Sometimes it doesn’t take much to feel warm and comfortable at home. Yes, we can have the best central heating and wood fire place in the world, but when I say warm I meant the warmth you receive from your life partner and children. I always count my blessing to have such an understanding and patient husband to go home to and although nothing beats having your own children, I’m quite contented with my 2 guinea pigs and a colorful conure as part of my nuclear family for the moment.
A small ritual my husband and I share just before bed time is to have a cup of tea instead of the norm of drinking warm milk. There were nights that I used the herbal tea bags but if I in a serious need of warmth and comfort, I will always resort to the homemade ones. One of my homemade favorites is ginger and lime tea which I have been brewing excessively of late. Just to make sure my husband doesn’t end up sleeping with a gingery asian stir fry on his side, I use uncrystallized preserved ginger in replacement of freshly grated ginger. This will impart a milder scent of the ginger and couple with a slice of lime and honey, not only it tastes wonderfully sweet and soothing, the scent itself is a natural aromatheraphy.
Ginger, Lime & Honey Tea
(A fuss free cooking recipe)
Makes 2 cups
Ingredients:
6 pieces uncrystallized ginger (3 pieces per cup)
2 slices lime (alternatively juice from 1/3 of a lime)
2 tsps honey (1 tsp per cup)
2 cups boiling water
Methods:
1. Fill cups with boiling water and steep uncrystallized ginger in the water for 2 minutes. Depending how strong you’d like the gingery after taste, the longer ginger is steeped in water, the stronger the gingery taste.
2. Remove the ginger pieces from the cup and then stir in honey until dissolves.
3. Place a slice of lime in each cup. Alternatively, you can squeeze the lime juice into the honey gingery tea.
And now you are ready to curl in bed and enjoy a cuppa! Sweet dreams everyone.
1. Fill cups with boiling water and steep uncrystallized ginger in the water for 2 minutes. Depending how strong you’d like the gingery after taste, the longer ginger is steeped in water, the stronger the gingery taste.
2. Remove the ginger pieces from the cup and then stir in honey until dissolves.
3. Place a slice of lime in each cup. Alternatively, you can squeeze the lime juice into the honey gingery tea.
1. Fill cups with boiling water and steep uncrystallized ginger in the water for 2 minutes. Depending how strong you’d like the gingery after taste, the longer ginger is steeped in water, the stronger the gingery taste.
2. Remove the ginger pieces from the cup and then stir in honey until dissolves.
3. Place a slice of lime in each cup. Alternatively, you can squeeze the lime juice into the honey gingery tea.
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