Pumpkin Spice Latte

2 cups milk
2 Tbsp canned pumpkin
1-2 Tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 Tbsp vanilla
1/2 cup hot brewed coffee or 2-4 shots of espresso

In 2-quart saucepan, heat milk, pumpkin and sugar over medium heat until hot (do not boil). Remove from heat and stir in pumpkin pie spice and vanilla.  Froth it with your little Ikea frother-thing. :)  Divide coffee or espresso into 2 mugs and then divide milk mixture into the mugs. You can garnish it with whipped cream and more spice if you want, but it doesn't really need it.

This is originally from here. It's good...if you're a fan of the good ol' PSL! (And I kind of am.) AND...one serving of this is only 180-90 calories (with 2% milk) compared to 300 for a tall, which costs $3.75...think about it. Now go make it.

Lisa’s Fruit Tea (or as Larissa calls it “Ice Fruit”)

Brew 8 tea bags in 4 cups boiling water. Discard tea bags and stir in 1 ½ -2 cups sugar. Add 1 litre orange juice, 1 litre pineapple juice and ½ cup fresh lemon juice. Add water to make one gallon (like how I’m switching from metric to imperial and back again?) Chill thoroughly.

I use sweetened orange and pineapple juices, so I only use 1 ½ cups sugar (or less, sometimes), but if you have unsweetened juices I’m pretty sure you’ll want more sugar.

This is a very refreshing drink for a hot day.

Eggnog

Obviously, this takes longer than buying a 2 litre at IGA. Well, on the other hand, that could get kind of expensive and time-consuming for me right now... Either way, I think it's worth making it. It is soooo good.

In a heavy 2-quart saucepan, stir together 3 large eggs, 1/3 cup sugar and dash of salt until well mixed. Gradually stir in 2 1/2 cups milk. Cook over medium heat 10-15 minutes, stirring constantly, until mixture just coats a metal spoon. Remove from heat. Add 1 tsp vanilla. Refrigerate for 2-24 hours.

Just before serving, beat 1 cup whipping cream, 2 Tblsp icing sugar, and 1/2 tsp vanilla with electric mixer until stiff. Reserve some whipped cream for a garnish. Gently stir remaining whipped cream, 1/2 cup rum, and nutmeg (to taste) into chilled egg mixture.

Serve topped with whipped cream and a sprinkle of nutmeg. YUMMY!!!

If you don't have rum, or don't want to buy any, just use some rum flavouring. Also, I found it a bit thick and added some milk.