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]]>Cinnamon
Cinnamon is a great addition to almost every dessert, so it’s a perfect way to flavor your whipped cream. It’s also a great base for other whipped cream spice mixes such as chai spice or pumpkin spice which are yummy on pie, spiced cake, or especially on drinks!
Chocolate
Chocolate seems almost obvious, but it’s not that common to make chocolate whipped cream! All you need is a bit of cocoa powder and a little extra sweetener to make your whipped cream even richer and a perfect companion to any dessert.
Salt and Vanilla
A small pinch of salt and a splash of vanilla will make for whipped cream with a more flavorful sweetness which will both add to and enhance the flavors of your dessert. Vanilla and salt are both known for their ability to strengthen flavors that already exist in a dish, so the whipped cream will help do just that.
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]]>Ingredients:
For 3 servings, you’ll need:
- 1 cup of strong, fresh hot coffee (brewed in a moka pot for maximum authenticity)
- 7-10 ice cubes
- 1/4 cup brown or Demerara sugar
- A splash of vanilla
- Whipped cream or mascarpone
- Chocolate shavings
Instructions:
- Start by pouring your hot coffee into a freezer-safe flat-bottomed container.
- Then mix in your sugar and vanilla until dissolved in the hot coffee.
- Next, cool down the coffee by dissolving ice into it. Remember that this will water down the coffee, so taste in between ice cubes until the coffee is cooled and slightly stronger than you’d normally drink.
- Now cover the container and put the coffee in the freezer.
- Check on it every half hour for about 1 1/2-2 hours, each time mashing it and breaking up the ice crystals using a fork. Make sure that includes scraping the ice that forms on the sides!
- Once the granita looks like a bunch of small clumps of ice, put it back in the freezer for 20 minutes to solidify the small crystals.
- Serve by adding one or two scoops to a cup or serving glass, and topping with whipped cream or mascarpone. Top with chocolate shavings and enjoy!
- The granita can be made a day in advance—if doing so, you’ll need to take it out of the freezer a little before serving and break up the crystals again for the right consistency.
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]]>Honey
The number one food that’s healthy for your voice is above all, honey. It’s good to mix it into tea or hot water with lemon, ginger, and mint…but if you don’t want to drink something hot, you can instead make an iced drink that’s sweetened with honey and still get the benefits. Just make a small, strong batch of tea and mix in the honey, then add ice for a refreshing drink!
Shaved Ice
As usual, cold is very soothing to a throat that’s swollen, itchy, or irritated. Ice cream is a good solution but the dairy can make you phlegmy, which might affect your voice. Instead, try an ultra-cooling shaved ice dessert, or something similar such as granita, a slushy, or a snow cone. Yum!
Fenugreek
Fenugreek is known to have antifungal and antibacterial properties, as well as being anti-inflammatory! That means if you have any kind of infection in your throat it can help, and it can also help with inflammation.
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]]>Shakshuka
A Mediterranean/middle-eastern breakfast staple, shakshuka is like a stew where eggs are the star. It’s a sauce made of tomato, pepper, paprika, onion, and spices, with lots of flavors and often some serious spice packed in. But the crown jewel is the eggs nestled into the sauce, cooked to your personal preference of yolk-runny-ness. Mop up the whole thing with some nice crusty bread!
Omurice
This Japanese dish whose name is a shortening of “rice omelet” is meant to be made with things lying around the house, especially leftover rice flavored with ketchup and a beautiful omelet on top. It’s often served in style with beautiful technique at restaurants, but you can make it easily at home without the bells and whistles.
Turkish Eggs
This unique and yummy egg dish stars poached eggs swimming in labneh (a tangy middle eastern yogurt), olive oil, butter, and spices. Mop it all up with crunchy crusty bread for a delicious breakfast!
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]]>Rinse the Rice
Rinsing your rice will get rid of the extra starch coating the grains, which will help the pieces be more individual. Starch makes rice stickier and more glutinous, and it makes it go bad faster!
Toast the Rice
Toasting your rice with a bit of oil in the pan (toss it around a bit too) before you add water will not only add flavor but will help the grains stay totally separate and keep them from sticking together.
(@knife_fork_photo)Don’t Open It Too Soon
In order to make sure your rice cooks fully and properly, leave the cover on the pan for 10 minutes after turning off the heat. This lets the steam dissipate into the rice and it lets it set. After waiting the full 10 minutes (without taking the cover off to check on it! Be patient!) take off the cover and fluff up the rice with a fork. Remember, fluff, don’t stir, and enjoy!
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]]>Stir-Fried Chicken and Peanuts
This delicious home version of Kung Pao Chicken involves stir-frying your peanuts before everything else in order to infuse your oil with peanut flavor. Frying the peanuts will make them a little tender and add some nice flavor to them, while their flavor will in turn coat your other ingredients. Another tip is to, just before stir frying, coat your chicken pieces in cornstarch for a little crisp.
Awiesu
This Ghanaian snack is something like a cornbread-peanut donut. It’s made using cornflour, sugar, water, nutmeg, and of course…peanuts! You’ll make a dough and deep fry pieces of it, sticking on peanuts for some crunch and salt. It’s quick and easy, plus it’s totally vegan!
Peanut Tacos
For vegans missing taco meat and needing something to help fill that protein gap, one super-creative route is to fry up some peanuts with cumin and cayenne pepper as well as whatever other spices you like in your meat. Top with salsa and whatever you else you like, and enjoy this satisfying crunchy meal!
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]]>Smoothies
Bananas make the perfect base for smoothies because they create thickness and creaminess–but even better for that is a frozen banana! Since it’s frozen it will lend a similar quality to ice to the smoothie, making it even colder, thicker, and more refreshing. In general, smoothies are a great way to use frozen fruit because you don’t need to add as much ice to make the smoothie cold.
(@vital.qatar)Baking
It might sound counterintuitive, but the truth is you won’t always have time to bake at the moment you have ripe bananas and your banana bread cravings might not hit at a moment when you have some in the house! Luckily, if you’ve got some bananas in the freezer, you can simply take them out and bake banana bread, cake, or banana creme pie right when you want to.
A Healthy Frozen Treat
A frozen banana can actually make a great snack all by itself—it’s kind of a like a creamy, fruity popsicle. To make yourself a healthy alternative to an ice cream bar, dip the banana in chocolate and sprinkle some nuts or coconut on top and freeze it for a dairy-free sweet.
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]]>Home Frappuccinos
If you’ve ever seen those glass-bottled Frappuccinos in stores, you’ve probably been tempted to buy one just to have that Starbucks goodness to reach for right in your fridge. But if you’ve ever tried one, maybe you noticed—it doesn’t really taste like much more than sweet milky coffee! That’s because, as it turns out, it’s only the base: you need to provide the ice. Pour that baby into a powerful blender or food processor with a cup of ice and blend it to make an easy frozen drink right at home!
(@starbucks)Buy Your Own Syrup
If you have one or two syrups that you like to get pumped into your drink, the cost of your drink can start to add up. But did you know Starbucks sells bottles of their most popular flavors? To save some money, just buy a bottle and keep it wherever you drink your coffee. It’s cheaper and you can control the taste of your coffee more easily. Plus, if you’re just there for the flavor, you can buy your latte somewhere cheaper and add the flavor yourself.
Order on the App
If you’ve stood in line recently at a Starbucks, you’ve probably noticed there’s a separate section for “app orders” where drinks are placed before people are even present to pick them up. If you want to save yourself the hassle of waiting in the morning rush line and your local Starbucks is open on the inside (many are drive-thru only since COVID), get the app and order before heading there. It’s a little like ordering takeout!
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]]>Stir Into Mac and Cheese
Known to some families as a classic “hack”, there’s something about the spicy, tomatoey goodness of salsa that just kicks macaroni and cheese up a notch. Whether you’re eating boxed mac or homemade, salsa can add flavor as well as more nutrients thanks to its vegetable content.
Simmer it With Scrambled Eggs
A common easy Chinese breakfast dish is “tomato and egg”, which uses some mirin and soy sauce and is served over rice. It’s easy and delicious, and you can make a “Mexican” take on the dish by using salsa instead of tomatoes and skipping the umami ingredients.
Cook Meat in It
Salsa is kind of like a one-hit simmer sauce, ready-made for cooking chicken or fish to lend them some extra flavor. You can then spoon some salsa on top for an easy and healthy topping.
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]]>Your Favorite Black Tea
The classic milk tea is made with a regular bagged or loose-leaf black tea, and that’s for a reason: black tea lends a consistent flavor that pairs perfectly with sweetener and milk. If you like your tea no-frills, no-fuss, and impossible to get wrong, use your favorite black tea.
Chai
The chai latte has made its way into the mainstream cafe fare and a chai milk tea is essentially an iced chai with fewer steps. Simply use your favorite chai masala teabags or looseleaf tea mix as the base. If you don’t have a pre-made chai, you can use regular milk. While the tea is steeping in hot water, mix in ground cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves as well as sweetener.
Earl Grey
For a classic “London Fog” drink, use Earl Grey tea and a splash of vanilla extract as your tea base. The bergamot and vanilla mix for a super unique flavor.
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