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Comforting Hot Chocolate - the perfect cure to frost bite 

I have taken a trip South to the cooler parts of Australia, visiting Victoria.  We spent a bit of time in Melbourne and then headed up Mount Bulla to give snow-boarding a try.  We got VERY "lucky" with the weather and it was cold, and snowy!  With about as much elegance as a cat slipping on kitchen tiles, I took to the slopes.  I had A GREAT TIME, but yes, like any first timer I spent a lot of time on my bum!  And a lot of time holding my belly and trying to grab a breath while I laughed and laughed at myself and fellow first timers landing face first in the snow.

After a couple of hours I NEEDED to retreat to some warmth.  We slipped down the hill and pulled up at a place called Snow Pony, which is decorated with cattle hide on the walls and reindeer horns make up chandeliers.  A fire burned ... and like little moths we headed towards the glow!  The waitress came over to take our order, and the first thing that came to mind was: warm and sweet please. 

Our relationship with food extends to all occasions, but especially to special ones.  On this occasion, I decided I deserved a treat and endulged in a soya hot choccie which I sipped decadently.  It was  THE PERFECT CURE FOR FROST BITE! 

If you want a yum recipe for a nice hot chocolate drink:  this is the one I use

1 teaspoon cocoa (best you can find)
1 sprinkle cinnamon
1 teaspoon honey
1 pinch chilli
Mix the above with a quarter cup of boling water, then add that to a pot and stir in a cup of soya milk.
Stir and heat over  the stove until simmering gently.

Pour into your favourite mug and enjoy...

Back to the slopes with me...