And you have beautiful pictures! I wish I had your talent hehe. They all look very bright and airy. And as for the video wonderfully done and I lovvvvved when you turned the glass for its “beauty shot” at the end! Hehe it made me giggle.

And finally, the skimmed milk debate. I, unfortunately, am quite addicted to coffee and know that skimmed milk does indeed froth better than any other milk. I can’t remember where I heard or read this but I confirmed it online here:

http://coffeegeek.com/guides/frothingguide/milk

“Increases in fat content also cause a decrease in foam volume as well, up to a level of approximately 5% fat. Therefore skim milk offers the potential for the greatest volume of foam and most stable foam. This potential decreases gradually through 2% milk down to whole milk – it has the lowest potential to create heaps of foam but to create heaps of stable foam. Get it? Whole milk, while “foamable”, is more difficult than skim milk. Here’s where it gets weird again – go higher in fat than that 4% whole milk, (eg, beyond a fat content of 5%), and you once again see a steady increase in both foam volume and stability. There’s a reason why whipping cream is 35% fat content ”

I had no idea coffee could be so scientific!! But you and your frother are right Jamieanne. And the last part is why whipping cream whips Mel.

I’ll definitely be stopping by your lovely blog again! I dunno why I haven’t come across it yet.

xoxo

- Eve

I made this tonight to serve with apple slices tomorrow – if it lasts that long! I used what was left of my Nutella, which was about 6 T., and an equal amount of cream cheese. Mine was very thick and mostly smooth before I mixed it, but maybe because I warmed the Nutella and cream cheese slightly in the microwave (because I’m too impatient to wait for the cream cheese to reach room temp/soften). I did this by heating on 50% power for 10-15 seconds. I then mixed with a hand mixer and added milk only until it reached my desired consistency (very important, obviously! Some people might like it thicker or thinner, so to future readers, just add it until it’s as thin as you prefer.) That ended up being only about 1/8 c. of whole milk for me. Fat content may affect the thickness too.. I’m sure it would have been a lot thinner if I’d used my skim milk rather than my toddler’s whole milk.

Anyway, I plan to make this again next week for my Valentine’s playdate! Thank you for sharing!

I made so many treasure maps as a kid, but used teabags to colour the paper.