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Drinks & Smoothies

Category: Drinks & Smoothies

Healthy Holiday Beverages

Healthy Holiday Beverages

Sore Throat Tonic | After a spell of bitterly cold weather, my throat was the only thing left unfrozen. Browsing medicinal folk remedies and recipes, I settled on one concoction in particular, adding my own embellishments of ginger and turmeric to the mix. Within an hour of sipping on this concoction, I was able to join my family for my son’s birthday meal. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Sore Throat Tonic

Probiotic Water Kefir Tea | When I began to make water kefir, I ran into a problem pretty quickly: what was I going to do with it? All of the probiotic elixir coming out of my kitchen just couldn't go to waste! At first I mixed the water kefir with freshly-squeezed lemon juice to create lemonade, but soon my family wanted more variety. So... I experimented with tea. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Probiotic Water Kefir Tea

Treating Migraines With Red Raspberry Leaf | Migraines are no fun. When I suddenly began getting migraines, always around my period, a friend asked me if I'd been drinking red raspberry leaf tea. I hadn't! So I did an experiment. Could I use red raspberry leaf for migraines? I did -- and it worked! Here's how! | TraditonalCookingSchool.com

Treating Migraines With Red Raspberry Leaf

Cinnamon Licorice Tea To Boost Your Immune System | Have you ever choked down a medicinal tea that leaves much to be desired in terms of taste and smell? Me too. But don't worry, this cinnamon licorice tea both boosts your immune system and makes your kitchen smell delightfully cinnamon-y and tastes delicious! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Cinnamon Licorice Tea To Boost Your Immune System

Why We Steam Kale and Other Greens | Nutritional powerhouses like kale, collards, spinach, chard, and beet greens all contain oxalic acid, which binds with calcium and other minerals (like magnesium and iron) in order to be excreted from the body. Calcium and magnesium are precious minerals our bodies need to function and grow properly. The good news is: oxalic acid is easily reduced by steaming, boiling, or wilting the leaves of any of these vegetables. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Why We Steam Kale (and other dark leafy greens)

Homemade, Real Food Hot Chocolate

Homemade, Real Food Hot Chocolate

2 Summer Spritzers | Ready for something a little more pizazz-y than water? Me too! I love water, but I also love a drink with some fizz -- and electrolytes! These refreshing summer spritzers fit the bill! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

2 Summer Spritzers {lemon-ginger & strawberry-vanilla!}

How To Make Thicker Milk Kefir | No one wants runny kefir... Yet once you know the benefits of kefir, you'll want to make it all the time for smoothies, dressings, or just drinking. Learn how to make thick kefir here! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Make Thicker Milk Kefir

10 Herbs For Iced Tea All Summer Long | You already know the many benefits of drinking herbal tea. Enjoying them on ice is a great way to reap the health benefits and beat the heat, too! Here are 10 common herbs to use in your iced teas all summer long... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

10 Herbs for Herbal Iced Tea… All Summer Long!

Ginger-Lemon Mocktail |Today I want to share with you the beverage that makes summer bearable for me. It's my version of a bubbly, non-alcoholic cocktail that detoxifies, invigorates, and allows you to pretend for a few precious moments that you're lying in a hammock on a white sand beach in Fiji... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Ginger-Lemon Mocktail: The Perfect Summer Drink

Dehydrate Your Way To Green Powder | I know I can freeze my greens, but I have an even better way of preserving the them -- I turn them into a nutritious green powder which I can then add to countless dishes (even on the sly). Here's how to dehydrate greens into powder! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Dehydrate Your Way To Green Powder

Start your day with this! | The best thing you can do for yourself each day is so simple, but it's often overlooked. I know this because I myself -- a person who cares a great deal about healthy living -- have neglected it for years. What is it? Drink enough water. But even more than that... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Start Your Day With THIS!

Frozen Mocha Chicoccino | Made with a brew of roasted chicory root, ice, raw milk or your favorite dairy substitute, roasted cacao powder, and a bit of rapadura sugar, then topped with a spoonful of whipped cream and some cacao nibs, this cold drink makes a great summer afternoon treat! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Frozen Mocha Chicoccino

A red mug filled with peppermint mocha and frothy foam on top. Small chunks of chocolate are scattered on the table around the mug.

Frothy Peppermint Mocha {Nutrient-Dense}

If you can sew a straight line, you can make your own unbleached cotton milk bag in about twenty minutes for only a few dollars. A nut milk bag allows you to make delicious nut and seed milks quickly, efficiently, and with less mess. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Make Your Own Nut Milk Bag

Many of us just can’t get the sleep we need. Whether you suffer from occasional sleeplessness or chronic insomnia, these herbs may help. Plus, I'll share 3 easy tea blends you could be drinking tonight before bed! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

10 Herbs for Better Sleep and How to Use Them {plus 3 “sleepy” tea recipes}

Vanilla Ginger Chai Tea {with a nourishing gelatin boost!} | In recent years, I've avoided vanilla chai drinks because of the caffeine and sugar. Then I happened up on this warm, soothing, nourishing, mug-worthy morning drink, and I include gelatin for a nutritional boost. If you like chai, I believe you will love this homemade version as much as I do! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Vanilla Ginger Chai Tea {with a nourishing gelatin boost!}