Healthy Monday:Immune-Boosting Juices To Get You Through Cold Season

It's the season of coughs and sneezes - stay well with these three bug-blitzing juices





It may be the season to be jolly, but December also brings a swathe of nasty bugs leaving you snotty, sneezing and feeling less than your best.


Build up your body's natural defence system with an immune-boosting drink. The cold-pressed juice experts at Imbibery London have created three to keep you 100% this Christmas.
1/ APPLE, LEMON AND CINNANMON


SERVES 1


INGREDIENTS
1 apple
1/4 lemon
1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon or 2 cinnamon sticks
1/4 tablespoon cardemom
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar


METHOD


1/ Juice the apple


2/ Place it in a pot on the top stove with juice from the lemon.


3/ Mix in the ground cinnamon or cinnamon sticks, cardemom and apple cider vinegar.


4/ Don't bring to a boil, but let the mixture warm up.
2/ BRAZIL NUTS, TUMERIC AND GINGER


SERVES 1


INGREDIENTS
1 cup of Brazil nuts
Himalayan sea salt
1/2 piece of tumeric
1/4 piece of ginger
2 teaspoons coconut oil


METHOD


1/ Soak the Brazil nuts in water overnight with a pinch of sea salt.


2/ Drain and blend the nuts in a blender with three cups of water to create nut milk.


3/ Juice the tumeric and ginger.


4/ Add the juiced tumeric and ginger to the nut milk in the blender, along with the coconut oil, and blend together.
3/ CASHEW NUTS, RED BELL PEPPERS AND GARLIC


SERVES 1


INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup of cashew nuts
Himalayan sea salt
Olive oil
2.5 whole red bell peppers
1/2 onion
1/2 piece of garlic
Black Pepper
Vegetable broth


METHOD


1/ Soak the cashews in water with a pinch of sea salt for three to four hours.


2/ Drain and blend the cashews with 1 to 1.5 cups of water until thick and creamy.


3/ In a pan with olive oil, quickly soften the red bell peppers, onion (chopped) and garlic.


4/ Add the red bell peppers, onion and garlic to the cashew mixture.


5/ Add 1/2 to 1 cup of vegetable broth and blend all together.


6/ Add a further pinch of sea salt and black pepper.


7/ Warm up over a saucepan or enjoy at room temperature. Add basil on top for flavour and garnish.


Credit:Women's Health