Being Healthy Tastes so Sweet!
Together, fermented garlic and honey can fight off colds, flu, and respiratory woes, while also giving your heart a little love by improving cholesterol and blood pressure. It’s a natural inflammation buster, easing achy joints and boosting digestion with garlic's prebiotic punch.
Fermented garlic honey is like nature's ultimate health hack—sweet, sticky, and packed with superpowers! This golden blend combines the immune-boosting magic of garlic (hello, allicin!) with the soothing, antioxidant rich goodness of raw honey. Together, fermented garlic and honey can fight off colds, flu, and respiratory woes, while also giving your heart a little love by improving cholesterol and blood pressure. It’s a natural inflammation buster, easing achy joints and boosting digestion with garlic's prebiotic punch. Feeling run down? One garlic clove a day delivers a quick energy kick and clears out that lingering cough or sore throat. Bonus: it's great for your gut, keeps your blood sugar in check. Pop a honey-soaked clove or drizzle it into tea and let nature work its magic—because being healthy never tasted so sweet (and garlicky)!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup raw honey
- 1 cup garlic cloves (paper skin removed)
Instructions:
1. Place peeled cloves in a mason jar. Add the honey (it should be enough to cover all the cloves, and ideally the honey should settle 2 inches above the top garlic cloves).
2. Cover tightly with lid and turn upside down to ensure all of the cloves are well-coated in honey.
3. Keep in a cool dark place for 3 to 4 weeks to allow for fermentation. During the fermentation process, gasses will be emitted, so it’s important to unscrew the lid and open the jar slightly 1 time per day to release these gasses.
4. Then reseal the jar. You don’t have worry about tightly resealing the jar, as a looser fit will allow the gasses to naturally escape as well.
5. You can eat a clove a day with some honey as a preventative method or start to eat once you feel a cold coming on and for the duration of your cold. You can also add some of the garlic-infused honey to a cup of soothing tea when you’re feeling under the weather.
6. Fermented Garlic Honey can last up to a year if stored in a sealed jar in a cool, dark place (cabinet).
BRI DOWNING, ND
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