PHOTOGRAPHY BY LIZ BIRNBAUM, THE CURATED FEAST
Try making this spicy, deeply curative tonic to ward off winter colds
You know that scary feeling, when you notice that first little tickle in your throat and maybe just the tiniest sniffle? You think, “Oh, hell no, I am NOT getting sick right now.”
Well, you can’t just wish it away. You must, as we say in Chinese medicine, “chase the robber out of the house,” meaning flush out the bacteria or virus trying to invade your tissues.
One way is to make yourself sweat, from the inside out. Plus a nice dose of anti-microbial garlic doesn’t hurt either. This is my version of the classic fire cider, that can be made in a flash when that tickle comes to visit.
- A downloadable infusion e-booklet that includes this Quick Fire Cider recipe and other health promoting tonics is available free-of-charge on the Kitchen Witch website, along with several other recipe ebooks you will love for the colder months ahead.
QUICK FIRE CIDER RECIPE
RECIPE BY MAGALI BRECKE
About the author
Magali Brecke is co-founder of Kitchen Witch Bone Broth. She’s also a writer, teacher and learner about food as medicine. A downloadable infusion e-booklet is available free-of-charge on the Kitchen Witch website (kitchenwitchbroth.com/pages/magali-brecke), along with several other recipe ebooks you will love for the colder months ahead.
