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These Detox Honey Lemon Ginger Slices are great to flavor water and tea.  Keep a jar with slices of lemon honey and and ginger stashed in your fridge to conveniently add to warm water for a healthy drink to sip on. 

A clear mason jar filled with lemon honey and ginger slices.

Having a jar of lemon honey and ginger to add to water makes it easy to enjoy flavored water throughout the day. Drinking warm ginger lemon water is also a soothing drink to sip on when you’re feeling under the weather during cold and flu season.

A clear glass mason jar filled with lemon honey and ginger slices.

Lemon Honey And Ginger

  • Lemon
  • Ginger
  • Honey

Find printable recipe with measurements below.

Directions

  1. Peel ginger and cut into slices.
  2. Rinse lemons under water then cut into slices.
  3. Layer the lemon slices, ginger slices and raw honey in a mason jar.  
  4. Squeeze the juice of 1/2 lemon over the lemons for extra lemony tasting syrup.
  5. Refrigerate to let the lemon slices marinate for at least an hour.   
  6. Add slices of lemon and ginger and 1-2 heaping teaspoons of lemon honey marinade to a glass of warm water or tea.
  7. Stir and enjoy.
  8. Will keep in refrigerator for up to a week.

A clear glass mason jar filled with honey lemon ginger slices.

Health Benefits of Lemon Juice

  • Excellent source of Vitamin C
  • Rich with flavonoid compounds 

Health Benefits of Fresh Ginger Root

  • Anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties
  • Rich with antioxidants 

Health Benefits of Honey

  • Rich source of flavonoids and polyphenols (which act as antioxidants) (1)

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A clear glass mason jar filled with honey lemon and ginger slices.
Yield: 8 servings

Detox Honey Lemon Ginger Slices

Prep Time 10 minutes
Additional Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

These Detox Honey Lemon Ginger Slices are great to flavor water and tea.  Keep a jar with slices of lemon honey and and ginger stashed in your fridge to conveniently add to warm water for a healthy drink to sip on. 

Ingredients

  • 2-1/2 large organic lemons, sliced thin
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 inch fresh ginger, peeled and sliced

Instructions

  1. Peel ginger using a knife or the side of a spoon. Cut peeled ginger into slices.
  2. Rinse the lemons in hot water.
  3. Cut Lemon in half and then into slices.
  4. Layer the lemon slices, ginger slices and raw honey in a mason jar.  Continue to layer until all of the ingredients are used.
  5. Squeeze the juice of 1/2 lemon over the lemons for extra lemony tasting syrup.
  6. Refrigerate  to let the lemon slices marinate for at least an hour.   The ginger and the lemon will fuse its flavors together in the honey, giving you a delicious immune boosting lemon ginger honey syrup.
  7. Use 1-2 heaping teaspoons to a glass of cold water or to a cup of hot water.  Stir and enjoy.
  8. Stays good stored in the refrigerator for up to a week.
  9. Keep refrigerated,
 
© Deborah
Cuisine: Healthy / Category: Drinks