Finally. Your new year probably started a couple weeks ago. But our first week felt like a hiatus between the lines of time. Now we are looking ahead at travel plans to NYC for the Gift fair. Excited to get back on track with yoga and exercise… you know that momentum of righteous resolution. After days of barely having any appetite my buds re-calibrated post holiday to not needing so much sweet and I already dropped my holiday mid waist luggage.
We nursed a gnarly flu with the following arsenal… This is how we do it.
Herb pharm echinacea goldenseal blend. I’ll take this 2-3x day
Local Island Thymes‘ respiratory balm. Made by friends of mine
Digital thermometer- I’m obsessed with taking my temp. And a myriad of items for symptoms.
Loads of this honey in fresh ginger and lemon tea. Strong and spicy and soothing.
Sucking the Emergen-C’s down every few hours. I’m not too concerned with the extra marketing of ‘joint health’ but we like the citrus flavor:)
The honey loquat syrup is great for chest and coughs. The Manuka honey from New Zealand, supposedly high in healthy anti-bacterial microbes.
The fresh ginger I peel and slice thin and boil/simmer in water. I’ll add juice of 1/2 to 1 whole lemon and a couple tablespoons of raw honey. I drink it hot. I love that stuff.
When I’m really down and out I eat homemade applesauce. My first meal this week was some chicken stock from the freezer thawed with the addition of a little chicken breast, carrots, shitake mushrooms, carrots and spinach. Maybe a little left over rice in there too.
Then I moved onto a healing beef bone broth with spinach, mushrooms, kimchi and a poached egg and avocado. This was a lovely meal I won’t wait till I’m sick to make again. I made the bone broth overnight in the crockpot with short ribs and soup bones and the general aromatics- onion, carrot, celery, parsley, bulb of garlic, peppercorns. I’ll cook it 12 hours overnight and strain. I then just shred a little of the short rib meat to add in to the broth. Healing and tasty.
Hope your 2015 is off to a good start!
Last but not least one little farm shot. Not our farm but some baby calf buddies nearby. They are still skiddish but so sweet!
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I don’t think a germ has a chance with your arsenal of remedies!
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Exactly my thought. I cover every angle. And I’d like to think I got through it pretty easy and fast. Hell all that fermented food I make and eat- I’m always touting my horn of health- but the couple days in bed weren’t the worst thing and once in a while not being responsible for anything is great… wt
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Some people are always sick Wendy. I like to think we are doing it right and will stick with that.
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Our NewYear respiratory support arsenal was just about the same, the honey was orange blossoms maybe ❤ Love you hope you're feeling better ❤ Sissy
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Hello Wendy, good to hear from you again! I hope this year continues better for you than it started off 🙂
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Oh yes… it will. And now I’m again appreciating good health and energy!
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HEAL!
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I’m almost back 100%. Thank you:)
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Dear Wendy, happy new year. Thanks for loveley pictures and good information. Years ago I always had problems with a cold in autum/winter. I started to eat every morning an orange with natural yoghurt. Since that time I rarely getting a cold.
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Good advice. I’m on kefir every morning and I’ve been devouring oranges. I think you are on to something. Happy New Year.. x
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Hey Wendy, gorgeous post. Sorry to hear that you haven’t been well. Wow, what an array of good herbal treatments. Manuka honey is great stuff, especially good for topical application. Loved seeing also the ‘raw’ honey .. most people don’t realise that heating honey can often destroy it’s good properties. 🙂
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I’m like a raw queen. It’s just always better. Honey, milk etc… I’m researching bees now. I think that will be my 2015 farm project.
Hope your year is off to a good start. Happy 2015 x wt
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And a very happy New Year to you too lovely! Best of luck with the bee research, they are so worth it! 🙂
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Remind me- do you have bees?
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Hey wendy .. We do although they are a friends hives and he looks after them. 🙂
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Hope you’re feeling yourself again soon! I’ve heard that bone broth is very good for a whole lot of reasons. I think I need to look into it more closely.
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I’m glad to see all that stuff made a difference and you’re back amongst the living again. I love those little calves. 🙂
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“lol” broke a chuckle when I saw your “Cacophony of Cures” So glad you are back from the land of the ill! Happy New Year, Wendy!
Thanks for the pic of the calves! They look adorable. 🙂
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Welcome back to the land of the living! Wow, the flu bugs have been very wicked this year. Heck you could open up your own herbal remedy store and even sell bowls of nourishing soup and people would flock by the dozens, this year has a been a rough year to start. Your little calves are adorable.
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What a plethora of flu fighting superpowers! I love an old fashioned remedy of bone broth and starchy comfort foods too. Hopefully the worst of flu season is behind you so you can concentrate on more delicious food!
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Happy New Year to you too, Wendy! 🙂 I wish speedy recovery to you! And those calves as if they were posing for your photo, how sweet they are!
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