Sunday, April 20, 2014

Lemon ginger "tea"

I've decided to try and make a conscious effort to blog more.  I read through the majority of my posts (while consuming way too much wine) last night and it inspired me to continue writing.  It's really enjoyable to look back and read your posts years down the road!

So speaking of drinking too much wine, I feel pretty shitty.  Not terrible but not great.  I decided to do an experiment (knowing the benefits of ginger and lemons) to see if it would help my slightly upset stomach and relieve some of my dehydration.

Basically I sliced up about a half inch of ginger root (thinly) and put it in my mug.  I then poured boiling water on top and let it seep for 5 minutes and then added half the juice from a lemon.  I was expecting it to be pretty nasty but in fact it's delicious!  The lemon masks a lot of the zing from the ginger.  (tho I friggin Looooove anything lemon).  It's very soothing.  If I didn't down it I would take a picture (oops?).  Next time, I'm going to try grating the ginger instead as I'm left with the ginger slices in the bottom of my cup.  I chewed on a couple but they were pretty zingy ;)

It could all be in my head but I think I am starting to feel better now.  Or it could be the fact that I'm basking in the hot sun on my deck.  God I've missed spring!  Thank god its finally here.

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