how to: make lavender hot chocolate

I hope its not too strange that my first post in a long while is about how to make lavender hotchocolate. I found the recipe and it was way too amazing not to share with all of you.

hot chocolate:

2 cups whole milk
3 ounces dark chocolate (70% cacao)
1 ounce milk chocolate
1/4 teaspoon lavender buds

whipped cream:

1/2 cup cold heavy whipping cream
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract or seeds from 1/4 of a whole vanilla bean pod
1/2 tablespoon granulated white sugar
For whipped cream, place cold cream, vanilla, and sugar into a cold mixing bowl. Beat the mixture with a whisk or mixer until stiff peaks form. keep refrigerated until ready for use.

For hot chocolate, heat milk and lavender over medium heat, whisking occasionally until the milk begins to simmer. Remove from heat and let lavender steep for 5 minutes. Strain lavender and return milk to saucepan. Over medium heat, add chocolate and mix until chocolate is melted and incorporated. Whisk milk mixture for 10-20 seconds until frothy. Pour into mugs or bowls and serve with a dollop of whipped cream.

p.s if you have the time, and i know you do, you should check out the website this recipe came from http://www.alamodejournals.com/

a yellow lemon tree

Happy monday. [gosh this picture is wonderfully hypnotizing] If i look at it for too long an intense craving for macaroons comes over me.

The wrath of winter is almost upon us. Thunder, lightning,days of rain, cold toes, red noses and sore throats. But luckily winter also means hotchocolate to warm cold hands, blankets to hide under and watch the rain, pretty scarves to wrap around cold faces and kisses to make you feel happier when you look like rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

its cupcake monday too. [but] the only baking that happened today was that of buttermilk rusks- which are pretty important for tea. Im sorry for the lack of real cupcakes today but according to captainjacksparrow drawings of things are better than the things themselves.

I am in comfort-food eating mode. [puts on excited face] which is why im going out to dinner with G now.

this song, is all i sing in my head when it rains:
I'm sitting here in the boring room
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time
I got nothing to do
I'm hanging around
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree

[dashes off to do hair] x

the november swing

[hello november]
where on earth has this year gone? all i have are memories, memories of pizza at the beach and wind and freezing lecture rooms and nervousness and studying and brown boxes and new places. which I guess are good memories to have.
in other news,i am sick. i hate being sick. I have to drink corenza c all the time whichwas probably used as a torture method 100 years ago. However lying in bed today gave me a chance to finish 'a room of one's own' which is such an amazing book.
[could i have 'marshmallow tuesday'? or should i leave that for someone else to do? at any rate. tonight is the perfect night for hotchocolate with marshmallows]

"Now my belief is that this poet who never wrote a word and was buried at the cross-roads still lives. She lives in you and in me,and in many other women who are not here tonight, for they are washing up the dishes and putting the children to bed. But she lives, for great poets do not die; they are continuing presences; they need only the opportunity to walk among us in the flesh." - A room of one's own

yay its almost wednesday. night children x

dear blog, im sorry i havent written

its been like this for 3 days now* im not complaining though :)

oh yes please:

those who think that sunshine is pure
happiness, have never danced in the rain*
night all
x

hello world, on this monday evening

well here we are again. except one week closer to the J&B Met :) its all so exciting. and i feel like id rather be in this picture than having to learn greek pronouns. isnt it such a magical picture??

Aaannd a little bit of glee on a monday isnt so bad :) it should be required*

Maryjane- heres your hot chocolate, i couldnt find candy cane that did justice to the picture :)and CUPCAKES! what a surprise :)

happy birthday my lovely sister. you are very special*

gosh
night y'all
x