Category: Beverages
Creamy Avocado Smoothies {& Saving Recipes!}
| April 25, 2012 | Filled under Beverages, Breakfast, Desserts, Fruit, Light, Vegetarian or Vegan |
I’ve hinted at it here and said it without saying it there, but since the beginning of the year I’ve been working on a lot of fun, recipe related projects. The biggest one is that I’ve been working with General Mills as the newest blogger for their healthy recipe site, Eat Better America. Since January, I’ve been sending them about one new recipe a week. Then I sit back and wait, and wait, and wait fo them to be published. The have a pretty intense editorial calendar and I knew going into it that there would be a long delay before my recipes went up – I was making “spring” themed recipes in February – but it was still hard to be patient.
Well, my first post is finally up – a green smoothie just in time for Earth Week! This isn’t your typical green smoothie though. I left the spinach and kale in my salads where they belong, and added an avocado instead. Read More
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Gingerbread Café au Lait
| November 1, 2011 | Filled under Beverages, Winter |
I had to laugh when I found out that Calphalon was sponsoring this month’s Kitchen Play event and wanted me to make a drink recipe using their 12 cup quick-brew coffeepot. As I’ve discussed on this blog before, I’m a pretty serious coffee fanatic – if there’s one kitchen appliance that I’m familiar with, its a coffeemaker. (Looking around my kitchen, I can count at least 6 different ways to make a cup of coffee!)
Once the laughter subsided, I turned to panic. They wanted me to make a drink. With coffee. How on earth was I going to turn that into a recipe worth posting here? Read More
Gingerbread Café au Lait
Serves 4
Total Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
These warm, spicy drinks are perfect for autumn and winter entertaining. Serve them on their own or alongside apple pie or ginger-coconut bark. For an adult version, try adding a splash of bourbon to each glass.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup White Sugar
- 1/4 cup Water
- 2 Tablespoons Light Brown Sugar
- 2 inches of Fresh Ginger, peeled and sliced very thinly
- 1 stick Cinnamon
- 5 whole Allspice Berries
- 5 whole Black Peppercorns
- 1/2 cup Skim Milk
- 1/2 pint Heavy Cream plus 2 Tablespoons White Sugar
- 4 cups Strong Coffee
- 1/4 cup Bourbon (Optional)
- Additional sugar for serving
Preparation
- Combine the sugars, water, ginger slices, cinnamon, allspice berries, and peppercorns in a small saucepan set over medium heat. Bring to a gentle simmer, stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved. Reduce heat and let simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let steep for 1 hour. Remove the cinnamon stick and ginger slices, then filter the syrup through a coffee filter to remove the remaining spices. (At this point, the gingerbread syrup can be transferred to a small bottle and kept in the refrigerator for several weeks.)
- Add the milk to a saucepan and warm over low heat – do not allow the milk to boil. Meanwhile, whip the cream and sugar until it forms soft peaks.
- Combine the coffee, warmed milk, 4 Tablespoons of gingerbread syrup, and bourbon (if using) and divide between four glasses. Add sugar to taste before topping each serving with whipped cream.
- Serve immediately.
Calphalon is also sponsoring a wonderful giveaway at Kitchen PLAY. Simply recreate any one recipe from this month’s Progressive Party, post about the experience on your blog and provide a link to your post on Kitchen PLAY to enter. All qualifying bloggers in each course will be entered to win a Calphalon Kitchen Electrics prize valued at $100 (6 prizes total). The deadline is November 30, 2011. Please review the complete contest rules before entering. Good luck!
In exchange for participating in the November 2011 edition of Kitchen Play and writing this post, I received a Calphalon coffee pot and a waffle iron. I did not receive any monetary compensation. All opinions are my own and all recipes are original.
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