Hot Chocolate

9 Aug

Hot Chocolate is wonderful and warming. Give this recipe a try and if you enjoy it then make a double batch. Kept in the fridge, it will last a couple of days and you can then enjoy it hot or cold!

Serves 4

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of icing sugar

1/4 cup of cocoa powder

1 1/2 cups of mini chocolate chips

4 cups of rice milk (or dairy-free milk of your choice)

Optional: Marshmallows for topping.

Method:

Sift the icing sugar and cocoa powder into a bowl and mix in the chocolate chips

Heat the milk in a large saucepan and bring to a simmer

Whisk in the hot chocolate mix until it is melted and combined

Remove from the heat and serve.

Additional Notes:

If you do keep this in the refrigerator, then give it a stir before serving.

Make up the hot chocolate mix (minus the rice milk) and keep it ready for when you want hot chocolate. You can spoon into a hot much of dairy-free milk the ingredients so it becomes as chocolatey as you like!

Equipment Used:

Spoon

Measuring cups

Saucepan

Mug.

Gluten FreeDairy Free

Emma Alexander-Cook

My name's Emma. I've been living gluten-free for over 25 years, and I've been dairy-free for over five years.

Health and Auto-immune Diseases

I have auto-immune diseases and expected to be on medicine for the rest of my life, but I didn't want to live like that. My rheumatology Doctor was so supportive of the change I wanted to make, and with their help, I now manage my auto-immune diseases by being strict with my diet.

It can be quite frightening when you first find out you have to change the way you eat but for some of us' Food is our medicine.'

I have several websites, write blogs, and I'm currently in the process of writing a book.

I trained to be Holistic Health Coach, Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher and Certified Gluten Free Practitioner in order to heal myself, my family and others who find themselves on the same journey as myself.

Websites include:

www.emmaalexandercook.com

www.savemoneyfreezefood.com

www.livefreelovelife.com

www.cooksprojects.com

Photography

Our love for photography started on our travels. We wanted to capture images of the areas we travelled to both for our own records and for our family back at home. Some of these images were reproduced as watercolours. Our favourite images we display at home and friends often asked where we had purchased the pictures! Now you can purchase them online directly from us.

Coaching and Consultancy

Previously an IT Manager my skill set has come in very handy as I am both a Health Coach and also offer consultancy for small business starts up and fellow Health Coaches. This has included building websites and online profiles.

Our Family

Family is everything to me! We have a family of four boys where the age difference between the youngest and the eldest is 18 years. Two of our sons are also Gluten Free and Dairy Free. Emma is a Health Coach who specialises in helping individuals and families achieve their health and wellness goals. Ian runs his own business which began developing a Race Timer for diecast model cars.

http://www.glutenfreedairyfreefamily.com

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