Zombie Buster Salad Dressing

A.K.A Professor Cayenne Salad Dressing

I LOVE THIS STUFF!

This is an herbal vinegar tincture made into a zesty and healthy dressing

 It's a great immune booster for the winter season

As well as very warming and satisfying 

Place 1/2 Cup each of the following chopped vegetables into a large mason jar:

     Ginger Root

     Horseradish Root (This is very easy to grow. Harvest the root in the fall and freeze in a plastic bag.)

     Garlic

     Onion

     Parsley

Also add:

     1/8 Cup dried, crushed or chopped red pepper

     1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

Cover the vegetables with raw apple cider vinegar and place the lid on tightly. Shake daily for two weeks. Squeeze the spent vegetables to get all the goodness out and discard. 

This vinegar tincture can be used by itself as a great immune boosting agent, or you can make it into a delicious salad dressing as follows.

To the vinegar add: 

     Extra Virgin Olive Oil (usually about equal parts with the vinegar or as you like)

     Honey to taste (doesn't take much)

     Bragg's Amino Acids to taste (or sea salt if you prefer)

Enjoy! 

I've been healthier than usual this year. 

I'm pretty sure this salad dressing has something to do with that!

     

Garlic!

If your cold or flu turns into a secondary infection then garlic will be your best friend.  Based on experience with our family, this usually means bronchitis for big people and ear infections for the little ones.  In this case, I have had great results in using one of nature's most powerful antibacterial weapons, garlic!

For the upper respiratory infections, I take raw garlic just like a pill.  Just peal it and cut a piece the size of the last joint of your little finger (this is very scientific), for me this is about 3/4" long and 1/2 " wide, and take it with water.  You can cut it in half or thirds if this makes it easier to swallow.  There is no need to chew it up, though you could if you would like to smell strongly of garlic for the next several days.  In fact, that is how you know that your body needs, and is using the garlic.  There will be no apparent garlic smell through the skin until the job is done.  When you feel like you're permeated with garlic and are starting to stink, it's time to stop.   This is a very safe and effective remedy.  I take it 4 times a day as needed.  When the discharge begins to run clear (instead of yellow or green) you'll also know it's done the job.

For ear infections, you can use the garlic oil, which can be made easily at home.  Just infuse the oil with raw garlic and add a little lobelia, a great muscle relaxant.  Warming the oil before putting it into the ear will make it more soothing.  You can put a cotton ball and tape over the ear to hold the garlic oil in over night.

My good friend, and master herbalist, Tisha Mecham, considers garlic a wonderful herb that everybody should learn to use.  She writes, "Garlic has been nicknamed the Russian antibiotic; it is anti-bacterial.  Garlic is effective against yeast, bacteria, cancer and virus.  It rids the system of parasites when used raw.  Clears the skin and dissolves tumors.  Very good for the heart, circulation, liver, lungs, ears, nose, throat and bronchi."

We use it regularly at our house for many of the purposes listed above, including yeast overgrowth and it works very well for us!

And remember, a couple cloves minced garlic in a spoon of honey with 1/8-1/4 teaspoon cayenne will cure strep throat. Let it trickle down your throat. Take at least four times a day as needed.

So glad I know about the mighty garlic!!