Metabolism-Boosting Gingerbread Latte

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gingerbread latte

Ginger and Cinnamon are both excellent metabolism boosters and make a delicious combination in this gingerbread latte. Serve it hot or cold, it’s equally as delicious

Recipe Type: GF, DF, RSF, Paleo, V

Serves 1

Time 5 mins

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup coconut milk (or milk of choice)
  • (optional) 1-2 t coconut oil or coconut cream
  • 1 t spice mix
  • handful of ice cubes (for iced version)

Spice mix (place ingredients in a jar and shake up to mix, then store the jar in the pantry)

  • 30mL ground ginger
  • 15mL ground cinnamon
  • 10mL ground nutmeg
  • 5mL ground cloves
  • pinch salt

Alternatively, any amount of the above ingredients in the ratio:

6 ginger : 3 cinnamon : 2 nutmeg : 1 cloves

Method:

Warm:

  1. Place milk and spice mix in a pot on the stove over medium heat.
  2. Heat the mixture while whisking gently until it begins to boil then turn off the heat.
    1. Alternatively, spin milk and spices together in a milk ‘frother’ or steamer.
    2. Or blend warm milk and spices together in a blender or with a stick mixer.
  3. Serve warm.

Cold:

  1. Place ingredients in a blender (or use a stick mixer) and blend for 10 seconds.
  2. Serve with ice cubes.

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