Nothing like a cup of hot tea or coffee to warm your hands on a cold weather day.
And why stop at tea and coffee? There are so many more ways to enjoy hot liquid in a cup when it is cold outside and all you want to do is hide indoors with some blankets and books. Here are 7 ideas to enjoy a hot drink to warm your hands when you are feeling too lazy to brave the cold weather outdoors.
Feeling sick or have a sore throat? Mix ginger, lemon juice, and cayenne pepper mixed in hot water. The lemon juice gives you an immune system boost and the cayenne pepper helps relieve the itchiness of a sore throat while clearing congestion. I live on this anytime I am sick. 
Need to relax in the evening? Mix honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, whiskey and cloves for a Hot Toddy. Quite possibly one of the best hot alcoholic drinks to relax with when you want to decompress after a long and busy day. Check out Hot Toddy Recipe on AllRecipes.com.
Want to make a super-easy hot drink? Mix lemon juice and honey with boiling water. Comfort food in drinkable form on a cold day.
Need a savory pick-me-up? Make instant miso soup. Instant miso soup is available at most Asian supermarkets. Just add hot water and enjoy seaweed, tofu and green onions in a bowl or a mug.
Want to impress your health nut friends? Make a hot carob drink by mixing two cups soy milk, 2 tablespoon carob powder and 1 tablespoon honey. What the heck is carob powder? Yes, exactly. Hunt it down at your local health food store. Make sure you heat it without boiling it before serving.
Bored of the bland hot cocoa mix in powder form? Spice it up with more ingredients to make easy Mexican hot chocolate. Check out this easy recipe on AllRecipes.com, which adds a pinch of chili powder, some cinnamon, chocolate syrup, and milk to the boring hot cocoa mix to make something really amazing for a cold day. For some extra decadence, add whipped cream on top.
Don’t even want to add hot water? Pour yourself a cup of butternut squash soup from a carton and microwave. Thank goodness for those soup in cartons that they always sell at supermarkets. If butternut squash isn’t your fancy, you can choose from a number of other soups sold in cartons, such as carrot and ginger, tomato bisque, or cream of corn.
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