February 25th, 2013
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Family recipe from my grams
Grandma Joyce knows health - at 90, she still bustles around home and garden, hosts dinner parties, drives her friends from A to B, and tends to her family with natural remedies. She’s known for serving up steaming mugs of this Lemon Ginger Cold Remedy Tea when we succumb to the seasonal sniffles – it tastes better and contains far fewer suspicious ingredients than that box of Cold & Flu in the medicine cabinet.
The combination of healing spices in this tea is sure to heal up your loved one in record time.
Makes one serving
Ingredients
½ inch peeled, sliced fresh ginger
2-3 cinnamon sticks
1 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp unpasteurized honey
Method
1. Toss the first 5 ingredients (ginger, cloves, cinnamon, coriander and water) into a small pot and bring to a boil.
2. Once boiling, reduce heat, cover pot and simmer for 15 minutes.
3. Strain the mixture by pouring the tea through a sieve and into a mug. Lastly, stir in the fresh lemon juice and honey.
4. Sip slowly and relax. We hope you feel better soon!
Niki's Grandma nursing her back to health - is that rum we see (perhaps the secret ingredient)?
Niki Boileau from Vancouver, British Columbia
Niki is a lover of learning - she’d study every imaginable topic if she could, including Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts. As her patient boyfriend will contest, she’s obsessed with going just a bit further to see around every bend on the beach and peak of land in the mountains. Her friends will tell you she likes to hug trees, occasionally walks too fast, and makes really tasty porridge. She’s a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Yoga Instructor and all-around life and wellness enthusiast. Learn a thing or two with Niki.
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