OK folks, it’s time for cozy winter evenings—snuggling up on sofas, with warm, fragrant drinks that fill you with good thoughts and cheer. Use this recipe to keep that holiday feeling for a while, or use it tonight as you ring in the New Year.

You’ll need:

· A litre of apple juice

· A litre of ginger ale or ginger beer

· Whole cloves

· Whole allspice

· Whole nutmeg

· Cinnamon bark or a cinnamon stick

·Dried lemon or orange peel

1. Put the spices (except the cinnamon) into a teaball. (Add or subtract amount for desired taste.)

2. Into a large saucepan goes the apple juice with the teaball and cinnamon. Bring to a simmer and add the ginger ale/beer. (You can float some of the dried peel or if you are really wild you can forego the teaball and let the bits fall where they may.)

3. Simmer gently uncovered (15 minutes or so) while the fragrance of spices drive you crazy with thoughts of holiday cheer and evenings with nothing more to do than read or watch a favorite movie while curled up in a comfy blanket.

4. Serve with gingerbread, gingersnaps or oatmeal cookies.

If you need to make this and leave it while you do other things, dump everything in the pot and let it simmer all at once. The scent is the same. “To your health”…

Cheers…

Prost…

Fisehatak…

Joy…

A Votre Sante…

Topa…

Salut(e)…

Pura Vida…

Na Zdravi…

Proost…

Tervist…

Kippis…

A votre sante…

L’chaim…

Pro…

Kampai…

Chukbae…

Sanitas bona…

Salud…

Skal…

Na zdrowie…

Budem zdorovy…

Slainte…

Gesondheid…

Maisha marefu…

Proscht…

Choc-tee…

Budmo…

Chia…

Lechaym…

Melanie Hack
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