Iced Vanilla Coffee

(phot by flickr user Kris Cohen)



Ingredients
2 teaspoons instant coffee
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
sugar or splenda (optional)
1 1/4 cups milk (low fat or other)


Directions
Add ingredients to blender. Blend until the ingredients are smooth and frothy. Pour over ice or put ice in the blender to make it more like a milk shake.

To make it chocolatey try adding chocolate syrup, chocolate chips, or oreos.

Spiced Chai Mix

(photo by flickr user waffler)

Ingredients
1 cup nonfat dry milk powder
1 cup non-dairy powdered coffee creamer
1 cup french vanilla-flavored non-dairy powdered coffee creamer
2 1/2 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cups unsweetened instant tea
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cardamom

Spice this up even further by adding 1 teaspoon each nutmeg and allspice, and 1/4 teaspoon white pepper. You may choose to omit the French vanilla creamer, and use 2 teaspoons vanilla extract instead. To do so, mix the vanilla into the sugar, let it dry, then break the sugar into small lumps. Follow the same procedure as above.

Directions
1:In a large bowl, combine milk powder, non-dairy creamer, vanilla flavored creamer, sugar and instant tea. Stir in ginger, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. In a blender or food processor, blend 1 cup at a time, until mixture is the consistency of fine powder.

2:To serve: Stir 2 heaping tablespoons tea mixture into a mug of hot water.

3:Store dry mixture in an airtight container.

Click here for orginal recipe link and nutrition facts.

I forgot to buy the powdered milk but I made the mix without it and just added it to regular milk and it still tasted fantastic. I also added the nutmeg and allspice. It is great hot or made as a chai milkshake. You can also lessen the sugar or substitute splenda.