'Tis the season!

Myles and I were having a cooking contest this morning. Main ingredient of the contest? Cranberries. Now, I'm sharing with you my winning recipe... I just came up with this recipe on the dot and it turned out super delicious!!! 

Cranberry-Balsamic Crumble

1 cup cranberries, halved

1/2 packet apple cider drink mix

1/4 cup water

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

2 tablespoons agave nectar

3 tablespoons oats

3 tablespoons brown sugar

3 tablespoons butter, chilled and cubed

Combine oats, sugar and butter in a food processor or blender. Pulse until it makes a crumbly powder. Set aside. Combine water and apple cider powder in sauce pan and bring to a boil. Add cranberries, balsamic and agave. Cook down for 5 minutes, stirring every minute. Transfer evenly to ramekins cover with crumble mixture and broil for 1 1/2-3 minutes until golden. Enjoy warm. 

White Peppermint Hot Chocolate!

Today is the first holiday recipe of this year!!! Love this drink, I will show you 2 versions on how to make it, depending on what you have. 

White Peppermint Hot Chocolate

Version 1:

1 cup milk

5-7 candy cane flavored HERSHEY'S® Hugs chocolates

Whipped cream and crushed candy cane bits (optional)

Unwrap the chocolates. Melt and place in  a mug. Slowly add warmed milk while stirring. Garnish with whipped cream and candy cane bits. Enjoy!

Version 2:

1 cup milk

5-7 squares of your favourite white chocolate

A couple drops of peppermint extract (depending on how much peppermint you like) 

Whipped cream and crushed candy cane bits (optional) 

Melt white chocolate with peppermint extract and put in a cup. Slowly add warmed milk while stirring. Garnish with whipped cream and candy cane bits. Enjoy!

Nailah's Note

You can substitute milk or dark chocolate for the white in Version 2. You can omit the peppermint in Version 2 for just White Hot Chocolate. For both variations, you can use any milk, like almond or soy. 

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Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate (filled with) Speculoos Cookie Butter!!! From my last currently snacking on, you learned that I kind of LOVE Trader Joe's Cookie Butter. I saw that they had a chocolate bar filled with this stuff!!!! It is awesome. That gingerbread taste from the cookie butter mixed with the dark chocolate, yes please! I love this. 

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So, my Mama recently went to Target and Trader Joe's!!! And got some delicious things!! At Target... There was some Gingerbread TWIX!!! I don't really know what those taste like because we aren't allowed to eat them 'till Christmas. But I DID try these amazing White Chocolate Peppermint M&M's!!! They are SO good! They taste just like my favourite drink from Starbucks, a white peppermint hot chocolate. And from Trader's we got this Speculoos Cookie & Cocoa Swirl. This is a toast spread that is TJ's cookie butter blended with like a nutella!!! It's really really good!