Homemade creamers

Coffee creamers are like toothpaste – they "whiten" and there are a gazillion kinds to choose from. You can get creamers that are fat-free or sugar-free or flavored or combinations of fat-free AND sugar-free AND flavored. If you're used to flavored creamers, it can be a hard habit to break. They make coffee taste so good – creamy and sweet, with a touch of vanilla or hazelnut or mocha.

To go fat-free, you can simply use a fat-free creamer. But if you want to give up the saturated and trans fat AND the hard-to-pronounce ingredients in creamers, try flavoring your coffee the homemade way. Use whole milk or light cream for whitening and a drop or two of flavored extract for flavoring. Try vanilla or almond or orange and see which you like best. For mocha flavored coffee, stir in a bit of cocoa powder.