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Last Updated on Jul 10th, 2020 fitasamamabear

Homemade Fire Cider Recipe

Boost your immune system and stay healthy this cold and flu season with this homemade, immune-boosting recipe! Containing gut healing, healthy superfoods these ingredients will help your system ramp up it’s fighting abilities. And when you feel a scratchy throat coming on, be sure to load up on homemade cough drops just in case!

Pinterest image with text: homemade fire cider in two bit mason jars with garlic, ginger and lemon in a bowl beside it and ginger around the jars

If there’s on thing I’ve learned as a parent, it’s that kids in daycare or school suck. Okay, not in a mean way but in a germ way. It’s like the snotty nose just gets passed around the class every two days. It’s insane.

Which is why I do everything in my power as a mom to keep us healthy.

  • We eat healthy, immune-boosting foods daily
  • We make immune-boosting gummies
  • We ensure we’re getting enough supplements (vitamin D and DHA are our biggest)
  • I sneak bone broth (or bone broth powder) into our food weekly
  • We use Onguard spray before school and diffuse EO’s at bed (here’s out bedtime routine)
  • And we make crazy hippie things like this cough and cold remedy and easy homemade honey cough drops

This tonic isn’t something new, but it is slowly becoming more and more mainstream.

I’ve been making this natural cough remedy a few years now (video below) and not only is it simple but it works!

 

What Is Fire Cider?

It is a collection of anti-bacterial and anti-inflammation ingredients, mixed with apple cider vinegar and fermented for a few weeks.

Most of the ingredients you’ll have on hand and all of them have their own chart stopping benefits.

I’ve written about my love of turmeric and it’s benefits before but that combined with garlic and onions provide a crazy amount of anti-inflammation properties.

Note: I’m no doctor, or even an herbalist. This is just a tonic I make for myself and my family. Consult doctors friends.

 

Why The Ingredients Work

Some of the benefits are said to include:

  • Boosted immune system
  • Fewer colds
  • Helps fight bacteria like Candida
  • High in antioxidants
  • Can reduce inflammation (in the belly, in joints etc)

I use fire cider throughout the cold and flu months to keep my immune system high. It doesn’t always taste amazing (though there is a trick) but I find it works well.

It’s a bit trickier to get the kids to love it but they will try it (or have it snuck in) every so often haha

 

How To Use The Cough Remedy

After you make the natural cough remedy and let it ferment, what do you do with it?

Some people are brave and just take a shot daily. You’ve been warned, it burns.

I do this when I feel a cold coming on- I also make up some cough drops immediately!

However, as a preventative measure, I mix the fire cider recipe with some raw honey (which has its own benefits) a make it into a dressing for salads or bowls.

This gives me a leg up on my immune system and makes me better able to fight off all the germs that come home from school.

Cold and Flu Prevention

Immune Boosting Ingredients

  • ½ cup pearl onion, peeled
  • ½ cup turmeric root, peeled and chopped
  • ¼ cup ginger root, peeled and chopped
  • ¼ cup horseradish root, peeled and chopped
  • ½ jalapeno, seeded and chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
  • 1 lemon (zested and juiced)
  • 1 Large Bottle Apple Cider Vinegar (must contain the mother!)

Not feeling up to making your own? You can actually buy it pre-made now! Insanity to me lol

Tools You May Need

  • Large jar
  • Cheesecloth

How To Make The Fire Cider Recipe

Divide all ingredients evenly (except apple cider vinegar) into two large mason jars.

Immune system boost

Pour apple cider vinegar over the ingredients so that the vinegar is roughly two to three inches above.

Gut health

Fill a small Ziplock bag 1/3 of the way with water. Place the baggy into the jar and use a spatula to press all the roots/ingredients down as much as possible to make sure everything is submerged.

Tie off the bag or wrap around mouth of jar. Place parchment paper over the jar and then tighten on the cap.

Let ferment in a dark area for four weeks. When ready, strain out the roots and whisk in raw, local honey to taste. Use as shots when you feel a cold coming on or use a bit more honey and make into a salad dressing for prevention.

Here’s a video demo.

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Pinterest image with text: homemade fire cider in two bit mason jars with garlic, ginger and lemon in a bowl beside it and ginger around the jars

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Natural Cough & Cold Remedy

A fermented, immune-boosting liquid to help you prevent getting sick during cold season.

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 28 days 20 minutes
Servings 20 servings
Calories 5 kcal
Author Fit as a Mama Bear

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup pearl onions peeled and sliced
  • 1/2 cup turmeric root peeled and chopped
  • 1/4 cup ginger root peeled and chopped
  • 1/4 cup horseradish peeled and chopped
  • 1/2 jalapeno seeded and chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic peeled and chopped
  • 1 lemon zested and juiced
  • 1 bottle apple cider vinegar large

Instructions

  1. Divide all ingredients evenly (except apple cider vinegar) into two large mason jars.

  2. Pour apple cider vinegar over the ingredients so that the vinegar is roughly two to three inches above.

  3. Fill a small Ziplock bag 1/3 of the way with water. Place the baggy into the jar and use a spatula to press all the roots/ingredients down as much as possible to make sure everything is submerged.

  4. Tie off the bag or wrap around mouth of the jar. Place parchment paper over the jar and then cap the jar.

  5. Let ferment in a dark area for four weeks. When ready, strain out the roots and whisk in raw, local honey to taste.

Recipe Notes

To Use: Use as shots when you feel a cold coming on or use a bit more honey and make into a salad dressing for prevention.

Nutrition Facts
Natural Cough & Cold Remedy
Amount Per Serving
Calories 5 Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Sodium 13mg1%
Potassium 22mg1%
Carbohydrates 1g0%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 4IU0%
Vitamin C 4mg5%
Calcium 4mg0%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Cold an flu prevention

If you want to prevent colds during this winter season, rock this fire cider recipe! The ingredients are all anti-bacterial, help fight inflammation, and most importantly, help you boost your immune system, so you don’t get sick.

Homemade fire cider

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