Mulled Turmeric Flu Buster Tonic
Make on Fresco
With winter, quite often, comes the flu or a nasty cold. Get this down you to prevent and cure. Full of goodness, this tonic is going to fix anything!
This little delight will grow hair on your chest. Seriously. (Well not quite!) BUT, it will help get rid of anything you may end up with on your chest before it gets there, like a cough or a sniffle. SO, make this in advance and use it to ward off the winter blues, or make it on demand when unwell and drink it like there is no tomorrow. Because then tomorrow, there will be no cold! Flu Busters at your service.
Turmeric is seriously an amazing ingredient, it tastes great, it is vibrant in colour, it is very versatile in food, and it has so many health giving properties that I feel I must list a few right here!
- Natural antiseptic and antibacterial agent, useful in disinfecting cuts and burns
- Combined with cauliflower, it has shown to prevent prostate cancer and stop the growth of existing prostate cancer
- May prevent melanoma and cause existing melanoma cells to die
- Natural liver detoxifier
- May prevent and slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by removing plaque buildup in the brain
- May prevent metastases from occurring in many different forms of cancer
- May aid in fat metabolism and help in weight management
- Used in Chinese medicine as a treatment for depression
- Because of its anti-inflammatory properties, it is a natural treatment for arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
- Lastly you should always use black pepper in some form with turmeric to make it bioavailable for your body to use more effectively
So if you aren't eating/drinking turmeric on a regular basis it is time to start. To help you get all warm and cosy with turmeric, we have created a Magic Ten Turmeric recipes ebook. It has my top ten recipes using turmeric and you will be bound to find a couple of recipes in there that will work well for you.
It is of course free to Insiders, as are all the ebooks, so maybe it's time. Get on in there and join us!
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Need
- 30 Grams fresh turmeric or 1 tbsp dried
- 30 Grams fresh ginger
- 1 Pinch chilli flakes
- 1-2 lemons, peel and juice
- 1 Litre water or as needed
- 10 Drops doTERRA black pepper oil or 10 black peppercorns BUY
- 3 Drops doTERRA cinnamon bark oil or 1 cinnamon stick broken in half BUY
- 5 Drops doTERRA Oils turmeric (optional) BUY
- 80 Grams honey or to taste
Do
- 1
Place turmeric, ginger and chilli flakes into the Thermomix bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 5
- 2
If using peppercorns and cinnamon stick as opposed to essential oils, add them to the bowl now. Peel the lemon in long strips and add to the Thermomix bowl.
- 3
Add remaining ingredients except honey and oils and steep 10 min/80°C/Reverse/speed 1. Strain and return liquid to the Thermomix bowl.
- 4
Add oils and honey to taste. Sip throughout the day, warm or cold and get better!
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
