mixture which will keep for a few days in the fridge. 

I might work on this recipe a bit more and maybe try using some chickpea flour in the flour mixture to make the color a bit more 'eggy'.