TRIM HEALTHY MAMA MOONSHINE

No, I have not gone "off my rocker"!  I have found a drink recipe that is too good to keep to myself.  My friend Rebekah told me about it, and then I found not only the recipe for it on the internet, but a great blog by a lovely Christian mother of seven to boot.  You can find  Sheri Coers' blog at www.thecoersfamily.com for lots of excellent information on THM and more.  As I thought about this recipe which is not included in the THM book, but is posted online by the authors, I realized the only thing that linked it to "moonshine" is the process of sipping it out of a quart  mason jar!

Yesterday I jumped in and made up a batch, and carried it with me all day around the house and out to the garden while we dug yet more holes.  I read that this drink has some big-time health benefits from two of the ingredients, Ginger and Apple Cider Vinegar.  Here is what I read on Sheri's blog:

      Ginger is a natural anti-inflammatory treatment. It 
       can help lower blood pressure, ease menstrual
      pain, help treat migraines, and even battle cancer
      cells in the body.

      Apple Cider Vinegar is made from fermented apples,
      and Braggs is unpastuerized and has "the mother" *
      in it, making it high in enzymes and minerals.  

Okay, enough intro, here's the recipe.  Give it a try, and see if you find it as yummy and satisfying as I have.

THM GINGER LIME 

GOOD GIRL MOONSHINE

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar

1 Tablespoon grated fresh ginger

1 Tablespoon lime juice

2 Stevia sweetener packets

Ice

Water

1 quart-sized mason jar

Instructions:

1.  In a quart-sized mason jar grate about one tablespoon of fresh ginger.  No need to peel it, but do freeze it which makes it easier to grate.  You can grate it right into the jar when you learn what one tablespoon looks like.

2.  Next, add a tablespoon of lime juice, either fresh squeezed, or ready-squeezed from the market.

3.  Add two Stevia sweetener packets.

4.  Then add two tablespoons of Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar.  Be sure to shake the bottle first, to get all the good stuff that tends to settle at the bottom.

5.   Fill your mason jar with ice--about halfway.

6.   Fill the jar with water (filtered if possible), screw on the lid, and shake to mix.  I continue to shake it each time I take a drink as this remixes the ginger which tends to settle to the bottom.

Could this be any easier?  It tastes like lemonaide, and also puts me in mind of kombucha drinks, which are also very healthy and downright delicious.

Ready?

Set?

SIP!

* PLEASE don't ask me what "the mother" is…perhaps one of you knows and will enlighten me.