A very belated Happy New Year to all! I’m still training for my first full marathon with Team in Training and fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. You can go to my training blog to see my progress. Winter here has been interesting so far. We’ve had some snow and definitely some bitter cold days. We’re fortunate in Colorado to have a lot of sunny days, so the gloom of winter that I’m used to is rare here. I’m really looking forward to the warmer weather because that means that the farmers’ markets will start opening! I’ve been missing those so much, even though we still are able to get a lot of our food directly from our farmer friends here. Well, I really don’t have much else to say but I would like to share a favorite recipe that I use often. Enjoy!

Super Duper Easy Chocolate Syrup:

½ cup cocoa powder
1 cup water
raw honey to taste (or you can use sugar. I think most recipes require 1-2 cups! I think that’s a lot. I like my syrup bittersweet)
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon vanilla (optional)

Combine cocoa & water and whisk until any lumps are gone. Add honey (or sugar) Cook over medium heat, bringing it to a boil, stirring until everything is combined well. add the salt and stir. Remove from heat and let cool. If you’re using vanilla add it now. Pour into a sterile glass jar and let it cool completely before storing it in the fridge. I use this exclusively to make chocolate milk!