Choco Coco Milk Recipe

I haven't posted in months due to the fact I was busy with school and moving into our new house. With that being said, I just finished my freshman year of college! Woo! Except I'm taking summer classes which start in a week...

I was also preoccupied with moving in to our house that has been building for 8 months. The move-in date coincidentally ended up being the week right before my finals, so that was fun. We're settled in for the most part now and am enjoying having my own room again and cooking and baking in our new beautiful kitchen, with more recipes coming soon!

I love cooking and baking and thought I would come back with a recipe perfect for spring and summer. We recently got a new blender, the Ninja Ultima Blender, and have been on a kick making all types of blended drinks from healthy veggie smoothies to iced chocolate milk. I have all these yummy concoctions in my head I want to try out. 

This recipe came about when I asked my sister, Sophie, what kind of drink I should make for us that included chocolate. She suggested chocolate and coconut milk, so I whipped up something quick and it turned out to be super tasty and she's been requesting it nonstop, even at 10 pm. 

This drink includes hot chocolate mix, cocoa powder, three kinds of milk, and ice. I suggest including a small, ripe banana into the recipe to make a thicker and richer drink (though I don't include one in the pictures).

       Blend together the milks, hot chocolate mix, and cocoa powder on high. Add banana, if  

      using and blend for a few seconds. Then, add the ice and blend on medium-high until 

      desired consistency is reached

              Add more ice and pulse in the blender if you want more of a frappe texture

                                                                        Voila! The Choco Coco Milk

 

Choco Coco Milk

Only has a handful of ingredients and can easily be altered. A frothy, chocolate-y, and coconut-y drink.
  

Makes approximately 3 servings

Ingredients  

·      1 Cup Dairy Milk*

·      1 Cup Almond Milk

·      ¾ Cup Coconut Milk

·      2 TBSP Hot Chocolate Mix*

·      1 TBSP Cocoa Powder

·      1 Banana

·      2 Cups Ice

Instructions 

1.     Pour the milks and the cocoa powder into the blender. Blend on medium-high (I     
        blended on power 7) for 30 seconds. Afterwards, add the banana and blend  
        again for a few seconds.
2.     Add the ice, pulse a couple times, then blend on medium (I blended between power  
        4 and 5) for 10-20 seconds, depending on your preference of texture.
3.     Pour into a decorative serving glass and enjoy!


Notes

*You can substitute any milk for the dairy and almond milk.
*If you don't have got chocolate mix, mix 1 TBSP cocoa powder with 2 TSP sugar. 
 

Austin

Weekend getaways are a great way to get a way for a bit. Absorbing the different vibes in different cities are one of my favorite things. I went on another weekend trip, this time to Austin. Austin seems to be a city everyone loves, from it's quirky shops to the music festivals, it's a must go.  Austin City Limits and South by Southwest are huge music festivals held there every fall and spring, now living near by I have to go to! While being there, we went to South Congress District to see the little eclectic shops and food trucks and Congress Avenue.

 

Moving!

I moved to Texas this past week with my family. We drove from Virginia to Texas, which was about a 23 hour drive. It sounds a lot worse than it really was, surprisingly. We stopped at a few places along the way. We drove through Virginia, which was basically all farm land, then Tennessee, we stopped in Alabama to have some BBQ, then drove through Mississippi. We also drove through Louisiana and decided we all wanted Po Boys, so we stopped to get some in Lafayette, Louisiana. After three days, we finally made it to Texas. 

I took some pictures along the way, so here they are!

We stopped in Alabama to eat some BBQ, but I forgot to take a picture. The next day we were in Louisiana and stopped in Lafayette to eat some Poor Boys at Olde Tyme Grocery. So good!