Naturally Frugal Living
Pumpkin Fudge is very popular in our house. The last time I was making it I decided to tweak the recipe a bit and add chai spices. I steeped Bigelow Spiced Chai Tea in the evaporated milk and then add extra spices to create a uniquely flavorful fudge recipe. Traditional Chai spices includes cardamon which can [...]
I was asked to make cupcakes for a party we attended last weekend. I wanted to create unique flavors without frightening the guests, so I choose to make chai latte cupcakes with Chai Spiced Frosting for one batch. They have a mild, but interesting spiced flavor. My daughter walked in as I was baking and [...]
If you are a regular reader, you know this recipe was inevitable. I think just about anything can be made better with chai spices. I love sweet potatoes. And I am still having fun playing with my Donut Maker. So Chai Spiced Sweet Potato Doughnuts were a natural. The only question is: Why did it [...]
This recipe caused a debate at our house. Our dilemna: Can you call a cake that contains tea, coffee cake? The one thing we all agreed on was that it was the best cake we have ever eaten for breakfast! You can find the recipe for Gluten-Free Chai Spiced Coffee Cake at Gluten-Free Flavor Full. Related Links: Homemade Chai Latte [...]
My family loves candied nuts. I love how easy they are to make! They make a lovely and delicious gift for friends and neighbors at the holidays. One of the things I like about giving them as a food gift is that they are easy to package. You don’t have to worry about cutting even [...]
If you have read my blog for a while, you will know that I love chai tea. I make Chai Lattes and I add chai tea and spices to anything I think I can get away with like sweet potatoes, pudding, and doughnuts. So it was only natural for me to want to try it [...]
Sometimes I amaze myself, like with these donuts. I love Chai spices, so I thought that steeping Chai tea in milk and then adding it to a vanilla doughnut recipe would yield delicious results, but I could not have predicted how well these doughnuts would turn out. You can find my recipe for Gluten-Free Chai [...]
When I am out with my 4 year old, people often tell me to “enjoy this time because they grow up so fast”. I just smile and say that I will. I know the years fly by because my oldest child is 21, but I also know that there are days that feel like an [...]
This evening I had a wild idea to make Chai Spiced Pudding, the only problem was that until tonight I had only made two types of pudding: chocolate and chocolate. I was a little leery of just removing the chocolate from my recipes because I wasn’t sure how much the cocoa or chocolate chips affected [...]
My daughter formed an addiction to Chai Lattes while studying on campus. I decided I could probably make a pot of tea for the price she was paying for one cup at the overpriced coffee store. Especially since latte is just Italian for milk and I can buy a half gallon of organic milk for [...]
