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Home Hints: Kick the Colds with Flu Bomb

 

The last installment in my month-long run of lemony lemon lemon-related posts is our families recipe for Flu Bomb.

I make this home-remedy every June in preparation for the onslaught of coughs and sneezes that will inevitably descend on our home, and it works really well.

I'm not gonna lie, this stuff packs a PUNCH.  It's strong, spicy and intense.  In Mr M's words....."...makes me feel ALLIIIIVVE!!" 

 

 

Here's what you will need....

 

Flu Bomb

• 2-3 cloves crushed garlic
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/4 tsp chopped ginger
• Tiny drop of eucalyptus oil
• Juice of one lemon
• 3-4 tbsp honey
• Hot water

 

Combine everything in a glass jar, adding enough hot water to help the mixture blend together well.  Cover and store in the fridge.

That's it!  There's not much too it and it's so simple to take - just 1 teaspoon each day (we take ours after breakfast).  The first year we started taking this I noticed a big difference in how often the kids had runny noses and coughs.  We made it through an entire winter season without a trip to the Doctor or a script for Antibiotics.  That was proof enough for me that this mixture does some good!

 

 

And because I get asked a lot for this recipe, (and I'm always forgetting it myself!!) I've made a free printable PDF of the recipe.  

Click here....

Download MJ Flu Bomb Recipe

It's a great size to stick to the fridge/noticeboard and each print-out has 2 x recipe cards, so you can give one away to a friend.

Here's to a snuffle-free winter!

 

Home Hints: Natural Lemon & Vinegar Cleaner

 

I seem to be on a lemon theme this week!

I can take no credit for this genius idea - I read it first via the lurvely ladies over at Mamabake - and I thought, wow.  Now that is a clever idea.

Lemon peels + Vinegar = all natural, all purpose, very affordable household cleaner!

Ka-ching!

So after I baked the Lemon and Coconut Brownies of course I had a heap of lemon skins which were headed straight for the bin, until I remembered this great tip.

 

 

Making this is SUPER easy.

    1.  Find a jar.

    2.  Fill it with lemon peels (I removed the pith and leftover bits of lemon first)

    3.  Fill jar to the brim with vinegar (plain ol' cheap bottle is fine).

    4.  Sit on your kitchen bench and forget about it for 2-3 weeks.

 

When ready to use, strain, throw the peels in the bin and pop the liquid into a spray bottle and hey presto!  Safe, environmentally friendly, cheap cleaner.  Now I would be tempted to use this straight, but other recipes that I've seen on the net advise to dilute it 50/50 with water.  I guess it would depend on how strong the finished liquid is which will depend on your ratio of peel to vinegar.  I think I'll dilute mine and see how it works..

I've got my jar of lemon cleaner sitting on my bench and I can't wait to give it a try.

I'll let you all know how it worked for us :-) 

And next up in Lemon Week (heck, I'm running with it...) my recipe for Flu Bomb; the medicine we take to keep coughs and colds away during winter.