Chez's Throat Elixir ✨️

Name: Chez's Throat Elixir ✨️
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Ingredients: 3tablespoons of grated ginger; 1 lemon sliced; Freshly squeezed Lemon juice; ½cup Peppermint leaves; 1 cup raw honey; 8 cups hot water

10 steps

Prep:10min

A soothing drink for sore throats or painful coughs ♡ I can't begin to count the amount of times this recipe has come to my rescue, as a long-term sufferer of hayfever and a weakened immune system, who catches the common cold as frequently as I catch sleep ☆ Using local raw honey helps build immunity to local pollen and will give the best results if hayfever also happens to be your ailment♡ This elixir can be stored in the fridge for up to 2 weeks in a tightly sealed jar and up to 8 weeks in the freezer 💙🧿

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:32:54 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

High

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories121.7 kcal (6%)

Total Fat0.1 g (0%)

Carbs32.9 g (13%)

Sugars31.4 g (35%)

Protein0.2 g (0%)

Sodium0.9 mg (0%)

Fiber0.3 g (1%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

8 servings

3 tablespoonsginger

½ cupPeppermint leaves

1 cupraw honey

8 cupswater

hot

Instructions

Method 1 - Jar method

Step 1

This super simple recipe has only a few ingredients and as many steps! ♡ Start by filling a small jar with 1 cup of your honey of choice 🍯

Mason Jar

Step 2

Grate some fresh ginger, and add it to the jar of honey, mixing as thoroughly as you can 🧡

Step 3

Slice half a lemon and add 2 (or as much as you choose) slices to your jar, squeeze the remaining half as much as you can and stir the lemon juice into your honey until you are happy with the combination ♡ 🍋

lemon1

lemon juice

Step 4

Add your peppermint leaves and stir/shake your elixir until confident in your little concoction 🌿

Peppermint leaves½ cup

Step 5

To serve, mix 2 tbsps of your elixir into a cup of hot water and stir until the honey is melted and combined ♡ Enjoy your drink, and feel better soon 💙🧿

Method 2 - Cube method

Step 6

If you have an appropriately sized silicone ice mold, you can use this method instead! ♡ Add 2 tbsp of honey to per cube into your ice tray, creating 1 serving per cube (8 cubes) ♡ 🍯

Step 7

Add 1 teaspoon of your ginger to each honey cube. Since these servings are individual, you don't have to stir this part ♡

ginger3 tablespoons

Step 8

Cut your lemon slices to fit the tray and add as much as you like ♡ I personally use around ¼ a slice per cube but this also depends on the size of your lemons 🍋 Squeeze some juice into the cubes, you'll probably have to mix this a little (I use a metal skewer or chopstick for this)

lemon1

lemon juice

Step 9

Add as many peppermint leaves as you deem necessary, then pop this in the freezer overnight 🌿 To serve, pop a cube out of your silicone tray into your cup of hot water and enjoy as usual ♡

Method 3 - Wing it!

Step 10

Not much explanation needed, just stir in 2 tbsps of honey🍯 into some hot water, chuck in a lemon slice and some lemon juice🍋, add some ginger🧡 and throw in some peppermint leaves🌿! Definitely the quickest method for a single serving, but it always helps to have some prepared in your freezer during flue or allergy season 💙🧿