Elderberry is a wonderful immune booster and kids usually love the taste. Pure Chocolate works really well as a cough suppressant. I borrowed this from Natural Mom, Healthy Child.
Ingredients: •1/2 cup of cocoa powder (preferably organic,non-alkaline) •1 cup elderberry juice •1 cup honey •1 pinch of large salt •1/4 tsp vanilla Mix the cocoa and the elderberry juice in a saucepan. Heat and stir to dissolve the cocoa. Boil for 3 minutes over medium heat. Add the salt and the vanilla. While still warm, but not too hot, add the honey and stir to dissolve. Let cool. Pour into a sterile glass jar,and store in the refrigerator. Keeps for several months.
Yields two cups. You can also use store bought elderberry syrup, heat it up, and add 1/2 cup cocoa powder to one cup syrup
- You can also use store bought elderberry syrup, heat it up, and add 1/2 cup cocoa powder to one cup syrup
2 comments:
Would it be possible to add the honey after boiling the mixture? Many healthy ingredients in honey would not survive the heat (amino-acid based, they only hold together up to 41°C or something).
I'm sure that would be fine! Add the Honey afterward to taste. You're right. The nutritional properties in Honey would not survive, the high heat. At 98.6 degrees honey begins to lose many of it's nutritional properties. I will change that. Thank you. Since I borrowed the recipe, I didn't look as close as I should have. Thanks Diandra! :)
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