C – Virgin apple hot toddy? Is that even a thing? It is when you don’t drink alcohol and you’re sick. It’s really just tea with lemon, honey, cayenne, ginger and apples heated and ready to drink. It really does help when you are under the weather. And, you don’t … Continue reading →

C – Good hot chocolate doesn’t come in powdered form. I didn’t know this until a few years ago. I always thought hot chocolate came from small individual serving-sized packets. Now, I know better. I didn’t know how easy it was to make hot chocolate. It’s just milk, half and … Continue reading →

C – We are celebrating the start of the holiday season with a week full of drinks. There is nothing better than going to someone’s house for a party or a visit and getting a special drink. Alcohol or non-alcoholic. Especially, for me, when it’s a good, non-alcoholic drink … … Continue reading →

C – I am surprised how much I like tomato juice … when I make it myself. My fiance turned me on to good tomato juice. His has is with a little vodka. I drink mine straight. It’s surprisingly delicious. But, I always hated tomato juice growing up. The only … Continue reading →

Update and Redux: C – Thyme lemonade and Summer. I have made this recipe a few times. It’s such a great way to use all those Meyer lemons that are still on the tree. Also, it might allow you to use a bunch of all the thyme growing in the … Continue reading →

C – Peach lemonade is my fiance’s favorite drink. Every year, we stock pile bottles and bottles of peach lemonade, so he can drink it year round. The peach lemonade brand he likes is seasonal. It’s not a year round thing. But, I am not a big fan of the … Continue reading →

C – What happens when you want to eat extremely clean? You start craving EVERYTHING BAD. My fiance requested for us to be on a probiotic diet for a little while. I was all for it. But, I knew it wasn’t going to last very long. A probiotic diet meant … Continue reading →

C – I wanted to call this a red, white and blue lemonade … but Nature just had to butt in. The strawberries had to seep into the water and turn the entire thing pink. Oh well, it tasted really good. I guess I don’t have to go back to … Continue reading →

C – Jim has been drinking bagged mint tea for years. He loves one in particular. I am just not a big fan of that particular tea. It’s dried mint with dried tarragon. There’s something off about it. I don’t think mint should taste like that. Jim disagrees and loves … Continue reading →

C – This thyme lemonade saved Jim’s life … kind of. Jim was working up quite a sweat assembling furniture. I could see his energy level and patience was going down fast. That illustrated instruction manual was taking a lot longer to read than he expected. I could see it … Continue reading →