How to Make Pine Needle Oxymel
HOW TO MAKE A PINE NEEDLE OXYMEL
This week we're headed out to forage... it's always green, highly aromatic and you find it everywhere... the PINE TREE!
The pine family is incredibly brighting, uplifting and helpful during the winter seasons. Almost every part of the pine tree is medicinal, including the bark, needles, resin, pollen and seeds.
We're focusing on the needles this week. They make a beautiful tea, infused honey, oxymel {see recipe}, infused vinegar, and infused salt and sugar.
The needles are high in vitamin C, help to stop coughs and fevers, soothe sore throats and are incredibly nutritive to the body. They help calm the nerves, improve focus, boost creativity, and give a gentle energy.
An oxymel is an herb infused vinegar and honey blend. Sweet and sour. Healthy and delicious. My favorite drink!
GET THE DOWNLOADABLE RECIPE along with other delicious herbal recipe PDFs HERE :: https://www.wildgardenfarms.com/recip...
When you make a pine oxymel, you get all of the benefits of pine plus the benefits of apple cider vinegar {immune + digestive} and honey {immune, allergy support, energy, throat soother}.
Oxymels nourish us with proteins, enzymes and helpful bacteria. When you add the herbs, the ACV and honey extract beneficial properties of the herbs as well.
I like to pour a tablespoon into a glass and then top with sparkling water. See recipe for other uses. SIMPLE and DIVINE!