I always drink this infusion hot, several cups a day if I have a cold or a throat infection. I usually make enough ginger & turmeric infusion for the whole day, and just heat it up and add the lemon and honey for each cup separately.
Gluten-Free Ginger Lime Sugar Cookies
Do you love ginger snaps or lemon cookies? Unlike real ginger snaps, these cookies do not have that extra spicy kick, unless you use powdered ginger in the recipe — an alteration I do not recommend. These are great as-is or better with a few macadamia nuts, almonds, or pine nuts tossed in. For […]
How to Pickle Watermelon Rinds
I really hate to see food go to waste, and as I was cutting up a watermelon this year, I thought what a waste it was to put the watermelon rinds in the trash. I don’t have chickens anymore, and I don’t have a compost, so I really do feel like I am wasting them […]
10 Reasons to Use Ginger
Ginger hails us from India and Ayurveda medicine. Its benefits are numerous, and its ability to improve digestion and reduce vertigo and queasiness are undisputed. Ginger has been in the United States and major outlying islands since European settlers brought it to their plantations a couple hundred years ago. Benefits of Ginger 1. Fires up […]
Turmeric Tummy Tea Cleanse Recipe
I hesitate to call this the miracle tea or magic tea or make any other health claims. Although I have several medical certifications, I am not a doctor and have to say that this tea is not intended to cure, treat, or prevent any disease because the FDA demands I say this. It is not […]
Herbs and Home Remedies for the Holiday Season
Digestive upsets are common in the festive season, but they easily treated with herbal remedies. Indigestion and many other stomach problems respond well to simple home remedies. Keep bags of chamomile, peppermint and ginger teas in the cupboard for the holiday season – or make your own herbal infusions with dried or fresh herbs. […]
Cooking Spices as Home Remedies: Ginger
Ginger is one of the most popular spice remedies. The health benefits of ginger (Zingiber officinale) have been known for thousands of years in traditional Chinese medicine and India’s Ayurvedic medicine. Ginger is one of the easiest home remedies for morning sickness and some recent studies say it might be helpful in osteoarthritis. Ginger Health […]
