Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte with Whole {raw} Milk Fresh From the Dairy

With the holidays bringing seasonal flavors and scents and if you've been a frequent reader here, you know how much I LOVE all things pumpkin.  Starbucks makes a great pumpkin spice latte but the Starbucks in my area move onto Gingerbread and Peppermint lattes as soon as they can and pumpkin spice is no longer available after Thanksgiving.  So I thought I would try and recreate my own pumpkin spice latte at home.

I began with one cup of whole {raw} milk.  Now of course you can use 2% or nonfat milk but I use what we have on hand and that's whole {raw} milk.  And now that my kids are old enough for me to feel comfortable enough to feed them raw milk, it's what we drink. 

Heat it up the milk until it's hot.  I used the microwave.

For my recipe, I used a dash of French Vanilla creamer and some pumpkin pie spice.

And if you don't own one of these Aerolatte tools, you might want to ask Santa for one, because in the long run, it'll save you lots of $$ if you're a frequent visitor to Starbucks.

After you've heated the milk, use the Aerolatte, until the milk is nice and foamy.  The Aeorlatte is battery operated whisk which froths up your milk in no time......no need for an expensive espresso maker and steamer.

Add your one cup of milk to one cup of your favorite coffee, add a dash of the French Vanilla creamer and top with the pumpkin pie spice.    There you go!  I'll still go to Starbucks when I'm on the go, but for a special treat at home, I'll be putting my aerolatte to use.  Now, I wonder if I can find Gingerbread spice?  Is there such a thing?

I can honestly say, that I enjoyed my homemade version more than the Starbucks version.  Maybe it's the use of the whole milk compared to the 2% I normally order.  Mmmm, so creamy and sweet with a touch of pumpkin spice.  Such a treat.

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Happy Tuesday!

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Wicked Wednesday

Remember my Ikea shopping spree and my lunch at Chevy's last week when I took FULL advantage of having both my kids in school until 2:20 and 2:45 every Wednesday?  Well, I think Wednesdays will be named Wicked Wednesdays from now on.  Look what I did!  I had to run to the post office right after drop off and conveniently located next door, is a donut shop and this maple nugget was calling my name all the way from the parking lot. 

I really should not leave the house in the morning before eating breakfast.  I arrived home this morning at 6:45 a.m. from my boot camp class, checked email, showered, gave the kids breakfast, made both of them lunches to bring to school, took Chloe out - twice.  No time for breakfast.  But this needs to change.

Because this type of behavior needs to STOP!  Boot camp class or not.

Maple donuts have always been my very favorite,  the old fashioned or the maple bars - either one will do!

I could not eat the entire thing because I was getting a tummy ache. 















I was able to finish my whole milk, pumpkin spice Misto from Starbucks however.

Another thing to add to my favorite things of fall: Pumpkin Spice Misto with whole milk from Starbucks.  The best. 

Back at the house today, even with our 90-100 degree heat we're still enduring, things were looking a little more like winter.

Three huge stacks of firewood that equal 4-5 cords were split and stacked up to the side of our garage over the past two days. 

But not by me......or Dominic. 
This is the firewood that came from the poor old oak tree that split open last February.

We're off to a fun restaurant this evening for a fundraiser benefiting Bryce's school.  Until tomorrow!

Thank you for listening to my Wednesday confession :)  Did you do anything wicked today?

Happy Wicked Wednesday!

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