Holidays & Cranberries, Sugar & Spice – Friends & Family! The holidays are just around the corner.  Peeking out the window are beautiful white snow flakes!   What warms our hearts during the winter months? Sharing piping hot tea and sitting by a cozy and warm fireplace with the ones we love, hearing the comforting crackles and a shoulder to lean on.

Ready for the Best Cranberry Ginger Tea Ever?   It’s just bursting with outrageous flavor!

Cranberries improve your circulatory system, relieve asthma symptoms, plus reduce bacteria in the urinary tract, alleviating urinary tract infections.

Yields 2 servings
Recipe Inspired by my dear friend Jeannie Gagney.

Ingredients
16 ounces (2 cups) water
½ cup organic fresh cranberries
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
3 star anise
1 cinnamon stick (optional)
1 lemon, juiced
2 teaspoons honey, divided*
Directions
Slice each cranberry in half and toss them into a small saucepan along with water; bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes. Add ginger, star anise, and cinnamon. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes. Strain liquid with two layers of cheesecloth or a fine mesh strainer into a glass mug. Squeeze in lemon juice and stir in honey.

*Vegan option; agave or maple syrup

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