Ancient Remedy for Colds and Flu
If you feel you might be coming down with the sniffles, this recipe provides you with a quick and easy yet Ancient Home Remedy for Colds and Flu that can be made with 1, 2, or 3 simple ingredients and is ready in 30 minutes.
Servings: 4 servings
Equipment
- Medium Sized Soup Pot or Saucepan
- Mesh strainer or colander
Ingredients
- 1 large Yellow Onion Skins left on and chopped. You can substitute other types of onions.
- 32 ounces Water
- 1 bulb Garlic, optional Skins left on and entire bulb sliced crosswise. You can substitute ground powdered garlic up to 1/2 teaspoon.
- 3 inch Fresh ginger, optional Slice ginger thinly. The skin may remain on fresh ginger if it is organic. Otherwise, remove the skin. You can substitute ground powdered ginger up to 1 teaspoon.
- Pinch Sea salt, optional
- 4 tsp Ghee, optional You can substitute butter, coconut oil, or another type of fat.
Instructions
- Place the chopped onion into the soup pot and add water. If just making onion broth, place the soup pot on the stove burner and bring the mixture to a boil. Cover, turn the heat down to low, and simmer for 30 minutes.
- If adding garlic, ginger, or both, add those ingredients to the soup pot along with onions and water. Place soup pot on the stove burner and bring mixture to a boil. Cover, turn the heat down to low, and simmer for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, turn the burner off, remove the soup pot from the stove, and place it on a heat-proof surface.
- Place a mesh strainer or colander over a bowl and pour the mixture through the strainer, separating the solids from the liquid.
- Do not discard the solids. Transfer the solids to a freezer-proof container so you can add them to your next batch of bone broth.
- To drink, pour approximately 8 ounces of this ancient broth remedy into a mug. If you want, you can add a pinch of sea salt. You may also add 1 teaspoon of ghee or other fat to the broth. Stir to dissolve fat and drink broth warm.
- If you prefer, you can blend the broth with the sea salt and ghee to create a frothy beverage in which the ghee or other fat is completely emulsified with the broth.
- This broth (without the added fat) will stay fresh stored in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. If frozen (without the added fat), this broth will stay fresh for 2-3 months.
- To rewarm broth, add a specified amount to a saucepan. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, add to a mug, (along with sea salt and ghee, if desired), and enjoy. Hope you feel better soon!
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