Beverages | Eat at Home

Frozen Pink Lemonade

June 10, 2011 by Tiffany

Need a way to beat the heat this summer? This is the easiest thing ever.

Bake at 350 wrote a post about DIY Coke Icees that has been making the rounds of the internet. I decided to try it, but I used pink lemonade instead of Coke. I also made one with orange soda. I’m thinking any kind of drink would be deliciously frosty…

Sweet tea, green tea, white grape peach juice, root beer… Endless possibilities.

To make one, just use a counter top ice cream maker. Pour your beverage in. Turn it on and let it go for about 20 minutes or until it looks sufficiently icy. The End.

Happy Summer!

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Tea Basket

November 13, 2010 by Tiffany

If you don’t already have a tea basket, pull out a pretty bowl or basket and fill it with your favorite teas, cocoa and coffee mixes. It’s a simple way to do something nice for yourself. And when a friend stops by, you can offer the basket to them to choose and then visit over mugs filled with your favorite steaming beverage.

I hope you have time to sit and relax with a cup of tea this weekend.

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Steamed Vanilla Milk and Weekend Links

October 9, 2010 by Tiffany

Spilled milk.

Sometimes when I go to a coffee shop (not often) in the evening, instead of getting coffee I like to get steamed vanilla milk. They use the steamer on the espresso machine to froth warm milk and add a shot of vanilla syrup.

It’s easy to replicate at home. Vanilla syrup can be bought in the coffee section of the grocery store. Add a bit to a cup of milk and microwave it to warm. Then give it a good stir. I use a little battery powered whisk I bought at Ikea for under $2. You can see I got a little carried away with the whisking and made a mess.

Grab your favorite beverage and check out what I’ve found across the blogosphere this week. [Read more...]

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Frozen Hot Chocolate

March 31, 2010 by Tiffany

I decided to be fancy and drag out the wine glass to drink the frozen hot chocolate. It tastes good enough for a fancy glass.

I found the recipe on The Sporadic Cook. Julie got it from Hungry Girl. She used low-fat and calorie free ingredients. My ingredients weren’t as virtuous, but the result was delicious. I altered the recipe in a few other ways too. [Read more...]

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Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix

January 23, 2010 by Tiffany

I decided to make up a batch of homemade hot cocoa mix the other day. My mom always made this when my sister and I were little, but it had been a long time since I’d made any. I still have some Swiss Miss packets in the pantry, but the kids have been choosing this over the store-bought kind.

It’s really easy to make and you get a lot of mix with one batch. Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

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Warm Caramel Apple Drink

October 15, 2009 by Tiffany

Warm Caramel Apple Drink

Have you ever ordered a Caramel Apple Spice drink from Starbucks? You can make a pretty decent version at home for much cheaper and about half the calories. The fact that I’ve cut the calories in something just thrills me, because I’m not known doing that.

Pour apple juice into a mug. Add a cinnamon stick. Microwave for 1 1/2 minutes or to the temp that you like. Remove the cinnamon stick. Add a squirt of caramel syrup and stir it all up.

Starbucks version rings in at 310 calories. It has whipped cream on top, which I don’t add. My version has about 160 calories and no fat.

Often, I skip the cinnamon stick because they are expensive. I’ve also been known to pull the stick out and save it for the next cup. I’m not sure if this is a good idea or not, but I haven’t keeled over yet from it. Be cheap at your own risk A bit of cinnamon syrup would be the way to go here, but I don’t happen to have any.

Enjoy Autumn!

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Home Roasted Coffee Beans

July 25, 2009 by Tiffany

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For Father’s Day I bought my husband several pounds of green beans. No, not Del Monte canned green beans – green coffee beans. He really loves his coffee and a few years ago he started roasting the beans himself.

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Mixed Berry Smoothie

June 22, 2009 by Tiffany

smoothie-done

My oldest daughter has been on a smoothie kick lately. If “lately” can be considered the last few years. She loves smoothies and often makes them for herself. (Now, if I could just convince her to wash the blender.) Mixed berry is her most recent favorite.

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