Clare's Sweet Mint Hot Chocolate

As it's getting colder, we can enjoy hot beverages again! Clare is sharing a delicious recipe with you, so you'll be prepared for winter, or to try already.

Sweet Mint Hot Chocolate

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What you need for a warming drink before winter sets in:

50g of dark chocolate ❣ 250ml of milk ❣ a couple of hardboiled mint sweets (like Fox's Glacier mints or similar!) ❣ sugar!

What to do:

Bring the milk to boiling point in a pot and add one or two of the mint sweets, depending on how minty you'd like the drink to be. Stir on a high heat setting until the sweets melt and mix with the milk. ❣ Bring the heat down and grate the dark chocolate in until it melts ❣ Stir in some sugar to taste (you won't need too much as the sweets would help with sweetening!) ❣ Serve in a cute mug while wearing a thick knitted cowl and some mittens ;)

Alternatives : Instead of mint sweets, try clove or cinammon...or any hardboiled sweets! I highly recommend trying caramel and mint together!

You should also pop over to Clare's blog Borderline, as it's always filled with amazing posts! And if you haven't already, you would also want to check out the PhotoShop tutorial she did here earlier this month.

Feel Good Food: Banana Almond Shake

A few days ago I figured out a new drink, I think it's delicious and it was high time for another recipe!

It's a banana almond shake and goes so well with the cake below. It's just a little sneak peek but I'll post the recipe of the cake soon.

Ok, what you'll need for the drink: (serves 2, or 1 huge glass if you'd prefer that)

-almond milk

-1 banana

-1 stem ginger ball in syrup

-a little bit of cinnamon

-2 to 3 tbsps oat meal

Now I don't really know the exact amount of almond milk, but if you'll put in all the ingredients and fill it up with the almond milk until it's enough to fill two glasses you'll be golden.

I really like this drink and love the foam layer on top too, it makes me think of cappuccino(maybe I should try if this can be served hot?).

I'd love to...

>finally try to make and then taste a rootbeer float

>spend lots of time relaxing outside now the weather is nice

>paint and draw trees more often

Just a Little Update

Tomorrow I'll be going to an event I won tickets to. It's at this sort of beach they created in the city, very near to my house actually. The event in and of itself had me excited already, but what I'm most looking forward to is the goodie bag. I heard there will definitely be one and I can't wait to see what's in it. I'll keep you updated;)

P.S. I found another cute item to add to the giveaway, which will be quite soon.

Just a Little Update

I've been wanting to show you this picture. My mom had made me Milo, which is quite similar to hot chocolate. She put some foamed milk on top of it and somehow it turned out into this perfect heart:

Today has been a busy day. I am working on a custom order and had to go to the supply store. I'm hoping to make lots and lots of new bookmark designs soon. In eight days I'll be done with my portfolio, and even though I still have other stuff to do I will try to create all the designs that are now floating through my thoughts.

Here's my latest design by the way. You can see more pictures of it here if you'd like.

This weekend I'll try to plan our holiday. I am very excited and know it'll be fun, but it's hard to decide what would be best.

Do you have your holiday planned yet?

Feel Good Food + Recipe

Bagels are getting more and more popular here and I am loving it. There's a bagel place quite close to my home that I visited today. Apart from a bagel I ordered a nice drink made with carrots, oranges, ginger and royal jelly. It was delicious.

When I got my food I was too excited to take pictures, I'll try to keep that in mind, so you don't have to see my half devoured food next time. But it was just too good to wait! Here's the bacon, goat's cheese and pine nuts bagel.

The past few days have been filled with delicious food and drinks. I even tried out a new idea for a smoothie.

After working out I'm always a little hungry and one of my favorite things to make is a smoothie. Often with bananas and sometimes strawberries too, but yesterday I made one that's a little more exciting.

For two large glasses you'll need:

Milk

2 tablespoons of Yoghurt

a handful of Strawberries

a handful of Blueberries

1/3 Mango

1 Banana

2 teaspoons of Coconut shavings

4 overflowing tablespoons of Oatmeal

1/4 teaspoon of Cinnamon

First off put the oatmeal, coconut and cinnamon together in a glass, fill it up with milk, stir it a little and let it sit there.

Cut the fruit up into smaller pieces and put them all in the blender. Add the yoghurt. And then the oatmeal etc. Fill it up with milk till about 75 cl.

Voila! Push the button and you are done.

Feel Good Food

My dad once ordered a cappucino and they made him a really pretty one. It was the first time I ever saw it, so I watched how they did it and later tried it myself and it wasn't that hard. Turns out there are quite a few coffee artist; I'll show you some cute ones and a little video from which I think you should be able to learn it.

This is similar to what I can do and is probably seen most often.

I have no idea how you could make something out of milk that looks so lifelike.

This one is cute as well and would make a lovely mikshake for kids if that's possible, I do think it can be done.

Last but definitely not least, it might even be my all time favorite, it's so lovely:

And here's the video with lots of patterns to try:

Feel Good Food

Some people don't like it 'cause of they jello-like pieces in it, but I love aloe vera drinks. Even though there are so many flavors I have to say I like the original best. I've had peach, mango, banana, strawberry, grape which was suprisingly good, lemon and kiwi. I recently bought coconut and guave, but have yet to try them. As we speak I'm trying tamarind for the first time, it's really spicy, didn't expect that. It might take a little getting used to, but it's not bad.

The bottle claims it's good for you, but then again some people say it's really bad for your health. I don't know what to believe, but I drink it because I love it.

It's really good with fravoured rice crackers by the way.

If you tried a few yourself, what's your favorite? Got any tips?

Feel Good Food

It's hard to get around here, but it's worth the struggle. From the moment I first tried it, bubble tea has been one of my favorite drinks. It comes in so many flavors and it's like food, ice cream and a drink in one.

I'm always afraid I'll choke on one of those tapioca pearls, but they do taste good.

It's very popular in some countries, but not yet discovered in others. This might be a love it or hate it kind of drink. But if you haven't tried it yet, you should go taste one for yourself, especially if you're a sucker for japanese food as well.

I hope you like it!