8 Skinny Winter Drinks to Keep the Chill Away

1. Hot Maple Apple Cider

• Cuisine: American;
• Category: Drinks;
• Serves: 2;
• Prep Time:10 min;
• Cook time:2 hr;
• Nutrition Per Serving: 226;

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds organic sweet apples
• water
• 2 teaspoons stevia extract
• 1 teaspoon pure maple extract (or vanilla)
• 1 cinnamon stick
• low calorie whipped topping and maple syrup, optional

Directions:

Start with apples. Clean them, cut and remove the seeds and the core. Put the apples, stevia, cinnamon stick and maple extract into a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, let simmer for 2 hours or until the apples can be easily smashed. Pass through a sieve, and serve warm with topping and maple syrup.

2. Skinny Hot Cocoa

• Cuisine: American;
• Category: Drinks;
• Serves: 2;
• Prep Time:2 min;
• Cook time:5 min;
• Nutrition Per Serving: 292;

Ingredients:

• 2 cups plain water
• 2 tablespoons raw cacao powder
• 1 teaspoon raw maca powder
• 1/4 teaspoon organic stevia extract
• cinnamon
• almond or coconut milk, optional

Directions:

ring water to a boil in a saucepan and pour it into a tall mug with cacao and maca powders. Stir thoroughly for 20 seconds. Then add a bit of almond milk, cinnamon and stevia and stir it again. Drink it while it’s hot.

3. Pumpkin Spice Latte

• Cuisine: American;
• Category: Drinks;
• Serves: 2;
• Prep Time:2 min;
• Cook time:5 min;
• Nutrition Per Serving: 323;

Ingredients:

• 3 shots espresso or 16 ounces brewed coffee
• 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• 2 tablespoons pumpkin puree
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 drops liquid stevia (or 1 teaspoon powder extract)
• sprinkle of cinnamon, optional

Directions:

ix pumpkin and almond milk in a cup and cook in your microwave for 35-45 seconds. Add in pumpkin pie spice, vanilla extract, and stevia, and foam the milk using a frother or blender. Pour your coffee into a mug, add the foamy milk mixture and sprinkle with a little bit of cinnamon. Your skinny pumpkin spice latte is ready.

4. Peppermint Mocha

• Cuisine: American;
• Category: Drinks;
• Serves: 2;
• Prep Time:2 min;
• Cook time:5 min;
• Nutrition Per Serving: 440;

Ingredients:

• 2 cups brewed organic coffee
• 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1 tiny drop pure peppermint extract
• ½ teaspoon pure stevia powder extract
• 1/2 tablespoon raw cocoa powder

Directions:

Pour almond milk into a big mug. Brew coffee as usual. Once your coffee is fully brewed, add it to your almond milk and stir in peppermint extract, raw cocoa powder, and stevia. Keep stirring for 40 seconds or until your mocha is ready.

5. Chai Tea Latte

• Cuisine: American;
• Category: Drinks;
• Serves: 2;
• Prep Time:5 min;
• Cook time:15 min;
• Nutrition Per Serving: 240;

Ingredients:

• 2 cups unsweetened almond milk
• 2 chai tea bags
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon pure stevia extract
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Directions:

In a saucepan, heat your almond milk with chai tea bags, vanilla and stevia. Once it begins to bubble, remove the saucepan from the heat and carefully pour into mugs. Sprinkle with cinnamon and add a foamy milk. It takes a few minutes to make.

6. Hot Cranberry Ginger Punch

Even though this winter drink contains sugar, one mug of Hot Cranberry Ginger Punch won’t ruin your weight loss plan and won’t make you put on weight instantly. It’s delicious, cozy, and simply inspiring. If you are on a strict diet, you can use stevia instead of sugar.

• Cuisine: American;
• Category: Drinks;
• Serves: 2;
• Prep Time:5 min;
• Cook time:20 min;
• Nutrition Per Serving: 335;

Ingredients:

• 1 quart cranberry juice
• 1/3 cup lime juice
• 1/4 cup fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1/3 cup sugar

Directions:

In a saucepan mix together ginger and cranberry juice. Bring to a simmer and cook for 18-20 minutes. Add lime juice and sugar to it. Simmer for another minute, stirring thoroughly until sugar is fully dissolved. Serve hot.

7. Matcha Latte

• Cuisine: American;
• Category: Drinks;
• Serves: 2;
• Prep Time:5 min;
• Cook time:7 min;
• Nutrition Per Serving: 186;

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups unsweetened almond milk
• 1 teaspoon matcha green tea powder
• ¼ teaspoon pure stevia extract

Directions:

In a saucepan, heat almond milk until it starts to bubble. Remove from the heat and pour into a big mug. Stir in matcha green tea powder and stevia extract. Place the milk mixture in your blender and blend until smooth. Serve and enjoy!

8. Hot Toddy

• Cuisine: American;
• Category: Drinks;
• Serves: 2;
• Prep Time:5 min;
• Cook time:10 min;
• Nutrition Per Serving: 149;

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup boiling-hot water
• 2 tablespoons bourbon
• 1 tablespoon mild honey
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

Directions:

In a 6-ounce mug, put lemon juice, bourbon, and honey. Top off with 1/4 cup boiling-hot water and stir for a minute or until honey is fully dissolved. What can be easier or quicker?