Hanamachi Lights: Bento & Food » Beverages http://hanamachi-lights.org Faith's Faboulous Bento and Food Blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:55:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Nice Moment http://hanamachi-lights.org/2009/11/04/a-nice-moment/ http://hanamachi-lights.org/2009/11/04/a-nice-moment/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:04:35 +0000 Faith http://hanamachi-lights.org/2009/11/04/a-nice-moment/ I’m actually having a nice moment for once. Warm and fuzzy, even.

I’m sitting here at my very own computer, listening to 1940s Christmas
music (hate Christmas, love Christmas music) and sipping some delish
but super cheap instant cappuccino from a mug with a finch on the
side.

I never have these little moments, which is why this is such a big
deal for me. I feel… calm. Zen, if you will, and in the mood for
another cup of dessert coffee. :)

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To be honest I didn’t check out the terms and conditions yet, so I have no frigging clue if this offer is about to expire or not, but either way it’s worth signing up since right now it seems to be going strong!

Speaking of tea, I have to force myself to stop blogging because ( yes, I am nothing if not timely ) the tea I’m steeping will get bitter if I don’t get into the kitchen and do something about it, lol!

To get your FREE SAMPLE of Oregon Chai Tea, CLICK HERE and fil out their form completely. Make sure you always read privacy policies!

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Recipe: Coconut-Chai Iced Tea

Summary: FOR Natalie! One of my favorite treats, and very simple to make, here’s what you need:

Ingredients

  • 1/2 C Boiling Water
    1 Bag Green Chai Tea
    1/2 C Unsweetened Coconut Milk
    1 T Sugar

Instructions

  1. Steep tea in boiling water for 3 minutes, until it’s very dark, before dunking (several times) and removing tea bag (do NOT squeeze, as it will make tea bitter).

    Pour your coconut milk into a clear glass and add your sugar, mix well. Now you want to put a spoon upside down in your glass right over your milk but not touching it. Slowly pour your tea over the back of your spoon, rocking the spoon back and fourth, to keep the tea and milk from mixing. Add ice if desired.

Cooking time (duration): 5

Number of servings (yield): 1

Meal type: cocktail

Culinary tradition: Thai

My rating:4.0 stars
****

Copyright © Original Recipe by Faith Bowie, May Be Republished With Credit.
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Trying this one more time – my plugin made my related posts go haywire! Had a great dinner of fakey bento proportions. We only had $1.50 to our name so instead of buying things we need, we hauled off and bought cookies which we had with warm milk tea. Mine are in my Buffalo Wings take home container, which works as a sort of not so cute bento but fun none the less!

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On top of that the taste is amazing! It’s got a nice, full, round body to it – like grape juice. And a bit of acidity, but you can definately taste the raspberry flavor, which is nice and full like a concord grape. It’s very satisfying, we plan on getting it every Schwan’s day because it’s just deicious.

This week, however, we didn’t have much cash so we blew $11 on two bags of frozen seasoned curly fries – definately worthwhile!

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As far as I know, regular vanilla ice cream should work but you shouldn’t use regular root beer. They use what tastes like root beer flavored ice with the ice cream, the reason I like this better is because it makes it easier for me to judge how long to put it in the microwave, and even better how long to freeze it so it’s solid enough to pack in bento. I figure if I make them big enough to fit in my hello kitty thermos, I can just pull one out of the freezer, pop it into the thermos and go and it’ll melt over the course of the day and by the time I’m ready to have bento it’ll be nice and melty but still cold if I play my cards right.

I’m gonna try it with that home-made root beer packet drink they sell at WalMart, double-strength, and see if it works. If it does, I’ll let you know!

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I’m trying to get more water into my diet and, since the way I make miso is very weak ( I’m still not used to the stronger versions, because I can’t really guage how much of what to use, lol. ), I figured it would be a good way for me to deal with the horrible Missouri toilet water that comes out of the tap. I filter my heart out as it is, but it doesn’t seem to make too much difference in taste, and I’d like to find as many variations on getting that water into my system as possible without gagging on my own tongue, lol.

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