Treat your mom all day by serving her these
special beverages for breakfast, lunch, dinner
and an evening treat! She will feel pampered
from morning to night!
Mom's Morning Tea
Ingredients:
2 cups boiling water
30 mint leaves
sugar to taste
1 tablespoon Earl Grey tea leaves
1 teaspoon English breakfast tea
Boil water, sugar and mint for about five minutes. Place
tea leaves into coffee thermos and pour boiled mixture over
the tea leaves and allow to infuse for 20 minutes, and enjoy
for your morning treat!
Spiced Cocoa
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups sweetened cocoa
2 cups boiling water
1/2 tsp cinnamon
3 cups milk
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 tbsp sugar
Combine cocoa, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar in a large
saucepan, gradually stir in water, and then add milk.
Heat slowly, be careful not to scorch. Serve the cocoa
hot with marshmallows or whipped cream.
Spicy Citrus Tea
Ingredients:
2 tea bags
2 cups of water
1/2 orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
sugar to taste
a dash of cinnamon
Pour the boiling water over tea bags, and steep for a
few minutes. Remove bags and add juices, sugar
and cinnamon. Either serve iced, or warm.
Cappuccino Cooler
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups cold coffee
1 1/2 cups chocolate ice cream
1/4 cup Hershey's syrup
crushed ice
whipped cream
In blender, combine coffee, ice cream and syrup.
Cover and blend until smooth. Serve over the
crushed ice, and garnish with whipped cream.
Makes 4 servings.
About the author
Brenda Hyde is editor of Old Fashioned Living, a freelance
writer, wife and mom to three children.
