Cub's Hot Milk

Cub loves hot chocolate, no doubt about it, Don't most kids (and most adults)? But what Cub really wants to drink is 'Hot Milk'. I think I made it for him the first time when he was about 2 and it's been his favorite ever since.

It's pretty simple to make, I imagine most of you have made it once or twice.

Take your nice heavy saucepan, put it on the burner over medium heat. Add the following ingredients in no particular order.

• 2 Cups Organic Whole Milk
• 1 Cinnamon Stick broken up
• 3 TBS Honey
• 1 TSP vanilla Extract
• 1 Cardamom Pod broken open, let the seeds float in the milk

Heat the milk to just a bare simmer, don't walk away from the stove, stir the milk, smell the delicious aromas.

Pour it into your favorite mug, the one you found, you know ... the one with the chip in it, the one you reach for on lazy Sunday mornings. Pour the milk in through a sieve to get out all the 'bits' and grate a bit of nutmeg over the top.

Enjoy ... when the others ask you what you're drinking, just point them toward the saucepan and share.