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Fire Cider Immune Booster
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Fire Cider - Immune Boost Tonic

Easy to make + VERY effective herbal remedy for winter wellness!

Ingredients

  • 2 Onions sliced
  • Garlic 12 cloves, sliced
  • Ginger lots of organic ginger, sliced
  • 1 - 2 Cayenne + yellow lemon drop peppers
  • ¾ C Horseradish shredded root
  • ¾ C dried Elderberries
  • 3 small Turmeric roots fresh, sliced
  • ½ C Holy basil dried
  • ½ C Lemon verbena dried
  • ¼ C Oregano dried
  • C Thyme
  • ½ C Cranberries dried, sweetened with apple juice
  • ¼ C Goji berries dried
  • 1 Orange organic, cut into slices

Instructions

  • Place all the ingredients in a large clean glass jar.
  • Top with Apple Cider Vinegar so that all the herbs are covered.
  • Add a lid. If it's a metal lid, use parchment paper or waxed paper in between the lid and the jar.
  • Label and date the jar.
  • Shake as often as possible over a month long period.
  • When ready to bottle, strain the infused liquid and measure.
  • Compost the herbs OR reserve + make other recipes with these ingredients
  • Pour the measured vinegar into another sterilized glass jar.
  • Add raw honey to the vinegar mixture.
  • The amount of honey will depend upon your own taste.
  • Add equal amount of honey or add ½ the honey with ratio to the amount of vinegar.
  • Experiment with your own preference. I tend to favour starting with about ½
  • or a 1:2 ratio honey to vinegar (eg. 1 cup honey to 2 cups vinegar)
  • Pour the entire finished concoction into glass bottles. Label + Date.
  • Use the fire cider within 1 year.

Notes

if fighting a cold/flu 'up' the dose to become 1 teaspoon several times daily
Note: We can also use the fire cider as an addition to sauces, stews, etc Or as a vinaigrette