Warm from the Inside Out

I do like cold weather, but I like mine with precip - ice, snow, I'm not picky. I like to hear about everyone running to the stores for bread and milk. I like the idea of being holed up inside for a day or two, and just enjoying some old movies - okay - so it would have to be Disney movies now, but that's okay too. I like to say inside and bake bread and make soup, and store up fat for the winter... oh wait, mission accomplished. What I don't like is being cold in the house! Heat Pumps and weather as cold as we've had for the last several days do not mix! I also don't like wind that rattles the house, never mind my bones. Karen (Channel 2) says we're finally on the warm up, and she usually nails it, so that's good; however, I started my warm up yesterday with White Hot Chocolate and Peppermint Schnapps. Yum, Yum! It definitely warms you from the inside out, with the added bonus of slight appetite suppression, breathing easier through a stuffy nose, and it dulls the pain of listening to the Handy Manny toy tool truck repeating the same message 2,000 times. Below is Sandra Lee's recipe, or you can purchase the K-cups if you have a Keurig and then just add the schnapps... WARNING - this makes it dangerously speedy to concoct. Now, go warm up your bones, I am.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/white-hot-chocolate-recipe/index.html