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Homemade Hot Cocoa Recipe By The Cup

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We love hot cocoa in the winter and I find it easier to make it homemade.  Its a simple recipe and filled only with a few ingredients; as opposed to many of the “just add water” kinds.  Plus its just plain tasty!

Here’s a recipe for 1 cup.  Just adjust the ingredients for the amount of hot chocolate you need to serve your crew.

For extra fun you can make a bit of homemade whipped cream, natural marshmallows, or whatever toppings you enjoy with your mug of hot chocolate.

Really though, this homemade cocoa is just amazing all by itself too!  Hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix By The Cup
Recipe Type: Drink
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 10 mins
Total time: 15 mins
Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • 1 T cocoa powder
  • 2 T sugar
  • 2 T water
  • 1 C milk
  • vanilla (optional)
Instructions
  1. Combine cocoa, sugar, and water in a pot and heat on low stirring constantly.
  2. After about a minute or two add the milk and vanilla.
  3. Stir over medium heat until the hot cocoa is at a warm temperature. Don’t boil though.

 

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Homemade Classic Party Mix Recipe

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Every Holiday when I was a kid, there was party mix around for munching.  It’s so yummy!  I haven’t had it in years though as, well, I couldn’t find natural foods to replace those called for.

I can now though!

Annie’s makes an organic worcestershire sauce, you can replace the big brand cereal called for (which contains “BHT for Freshness” – Ick) with natural and organic alternatives and, that’s true for pretty much everything else called for as well now.  Yay!

Of course, they  make this stuff in bags now you can buy at the supermarket.  That’s even farther from all natural though and, doesn’t taste nearly as good as homemade party mix!

You can put your own spin on this homemade classic party mix recipe too.  For example, if you enjoy things a bit spicier, add some cayenne pepper and Tabasco to the butter mixture.  Or, if your adventurous, experiment with your favorite flavors and please, come back and share with us how tasty it all turns out!

And don’t forget, you can create pretty mason jars (great kids project) and add party mix for homemade, green Holiday gift that’s perfect for neighbors, delivery people, your kid’s teachers, and so many others!

Homemade Classic Party Mix Recipe
Recipe Type: Appetiser
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 1 hour
Total time: 1 hour 20 mins
Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • 3 cups Corn “Chex” style cereal
  • 3 cups Rice “Chex” style cereal
  • 3 cups Wheat “Chex” style cereal
  • 1 cup mixed nuts
  • 1 1/2 cup bite size pretzels
  • 1 1/4 cup bagel chips and/or melba toasts broken into 1 in pieces and/or plain Os (ie Cherrios)
  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons salt or seasoned salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 250
  2. Put cereals, nuts, pretzels, and bagel chips into a big bowl.
  3. Melt butter on stove top
  4. Add Worcestershire sauce, salt, garlic powder, and onion powder.
  5. Stir well.
  6. Now pour butter mixture over cereal mixture being sure to spread around as evenly as possible.
  7. Place seasoned cereal onto a baking sheet and place in oven for 1hr stirring every fifteen min.
  8. Remove from oven, allow to cool (or not!) and enjoy!
  9. Store in glass container or jar once thoroughly cooled.

 

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Veggie Enchilada Bake – A Vegetarian Recipe That’s Unique And Easy

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vegetarian recipe photo of enchilada bakeThis is a really yummy recipe for a vegetarian version of enchiladas that is layered together with ricotta and mozzarella cheeses for a unique Italian style twist!

This casserole is easy to make too!  But, don’t take our word for it,  try it tonight and see for yourself.

Vegetarian Enchilada Bake Recipe
Recipe Type: Main Dish
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 40 mins
Total time: 1 hour 10 mins
Ingredients
  • 1T olive oil
  • 2-4 cloves of garlic minced
  • 1 med onion chopped
  • 1 med bell pepper chopped
  • 1 C corn (fresh or frozen)
  • 3 C black and/or pinto beans
  • 1 can stewed tomatoes
  • 1/4 C cooking wine
  • salt to taste
  • pepper to taste
  • chili powder to taste
  • 6 tortillas
  • 1 C ricotta cheese
  • 1 C mozzarella cheese
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Saute garlic, onion and bell pepper in olive oil.
  3. Add corn, tomatoes and beans.
  4. Then pour cooking wine over veggie mixture.
  5. Now add salt, pepper and chili powder to taste (you can totally omit chili powder if you like too)
  6. Simmer until mixture is thickened, about 25 min
  7. Oil casserole dish
  8. Place a tortilla on the bottom.
  9. Put 2T ricotta on the tortilla and spread around to coat
  10. Spoon veggie mixture onto ricotta to make the next layer
  11. Then, top with mozzarella
  12. Keep going until you’ve used up all of the veggie mixture
  13. End with the mozzarella
  14. Bake until golden and bubbly – about 35-40 min

Don’t let all these steps fool you, this dish is easy to prepare; you can even assemble it early in the day then bake later in preparation for dinner if needed.  Try something new and different for dinner tonight and enjoy this yummy vegetarian recipe!