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Garlic-honey toddy for cold and flu season

Brew up this tasty drink with or without added echinacea tea to ward off viruses.
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Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 1 serving

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tsp honey infused with garlic (instructions below)
  • 1 lemons 1 wedge
  • 1 tsp coconut oil organic, extra virgin, or ghee
  • 1 tsp ginger (fresh) grated
  • 1 echinacea tea bag optional
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper optional

Instructions
 

  • Combine ingredients with a mugful of filtered water just under boiling. Let steep at least five minutes before sipping.

To make garlic honey

  • Finely mince a head of organic garlic, removing the papery skins.
  • Add to a glass jar and cover with raw honey.
  • Let sit a few days, stirring every day or two. You'll know it's done when it has changed color and is runny and amber.
  • Lasts indefinitely.

Notes

Per serving:  
  • 65 calories
  • 5 g fat
  • 0 g cholesterol
  • 1 mg sodium
  • 24 mg potassium
  • 7 g carbohydrate
  • 0 g fiber
  • 6 g sugars
  • 0 g protein
  • 2  Weight Watchers Points Plus
The coconut oil is anti-bacterial, plus it coats your stomach and digestive tract, which is helpful first thing in the morning to help with digestion. Ginger is anti-inflammatory. The lemon is both soothing with the honey and alkaline-balancing. Echinacea is known to help reduce cold symptoms. I only use the tea bag if I'm actually feeling sick.