The Mama Edna Project

Here’s a great way to include turmeric in your daily diet over the winter months. This hot tea will warm your cold bones and help detox at the same time. The addition of coconut oil and black pepper help with the bio-availability of the turmeric. This tea is loaded with great spices for the winter months.

Fill a two quart sauce pan halfway with filtered water and place on medium-high heat. Add to the pot a one to two inch “finger” of fresh turmeric, sliced. Then add an inch of sliced ginger. In a tea ball infuser or a tea bag if you have them, add one teaspoon each of cumin seeds, coriander seeds, and fennel seeds along with one or two pieces of star anise and drop into water. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer covered for 20-30 minutes. At this point you have a couple of different options. You can drink this tea as is with a little honey, a teaspoon of coconut oil and a grind of fresh black pepper or you can steep a tea bag of green, matcha, chamomile or a lemony tea bag for 5 minutes in a cup and then add the honey, coconut oil and black pepper.

Relax and enjoy the warmth and the detox.