Comments on: Hot Chocolate Recipe to Start the Season, and Other Favorite Drinks

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:18:39 +0000

Hot chocolate recipe looked interesting enough to keep, but printed on two pages with a lot of useless information! Would you format your recipes on a single page in the future and save a tree? Also intrigued with the foam design in the photo — how is that done? Thanks.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:17:42 +0000

a stick blender is like this one.

By: Earlene Appelhans

Earlene Appelhans — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:10:15 +0000

What IS a stick blender??

By: revalca

revalca — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:16:38 +0000

Good morning Rachel,

Thanks for your hot choc recipe,am preparing it now.
Your marvelous.
Godbless.

Revalca

By: smallnotebook

smallnotebook — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:56:37 +0000

Oh no Rachel! I should have added a blender warning. That’s happened to me before, but I didn’t mind the cleanup too much either.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:40:13 +0000

I just made your recipe for hot chocolate tonight. Yummy! I think I need a tutorial on using a stick blender, though. It didn't mix well in the pan so I put everything in a mug to blend, and hot chocolate flew everywhere! But what was left in my mug was so tasty, I didn't mind the cleanup. :c) Rachel's last blog post..Itty Bitty Pincushion

By: Kelli

Kelli — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:35:00 +0000

i make mochas for my husband and i a few times a week. yum! after halloween, i start adding peppermint syrup for the “holiday” season.

Kelli’s last blog post..Be My Friend

By: Chas

Chas — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:05:16 +0000

Rachel,
That question is a toughy… I like each one at different times, a lot of the times is just depends on my mood. Lately I have been having a cup of unsweetened apple cider, piping hot mind you , at night after I put the children to bed… it is SO wonderful and so relaxing and doesn’t give me a sugar rush or a caffeine rush either. I love this time of year and cider fits the bill PERFECTLY for me.
Love,
Chas

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By: jodi @ bpr

jodi @ bpr — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:04:56 +0000

yea – so happy I refound this post today – I thought I copied down your hot chocolate recipe yesterday (which looked delish!) and then last night realized I’d only gotten about half of it…glad I was able to still track it down!
thanks! can’t wait to try it!

jodi @ bpr’s last blog post..Blueberry Cake – Afternoon Delight

By: anabaer

anabaer — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:43:22 +0000

Dear Rachel,

I recently came across your blog. I bookmarked it and have visited it very often ever since.

Most of the things you write do strike a chord with me. I am a Portuguese free translator and subtitler, and live near Lisbon with my German husband, who works as a consultant, and our four cats.

We both come from extremely modest backgrounds, and after a rather hedonist and materialist twenty-something period, we are now enjoying frugality and simplicity more than ever.

We learned from our parents and grandparents that being thrifty is not the same as being poor – it’s a way of living fairly and meaningfully, as well as achieving your own goals. And it’s exhilarating and liberating in this world we live, where things seem to define people, instead of the opposite.

Congratulations on your blog; I might send you some of my recipes for frugality. In Portugal we still cook everything from scratch.
For the moment, I take Aggie’s cue and say: milk (cow or soy), honey and… cinnamon! Works for us…