Hey friends! The temperature has finally cooled off around Houston, and I’m ready to share 3 warm and healthy drinks for the season! Hopefully, you will find these recipes easy to make and healthy options.
Over the past several years I’ve grown to love turmeric. It is a natural spice that has many health benefits! Some of the health concerns that turmeric may help includes things like indigestion, heart disease, viral and bacterial infections, and the list goes on! So, all three of the recipes include this fabulous spice!
The Detox Drink
First, The Detox Drink recipe helps in flushing toxins out of the body. So if you are feeling sluggish, bloated, and tired after all the holiday festivities, this drink helps the body feel refreshed and energized.
Detox Drink recipe
Ingredients
- 16 ounces of warm or hot water
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 dash cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon raw, local honey (optional)
Instructions
- Warm the water.
- Mix all ingredients together.
- Best served warm but drink at desired temperature.
If you are looking for a quick and easy way to cleanse your body and boost your energy, have this drink once a day before breakfast or lunch. Of course, you may want to adjust the amounts of the ingredients of this drink to suit your taste. This is a tangy drink, and take a little getting used to at first!
Golden Milk Recipe
Golden Milk recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups unsweetened almond milk or canned coconut milk (go full-fat for keto diet)
- ½ tablespoon turmeric
- ½ teaspoon powdered ashwagandha (optional)
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon ginger root powder
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup (optional. If keto, don’t use)
Instructions
- In a medium pot over medium heat, add nut milk, and turmeric.
- Stir until mixture is hot and ingredients are well combined.
- Add mixture to a high-powered blender and the remaining ingredients (except for the vanilla).
- Blend on high until mixed well. Stir in the vanilla.
- Serve topped with cinnamon.
This is a great drink to have before bedtime too! Also, I typically double the recipe and store the leftovers in a jar or airtight container, then warm it up right before I drink it!
Turmeric Hot Tea recipe
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup good, raw honey (optional)
- 2 1/2 teaspoons dried turmeric
- lemon
- lots of freshly ground black pepper (add a little at first and work up to
Instructions
Make the Turmeric Paste
- Work the turmeric into the honey until it forms a paste. You can keep this on hand, in a jar, for whenever you’d like a cup.
Brew the Tea
- For each cup of tea, place a heaping teaspoon of the turmeric paste in the bottom of a mug. Pour hot (but not boiling water) into the mug, and stir well to dissolve the turmeric paste. Add a big squeeze of juice from a lemon, and a good amount of black pepper. Enjoy! Stir now and then as you drink so all the good stuff doesn’t settle to the bottom, or top off with more hot water as you drink it.
All three of these drinks are SUPER easy to make and take just a couple of minutes to throw together. I hope you enjoy these 3 warm and healthy drink recipes!
Finally, if you don’t have the time to whip up your own warm drink, you can pick up my favorite Ginger Turmeric Herbal Tea at the store!
If you are looking for some other healthy tips check out, 3 Tips for Feeling Your Best Over 50.
As always, I hope you’ve found this post valuable! I’d love to hear your thoughts or suggestions for future posts!
XOXO,
Cindyh
