Malted Cocoa Mix

We made this for Christmas gifts.  We doubled the recipe, which just might have been too much for my most ginormous mixing bowl.

This recipe is enough to fill five 1 quart containers.

25oz powdered milk
6 cups mini marshmallows
16 oz instant chocolate milk mix (like Quik)
13 oz malted milk powder (It will be in the same row as the chocolate milk)
1 cup powdered sugar
6oz powdered coffee creamer
1/2 tsp salt

Mix all the ingredients and store in airtight containers.

To serve, stir 1/3 c mix into 3/4 cup boiling water.

Cinnamon Coffee

To your normal coffee grounds in a standard coffee pot add:
1.  A few "dashes" of ground cinnamon
2.  One "dash" of salt
Brew coffe as usual.  This will make a sweet and flavorful coffee.  The cinnamon adds the flavor and the salt cuts the acidity of the coffee. You could also try using the ingredients separately.  I probably won't make this every morning, but it is a nice treat occasionally.

PB & J smoothies

A smoothie so thick it stands on its side!

I copied this recipe down from a website a while ago, and can't remember where it was from.  Zachary was a huge fan! Nathanael and I liked it a lot, too.  The other kids love smoothies, but didn't like the PB flavor in a smoothie.  (Go figure.)  I think it would make a tasty breakfast or lunch.

1 cup frozen strawberries
1/3 cup milk
1/3 cup apple juice
1/3 cup peanut butter

Blend up and enjoy!

(I made double, and it made 4 glasses the size shown above.)

Vanilla Coffee Creamer

 

I came across a recipe to make coffee creamer. It is super simple, takes about 2 minutes to make, and tastes so REAL. Not that I mind ummy, yummy fake creamer, but having pronounceable ingredients is always a plus as well. I was hoping it would be a frugal replacement to our regular creamer. I think the ingredients cost about $2 total, and didn't even fill my $3 coffee creamer container, so that didn't really work out. I randomly picked up the sweetened condensed milk at Target, though, so I'm hoping I can get it cheaper at Walmart or Winco next time.


Put the following ingredients into a sealed container and shake, shake, shake:
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 cups skim milk
1 T vanilla

UPDATE:
I found sweetened condensed milk at Winco for $1.09.  I also don't measure the milk anymore, but just fill the container all the way up.  It didn't seem too thin at all.  I figure that much milk to be about $.25, so with the vanilla that puts a 32oz container of creamer under $1.50. 

Monkey Milk

Seth loves to make smoothies, and this is always a favorite. Adjust portions as needed.

1 banana (frozen works best if you have any ripes ones you've thrown in the freezer)
Milk (maybe 3/4 cup per banana)
Spoonful of Quik chocolate powder

Blend and enjoy by your monkeys!

Coffee Creamers

In hopes of being frugal I have been making my own coffee creamers. They aren't the same as the liquid stuff, but a bunch cheaper, especially if you start with the Costco sized containers of the ingredients.

Toffee Coffee:
1 cup powdered coffee creamer
1/2 cup brown sugar
Combine and stir into coffee.

Vanilla creamer:
1 cup powdered coffee creamer
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Combine in container about twice the size, and then really shake it up. The vanilla does leave little chunks, but still dissolves fine.

I'm still looking for a good chocolate combo. The other day I was making the kids chocolate milks and stirred a little Nesquick into my coffee, which was pretty good, although did taste a little "kiddie."