Christmas Morning Drinks- Eggnog and Hot Chocolate

Christmas morning, we have sourdough cinnamon rolls or sticky buns.  I make them the night before and allow them to rise overnight in the fridge.  I also make these two drinks and stash them in Mason jars in the fridge.  Christmas morning, when everyone gets up, I pop the cinnamon rolls in the oven and pour the hot chocolate into a pan and put it on the stove on low.  By the time we’re done opening gifts, breakfast is ready to eat.  I really prefer it this way because it doesn’t require time in the kitchen to get a memorable breakfast made, knowing I’ll spend the afternoon in the kitchen cooking our big meal to eat around 1pm.  The kids feel like they’ve gotten a special treat but it didn’t put me behind and make lunch late and we got to eat breakfast instead of a hurried brunch so the big meal could be served in time.

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Hot Chocolate

From the Christmas Menu Mailer

2 cups water, unsweetened almond or rice milk or dairy milk
¼ cup cocoa powder
¼ cup honey (or stevia, rapadura or a mixture, to taste)
2 cups (1 can) coconut milk or dairy cream
1 tsp vanilla

In a saucepan, pour a small amount of the water and whisk in the cocoa powder until smooth. Whisk in the rest of the water, honey and coconut milk. Heat over medium-low if using raw dairy, whisking occasionally, until the milk is as warm as you’d like. If you’re not using raw dairy, heat over medium until the mixture comes almost to a boil. Remove from heat, whisk in the vanilla and serve immediately.

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KerryAnn Foster runs Cooking Traditional Foods, the longest running Traditional Foods Menu Mailer on the internet, now in its seventh volume. KerryAnn has eleven years of traditional foods experience and is a former Weston A. Price Foundation chapter leader.  Read about KerryAnn’s journey to health through multiple miscarriages, celiac disease, food allergies and intolerances, obesity, adrenal fatigue and heavy metals.

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