Morning Detox Tisane
Recipe: #13965
August 21, 2014
Categories: Beverages, 5 Ingredients Or Less, One-Pot Meal, Fat Free, Gluten-Free, Kosher, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Low Sodium, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Protein or Health Drink, Vegan Vegetarian, Water, Herbs, more
"Somehow, this doesn't seem like a recipe at all... I often make these tisanes from whatever is on hand in the crisper or outside my patio door. But when I saw this recipe on the internet, I just had to memorialize it because I never bother to measure. So good for you...according to the recipe, there’s ginger for digestion, turmeric to cleanse the liver, cayenne to warm the body and amp up metabolism, and cinnamon to serve as an anti-inflammatory."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (8.2 g)
- Calories 13.1
- Total Fat - 0.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 0 g
- Cholesterol - 2.1 mg
- Sodium - 3.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 2.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.4 g
- Sugars - 0.1 g
- Protein - 1.4 g
- Calcium - 26.5 mg
- Iron - 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Peel the ginger and turmeric and slice thinly on the diagonal. Use the side of the knife to smash them (exposing more surface area).
Step 2
Add the ginger and turmeric slices to a saucepan with 6 cups of water and bring to a boil. Turn the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
Step 3
Add the cinnamon sticks, turmeric (only if using the dried ground turmeric), and cayenne. Simmer for another 10 minutes.
Step 4
Pour into a glass container for storage.
Step 5
To serve, strain into a mug. Serve hot or over ice.
Step 6
Stir in a spoonful of honey to taste, and a squeeze of lemon.
Tips
No special items needed.