This morning we had temperatures in the upper 30s which warranted our new favorite our-cow-is-dry-so-we-have-no-milk drink. Hot cocoa made with dry milk powder.
Hot Cocoa Mix:
1/3 cup THM gentle sweet or powdered Monk Fruit sweetener
1/3 cup cocoa
1/4 cup A2/A2 milk powder
1/16 t. Himalayan Pink Salt
Combine and mix well. Add 2 T. to a mug and top with hot water. We don’t do super sweet at our house, so if you would like your cocoa sweeter, just increase the sweetener to your liking.
We warmed our water on our wood cookstove, topped our mugs with Dandies marshmallows (again no cream for whipping), and began our homeschool day together.
As afternoon approached, our temperatures were climbing into the 80s. This called for fresh-squeezed lemonade sweetened with honey.
Honey-Sweetened Lemonade:
1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 cup honey
5 cups of ice water
Combine lemon juice and honey into pitcher and stir until honey dissolves. Add water and chill in refrigerator or serve immediately.
We tackled our science lesson on the front porch with a ice cold glass of lemonade and a handful of cats lounging and napping all around us.
What I’m Diffusing:
My favorite essential oil site oneessentialcommunity.com
California Coast:
2 drops cedarwood
2 drops orange
2 drops lavender
1 drop spearmint
1 drop frankincense
What I’m Wearing:
Happy Mama:
1 drop each
Peppermint
Patchouli
Lemon
What I’m Reading:
Anne of Green Gables-L.M. Montgomery
We are praying for rain here as we are as dry as we can possibly be here. My early garden is planted and growing, just waiting for some April showers. Hope your day is filled with simple pleasures too!
A Simple Prairie Life 