In my attempt to re-create the Starbucks experience at home, here is my recipe for a pumpkin spice latté! If you don't have an espresso machine, you can easily make it at home by warming up the milk and spices in a pot on the stovetop and add some strong coffee (it tastes just as good without the coffee too). So yummy on a cold, damp, fall day!
3/4 cup soy milk/milk
1/8 tsp each nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon
1Tbsp puréed pumpkin
maple sugar to taste (brown sugar or sugar-free vanilla syrup work well too)
place all ing. in a large coffee cup, stir and steam until warm and frothy
Top with 1 shot of espresso.
Enjoy!
Today I bought my first pair of eco-friendly boots! Let me tell you, there is nothing better to make a girl feel radiant than a new pair of cute boots! Throw in the vital statistics of these "Tomale" boots by "Simple" and it is more than enough to take you from feeling radiant to down-right Goddessy:
Plus, they are made in California instead of China!
I got mine at "Shoes On Yates" downtown Victoria for $130...another store in town had them for $149. They are so comfy - it's like wearing slippers out in public!
1 cup lentils
1/2 cup barley
6 cups vegetable stock
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
2 carrots, chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
any other veggies (I like swiss chard or kale)
1/2 tsp oregano
1/4 tsp cumin
1/8 tsp chili flakes
salt & pepper to taste
add all ingredients to a large pot; simmer 1 hour
can be doubled
may need to add some extra water...it gets pretty thick some times.
