After a long hiatus, I am back! Mostly because I started some preserving last night, which I will write about later this week.
I am trying this whole mind over body thing, but let's face it I am once again sick. For about the 6th time this winter I am ill. While luckily this isn't the head fuzzy illness, it still sucks. It is voice is deep and raspy (that just makes it sexy right?), coughing, hacking, no fun sickness. It is also preventing me from running, which in and of itself makes me cranky.
So I tried traditional cold meds to no avail. Therefore, I finally went to the internet and found something that finally quelled the cough, opened up the air vessels to allow me to breathe and even tasted delicious. It's adult cough medicine. I found the recipe here http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-bourbon-cough-syrup-for-79030 and I am proof that it works.
The ingredients are simple
A shot of bourbon (use the cheapest you have because you are sick, you cannot taste anything anyway. I used Jim Bean until I used it all up and then switched to Makers)
half a fresh squeezed lemon (use the fresh stuff here and not the bottled stuff, it tastes much different)
a couple of teaspoons of honey
Heat for about a minute or so. I put it in my fancy handpainted teacup so that I felt a little bit classier drinking at 10am. It was a holiday and it was medicine! Now I just have to figure out how I can drink this at the office.
Later on in the evening I decided that I need to snuggle up with my adorable kitten, Trouble, a blanket and a fire. Here is a picture of the cutest kitten that ever existed (I do not care if he is actually 7, he is still my kitten). Anyway back to the fire, which was the purpose of this....
Little known fact, dried out citrus peels make amazing fire starters. Plus they your apartment or home smells like citrus. I normally save my peels and then put them on a baking sheet at 200 for about 15-20 minutes or until they are dry. I suggest you also do this because it is amazing!
I am trying this whole mind over body thing, but let's face it I am once again sick. For about the 6th time this winter I am ill. While luckily this isn't the head fuzzy illness, it still sucks. It is voice is deep and raspy (that just makes it sexy right?), coughing, hacking, no fun sickness. It is also preventing me from running, which in and of itself makes me cranky.
So I tried traditional cold meds to no avail. Therefore, I finally went to the internet and found something that finally quelled the cough, opened up the air vessels to allow me to breathe and even tasted delicious. It's adult cough medicine. I found the recipe here http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-bourbon-cough-syrup-for-79030 and I am proof that it works.
The ingredients are simple
A shot of bourbon (use the cheapest you have because you are sick, you cannot taste anything anyway. I used Jim Bean until I used it all up and then switched to Makers)
half a fresh squeezed lemon (use the fresh stuff here and not the bottled stuff, it tastes much different)
a couple of teaspoons of honey
Heat for about a minute or so. I put it in my fancy handpainted teacup so that I felt a little bit classier drinking at 10am. It was a holiday and it was medicine! Now I just have to figure out how I can drink this at the office.
Later on in the evening I decided that I need to snuggle up with my adorable kitten, Trouble, a blanket and a fire. Here is a picture of the cutest kitten that ever existed (I do not care if he is actually 7, he is still my kitten). Anyway back to the fire, which was the purpose of this....
Little known fact, dried out citrus peels make amazing fire starters. Plus they your apartment or home smells like citrus. I normally save my peels and then put them on a baking sheet at 200 for about 15-20 minutes or until they are dry. I suggest you also do this because it is amazing!
