Healthy, Delicious, and Easy Hot Chocolate

    For this wonderful Christmas and holiday season, this week's post celebrates one of the greatest aspects of winter; HOT CHOCOLATE! And who says you have to give up this delicious treat if you are trying to eat healthy?  This recipe is incredibly easy and has a deep, rich flavor that is undeniably good!

First ingredient: Sugar- it goes downhill from there...

    When you drink this hot cocoa rather than the store bought powders, you are avoiding a great amount of unhealthy sweeteners, preservatives, and other ingredients.  Do yourselves a favor and choose the healthier, tastier alternative to the powders bought in the store.

If you read the label of your unsweetened cacao or cocoa, you will see one ingredient:  Cocoa

Click here to view my post on the importance of reading labels

Hot Chocolate

8 oz.  soymilk (almond or rice milk works too)
1.5 Tablespoons unsweetened cacao (or cocoa) powder 
2-3 teaspoons natural sweetener (agave, xylitol, sugar)

    Heat soymilk in microwave or stove until hot.  Mix in cacao powder and sweetener, stir until dissolved. Enjoy!