For the past few days here in New England, the weather has been getting warm and then cooling off. Whenever this happens, my body reacts and I usually catch a cold or some other nasty virus. I get watery eyes, a stuffed up nose, a sore throat and all the other lovely things that come with contracting a virus.
Well, this time has been different. I started getting a sore throat the other day. I knew what was going on so I decided to make up a hot lemon and drink that before bed. Within a few minutes of drinking the hot lemon (recipe to follow), my throat felt better. Sounds crazy, but it's true. My sore throat has been coming and going so this morning I made a lemony-apple juice and drank that (recipe to follow)
Now it's noon and my sore throat is nearly gone.
I really love the healing power that fruits and veggies have and yes, you can call me crazy!
Hot Lemon
Fresh Juice from one lemon
1 to 1 1/2 tsp honey
8-12 ounces hot water
Mix together and consume. This is great for sore throats and colds. The best part is that it's natural and does not contain nasty drugs or chemicals.
Lemony Apple
3 Granny Smith Apples
1 Lemon
1 inch piece of ginger
Run this through your juicer and drink. This is a pretty tart juice so if you don't like tart, feel free to add or replace one or two of the apples with another variety.
