Alterna-toddy
I believe in a hot toddy, I’m not sure if it’s the honey and lemon (nature’s antibiotics, “nature’s antibiotics”) or the bourbon. (I think it’s the bourbon.) But I’m tee-totaling this week (not pregnant, just trying to lose 4 pounds) so when I started to feel sniffly tonight I made my go-to-alterna-toddy. One can find various versions of ginger, lemon, honey tea on the Internet, but I consider mine the perfect amalgamation.
This makes one spicy, virgin toddy, but is very easily multiplied.
You need: water, fresh ginger (1 inch piece, grated, or if that’s too tedious, chopped finely), 1/2 lemon, honey, cayenne.
Simmer 1 cup water with the ginger for 15 minutes
Juice the lemon into a mug, add one tablespoon honey and (a scant) 1/4 teaspoon cayenne (or more to taste)
Pour the ginger water through a strainer into the mug
Hope that your immune system notices.
—Bridget
