Make Fauxpuccinos!

The other night, in a total dingbat moment, I accidentally hit the "brew now" button instead of the "brew later" button on my programmable coffee pot. I ended up with a whole pot of coffee that I couldn't drink.

Before setting up the coffee pot *again*, I poured the freshly-brewed stuff into a Nalgene and stuck it in the fridge. I figured I'd use it for something or other.

The next morning, I retrieved the chilly brew, dumped in a little skim milk, some artificial sweetener, vanilla, sugar-free almond syrup, and stuck it in my lunch box. I thought maybe I'd put it on the rocks for a little mid-morning boost.

When I got to work, I was putting my lunch in the fridge, when I spied a blender on the counter.. Hmm... (insert gears-turning sound here). After some rummaging around, I also found an empty ice tray in the freezer. I poured the cool joe in it and left it to freeze.

Late in the afternoon, I was feeling the 3pm blahs. Rather than stroll over to Bucky's to drop a fin on their frozen frappe, I retrieved the coffee cubes and tossed them in the blender. A few pulses later, I was sipping fauxpuccino!

It was just as tasty as that other stuff, but basically free, and no fat, no sugar. The only difficulties were finding a straw (thanks Brian!), and that it kept separating. Nothing a little stirring and shaking couldn't cure. Does that count as a work out?