Dairy-Free Maple Cream Custard Recipe (2024)

Fast and fuelling has been the name of the game lately, and these dairy-free maple cream custard cups have been filling that need for me. I made my first batch of these during my pre-natal meal prep frenzy as an easy make ahead, single serve snack that could be easily frozen and quickly thawed for those early days with the new baby.I am no longer in the early days with my baby, but time is never on my side it seems between balancing work and home life. These custard cups remain a staple. I love that they are rich in the most important fats — the ones that keep our brain functioning and our nervous system nourished.With this recipe I do a rare thing, which is to separate the egg white from the yolk. I set aside the egg whites and use them in pancakes, breads or muffins, measuring a quarter cup of egg white for every egg needed in a recipe.

Let’s start by establishing that egg yolks are nothing to fear. Dietary cholesterol does not cause heart disease. This we know for sure. For one thing, dietary cholesterol makes up only 15% of the cholesterol in our body, and the rest is produced by every cell. So most often when cholesterol levels are high, we need to explorewhy. Most often, cholesterol levels go up as a protective mechanism in the body – whether it be due to toxicity, free radical damage, dehydration, stress or any number of other reasons. Secondly, cholesterol is the parent hormone to all other hormones and we need this for optimal brain function, adrenal function, thyroid function, stress response, reproduction and postpartum, finding our hormonal equilibrium.This is important: high cholesterol can be an indicator of other issues in the body that can increase the risk of heart disease, but cholesterol itself is not the cause. It’s a symptom.Moving right along, let’s talk about egg yolks.Egg yolks containvitamins A, D, E and K and omega-3 fats. The yolks are also rich in folate and vitamin B12. And let’s keep tooting the yolk horn as they contain choline, a super fuel for the brain and theantioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin – both vital for vision.For this recipe, we’re combining those egg yolks with full fat coconut milk, along with warming, grounding spices making this custard the ultimate in comfort food, in every sense of the phrase.Print

Note: The recipe as written above is the one that I created and tested. Variations using agar, chia etc. have not been tested and therefore, I do not know if or how it will work. If you want to give your own modifications a try, let us know how it works out in the comments below.

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