You’ve seen the ads, the celebrities with milk mustaches and their cute little babies…all proudly touting that they’ve “got milk?” Sure Mama has milk (no pun intended!)! But it’s more than just vital nutrition for growing babies and kids. Mamas sometimes forget that they need to drink their daily dose of milk too to avoid the on-set of bone disease. Especially pregnant and nursing mamas!! The California Milk Processor Board, recommends three glasses a day. That is a lot of milk to drink but there are tons of creative, yummy ways to incorporate more milk (= more calcium = strong bones) into your daily diet that even Mamas will appreciate.
Last week, Mama was invited to meet two-time United States Barista Champion, Heather Perry, who talked about how easy it is to make a yummy, yummy latte right at home for less than a dollar. Believe me when I say, it was the best thing I ever drank — the perfect blend of milk, coffee and syrup. So Mama won’t keep the recipe to herself…
Before you try it out…Heather also had these coffee tips to share:
- Always buy fresh non-ground coffee beans. Once the bean is ground, it loses it’s freshness and flavor. Grind your beans and use right away.
- Despite popular belief, don’t keep your coffee beans in the freezer. She compared it to meat. You wouldn’t take out chicken, defrost it then put it back in — would you??? So why would you do that with your helpless little coffee beans! Seriously, the flavor is sucked out each time you do it.
- Use your bag of opened coffee beans within one week or sacrifice the freshness of the beans.
- Enjoy making your coffee! It should be a fun, creative experience and don’t be afraid to experiment and make your own delicious latte flavors.
Creme Brulee Latte
Ingredients:
2 oz. espresso or choice of strong coffee (Heather recommends Klatch, her personal brand — she goes to South America and picks her own beans!!)
8 oz. steamed milk
1 oz. vanilla bean syrup
2 tbsp. caramel topping
Begin by brewing your 2 shots of espresso/coffee using either an espresso machine or a strong brewing method such as a moka pot
. Take a 10 oz. cup and lace the sides of it with 1 tbsp. of caramel topping. Then place the syrup at the bottom of the cup and top with the espresso. Heat your milk by steaming it using your espresso machine, or by slowly heating it up on the stove over medium heat, and then whipping it using an electric hand frother
until the desired amount of froth is created. Fill cup with heated milk and top with remaining caramel.
*Recipe courtesy of got milk? and Heather Perry.
Don’t like coffee? Check out gotmilk.com for tons of delicious smoothie and non-coffee drinks!
. Take a 10 oz. cup and lace the sides of it with 1 tbsp. of caramel topping. Then place the syrup at the bottom of the cup and top with the espresso. Heat your milk by steaming it using your espresso machine, or by slowly heating it up on the stove over medium heat, and then whipping it using an electric hand frother until the desired amount of froth is created. Fill cup with heated milk and top with remaining caramel.*Recipe courtesy of got milk? and Heather Perry.
Don’t like coffee? Check out gotmilk.com for tons of delicious smoothie and non-coffee drinks!
