Hot Cocoa Day

Milk or water
Cocoa
Dash of salt
Sugar
I think that's it for ingredients...haven't made it in awhile, but it's tasty and since it's so cold outside, well, it just sounded appropriate and good.

Get a pan, pour in some milk (or water), heat it up on low heat, so it doesn't burn. Throw some cocoa in with a tiny bit of salt and then sweeten it with however much sugar suits your taste. I don't measure anything, sorry, just do it by taste. Keep stirring until all the lumpiness is gone and it looks smooth and creamy.

Then, if you are feeling REALLY eager, add some whipping cream to the top.

Here's what you do for that:

Mix real cream with some sugar (very little) and a dash of vanilla. Mix it up, using a mixer. I don't even have a mixer, so I do it all by hand, and that takes longer. When it's of the right 'whipped cream' consistency, then stick it in the fridge for a bit.

Obviously, you COULD just take a spoon and eat it like that, but the point of adding the whipped cream to this recipe post of the day was to say, it's good ON the hot chocolate, so when it's all ready, add the cream to the top of the hot chocolate and perhaps, if you feel so inclined, a dash of cinnamon as well.

Voila!

Hot Chocolate Day.

Hummus---recipe of the day!

Ingredients:

garbanzo beans
fresh garlic
olive or sesame oil
salt/peppah'
cumin

Chop it all up together in a chopper. I don't measure anything, just go by taste/texture. I have to do 1/2 the can of the garbanzo beans, garlic, oil, etc... at a time because I have a little chopper.


And, that's what I am making at some point later today. It gives one major garlic breath, so beware of that. Like, don't eat it on your wedding day or anything. I like to eat it with triscuits or even just put it on a whole grain tortilla with turkey or just veggies. I am thinking it would be good with avacado, but I haven't yet tried that. It's yummy and since I have been craving it for awhile now, this is the recipe of the day.

KimC's Delicious White Chili Soup!

This is fab. and since there's been very little posting on this site lately, here's KimC's recipe that is so tasty. It's just "appropriate" fall cooking. Eat it with corn muffins, chips and guac., or whatever sounds good at the moment.

Here it is:

Chicken (I think you could use baked/ cut up tofu as well, but I know chicken is great with it)
Milk
Bullion
Green chili peppers
Enchilada sauce w/ green chili peppers (it's the green sauce)
Ro-tel or whatever diced tomatos w/green chili peppers
Black beans (drained)

In a pot, make a base with flour, butter and chicken bullion (approx. 3 cubes and adequate amt. of water). Add milk.

Stir fry/cut up chicken (whatever amt. you want in the soup) with chili powder, cumin and salt/pepper.

Pour chicken in pot.

Keep it on low/medium heat.

Add large can of enchilada sauce, green chilis and tomatos.

'Simmah' and enjoy!