The Wellness Shot You’ve Been Missing

Taking a look at wellness shots, a tiny shot could pack a powerful punch. Yes, and we have Amanda Sweeney. She is here with us today, founder and keeper of The Bees over at Edgewood Apiary. She's here now to show us how to make some, and I'm so glad that you're here. Everybody's sneezing and snuffling. A lot of medicinal properties to what you brought here as well. All of the herbs and the vegetables that are fermented in the apple cider vinegar are really important to easily get the nutrients into your body. that it needs to protect you during all the seasonal transition. Immunity boosters. Absolutely. I love what you said earlier. Food is medicine, and it absolutely can be, especially with the ingredients that you have here. Let's start with what is fire cider? All right. It is just like I said a second ago. Think of it very simply as that pantry staple that you need of fermented cider. Think of it like a wellness shot. A very easy way to take that small step to get those nutrients into your body first thing in the morning. So you have a little shot set up right here. This is herbs and honey. We've got berries and florals. And then if you'd like to pack a punch, a little heat. Okay, talk about why the fermentation aspect of this is so important when it comes to getting the nutritious value. It's just going to pull that fermentation process, pulls all the minerals and the vitamins into that cider vinegar, and just makes for a really simple way to get it into your body. Okay, we're going to try some as well. You can also put this on a salad. I mean, you can use it in a multitude of ways. Yes, lots of different ways. All right, so let's go. I'm ready. Which one should I try? I think you said you liked some punch. I do. So let's go with a bit of heat and honey that's going to have cayenne, horseradish, ginger. Is this the fire cider? And then this is the fire. This is the fire. And then this is herbs and honey. Okay, herbs and honey. So no fire, but still the cider. So just a different personality. And it's tasty. I like it a lot. Thank you. I like this one, too, because the honey makes it easier to go down, and it adds a little bit of sweetness to the tanginess from the vinegar. Absolutely. Yeah. Absolutely. Which one is this one? That is, I'm sorry, the berries and florals also packed in with a little honey. And so a really easy way to take that, we've got it set up right here as a little bit of a mocktail. If you can just mix that. You can make it. Yeah, right through this. So here's your fire cider going in, your sparkling water. And the cool thing about the honey that we're drinking right now, you're a beekeeper. I am. So this is extra fresh honey that we're getting this morning. Just talk about what that's like and having that high-quality honey to add to this. So, you know, raw natural honey is really great for your body. Also packed full of antioxidants, nutrients that your body needs, lots of amazing enzymes, good for digestion, good for protecting your histamine response to the seasonal changes. So right here we have a little bit of a mocktail. Who's up? I just tried this one, so I'm going to let you have that one. I kind of cheated. I actually see this on a salad. It's like a vinaigrette kind of. Absolutely. Absolutely. So with this one, you've got the turmeric blended in with elderberry and hibiscus. Some cloves. I taste some cinnamon in here. Yes, absolutely. Good. Thank you. Okay, I can make this at home. So if you want to make this every day, would you recommend just one glass a day or you can drink as many as possible? Yeah. I don't think that it's possible to like overdose. We're talking about a really amazing supplement isn't really a good word for it. It's more just like a staple that you can blend into your life. We don't want it to be a supplement. We want it to be just a basic way to get those vitamins and minerals into your daily diet. And it can also just prevent those colds and all the things that come at us during cold and flu season. It has amazing properties for that. And so in terms of the salad, all we have here is super, super simple. we've got the greens mixed up with a little tomato because I think tomatoes go in almost everything and then we're just gonna go back to that herbs and honey vinaigrette I have to try your vinaigrette I just had tomatoes yesterday with regular vinegar a little bit of salt and pepper I think this is definitely take it up a notch Yeah the only thing that we put on this is the salt and olive oil and then you are welcome to give that a try right there okay I feel like I'm in your kitchen right in a way all I mean the product should be in your kitchen that's the whole point is to really in it just let it be that pantry staple or for you know for my home it sits right next to the honey that's sitting right next to my coffee machine it's just always there yeah and easy to grab and this is such a simple simple way to do it yourself and you can't remember the last time you had a cold no I don't think there's a solution for that berries honey I mean it's just we need this this triple threat it is this for this season lots of protection awesome sauce thanks for coming thank you thank you and Edgewood Apiaries Farm apiaries.com thank you thank you all right guys uh don't go anywhere we're gonna be back