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Healing Lemon Balm and Ginger Tea

If you have a scratchy throat or a cough, this homemade remedy may be just what you need. (Photo source: Kary Osmond)

| Yield: 1 cup | Time: 35 minutes |


This recipe originally appeared in Growing Perennial Foods: A field guide to raising resilient herbs, fruits, and vegetables. On sale now.

Preparation:

1. In a small saucepan, bring ½ cup water, lemon balm, and ginger to a boil. Turn off heat and add mint leaves. Steep for 30 minutes, strain and set aside.

2. Add another ¼ cup water to the strained lemon balm water.

3. Stir in lemon juice and honey. Serve warm or cool.

Note: Mixing when cool preserves the honey’s healing properties.

Ingredients:

 ¾  cup water

2 T dried lemon balm

2 T fresh ginger, diced

2 T chopped mint leaves

2 T lemon juice

¼ cup honey


This recipe is excerpted from Growing Perennial Foods: A field guide to raising resilient herbs, fruits & vegetables, by Acadia Tucker. It includes tips on backyard food gardening, growing guides for 34 perennials, and a recipe for each one. The companion book is Growing Good Food: A citizen’s guide to climate victory gardening.


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