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How to make a Switchel- a healthy, energizing, probiotic drink made with apple cider vinegar (with the "mother" in it), lemon, ginger, honey or maple syrup - (both optional, see notes) that lowers blood sugar, improves insulin sensitivity, builds healthy bacteria in the gut, lowers cholesterol, helps sheds weight, boosts immunity, aids with digestion and regularity and increases energy and vitality!

Switchel Recipe 

ginger

apple cider vinegar

½ -1 lemon (or sub limes oranges

honey

Place ginger in one cup of water in a small pot and bring to a boil. Let cool.

Pour the ginger water, remaining water, apple cider vinegar, juice from half a lemon, and your choice of sweetener into to a quart mason jar. Stir and adjust lemon and sweetness to your taste.

Store in a pitcher or mason jar, either in the fridge or at room temp ( if drinking throughout the day).

Enjoy first thing in the morning to aid the liver in cleansing, or in the afternoon for an energizing pick-me-up.

As a teenager working on the neighbor's farm, we drank a lot of switchel during the summer hot months. I have, over the years, kept drinking it for my health. I now have my own recipe which actually makes it a pleasure to drink.
3/4 cup apple juice, 1/4 cup water,  squirt of lemon juice,  3 teaspoons Braggs apple cider vinegar, and two shakes of organic ground ginger. Stir and enjoy. No need to add any sweetener as the apple juice has enough but is still OK for diabetics.

I have the book The Master Cleanser so it was lovely to see you post this recipe.  I have been doing this for a long time.

I also like to add fresh turmeric to the ginger and water, has wonderful health benefits and tastes delicious.
P.S. Thanks for sharing all your wonderful recipes, you are certainly an inspiration.

I'-ve been drinking ginger water not with consistency but after seeing your recipe today is a new beginning for me. Thank you?

My favorite drink!!! Adding lemon and ginger  so simple yet so  wonderful. Thank you, Sylviia for a delicious advice!  I'm  hooked on your inspiring  recipes!

I have cultivated a DEEP and abiding hateful resistance to Kombucha for at least 2 decades. Really. Would rather be stabbed in the eyeball than drink that s...!  BUUUUUT....Saw a few of your other recipes and tried them with great joy on the outcomes and then...I saw the Switchel...Dang. Given my native habit of forgiveness, I decided to try it. There were no specifics on the size of the ginger "slices" so I used about 1/8" slices from an inch-wide root. Brought to boil and boiled for about 30 secs. Cooled by pouring off into a thin metal container while assembling the other ingreds. I didn't use a T of raw honey. Just about a healthy tsp. and juice from half a lemon along with the 2T of well shaken Braggs vinegar. My, my....MY, MY....I freaking LOVE this! Even luke warm it was so FRESH and lovely. Not nearly as sicky sweet as some commercial, albeit organic Kombuchas. THANK YOU!!!!! I only hate you a little bit...I promise. Habits, in this case are easily broken. I up and made 4 jars straightaway. Fanfreakintastic. xoxo Evie

We have used ACV medicinally for decades, including for food poisoning. Our family of 5 once did a trial to see if it really worked: when we had eaten some "iffy" food at a picnic, some of us took the ACV and some didn't. Those that didn't, got sick, we others did not. We take it like a shot; 1-3 tsp in water (we used to do 8 oz, but now i cut to the chase and sock about 1TBSP in 2-4oz water. Gets the job done fast. Whenever I am suspicious of a food I ate, or if tummy feels kinda funny, i take no chances and down it. And in those days, it was just the commercial ACV, not the good stuff we can get now! But either works.  Had to share. It's never done me any harm, and because it is downed like you might a shot of strong booze, (gulp!), there's no tasting it really. :)

I just made Switchel...and I have to say I love it!  I did not add sweetener at all.  The combination of ginger, lemon &amp; acv is stellar fabulous.  So great that it makes a big mason jar for in my fridge so that it is handy for the week.  Thank you so much!

I found this recipe while looks for something to make me less tasty to mosquitos. I haven’t been able to test out the mosquito deterrent effects, but the drink was quite tasty. I don’t normally drink alcohol and have been looking for a refreshing summer drink, think I found it.

Fantastic recipe! I'm definitely going to try this one out.

I start craving it!! I poured some into icecube tray so I don’t water it down when I drink it all day!

Kefir is a great way to get in your daily probiotics, but the taste of it plain can be pretty sour! Here&#039;s how to flavor kefir (3 delicious ways).

How To Flavor Kefir (3 Ways!)

kefir (950 mL)

fruit (like chopped strawberries, blueberries, or chopped peaches)

Tbsp sweetener (like sugar, honey,

Flavor: Choose your desired flavor and sweetener, then add them to a blender along with kefir.

Blend: Blend until smooth. Serve chilled!

How to make water kefir soda, a delicious, fermented, probiotic drink!

How to Make Water Kefir Soda

water

brown sugar

water kefir grains

juice ((optional))

Heat 1 cup of water until warm but not boiling.

Remove from the heat and add 1/2 cup brown sugar to the warm water. Stir until completely dissolved and let cool completely.

Add 3 cups cool filtered water to the sugar water mixture and stir to combine.

Put 1/4 cup water kefir grains into a half-gallon jar.

Pour the sugar water into the jar with the water kefir grains.

Cover loosely with a cloth (secure with a rubber band or use a coffee filter secured with a rubber band).

Let sit on the counter top (or another warm place in the kitchen—between 68° —85°) to ferment for 24-48 hours. The length of time it takes to ferment depends on the temperature of your kitchen. If it&#x27;s cooler, it will take longer, and if it&#x27;s warmer it will happen faster.

After 1-2 days, strain the kefir using a fine mesh strainer or a double layer of cheesecloth. Now it's ready to drink and enjoy!

When kefir has finished culturing, make a new batch of sugar water and combine with the kefir grains left in the jar, following steps 1-8 above.

Optional Step for Fizzy Water Kefir Soda: Now you can add flavorings or do a second ferment to make it extra fizzy.

For a second ferment, add finished water kefir to flip-top brewing bottles, leaving plenty of head space at the top. Add 1/4 cup of juice to the water kefir in the bottle for added flavor (grape, apple, berry are a few examples of juice flavors you can use). Let the water kefir set out on the counter top in the flip-top bottles for a second ferment. This can take anywhere from 1-3 days. How long depends on the temperature of your kitchen. Be careful when you open the bottles after this second ferment, as the water kefir soda can get very bubbly and even explode! Try to open the bottles very slowly, away from your body. Enjoy!

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