It’s interesting how motivating the tiniest tips from people you care about or respect can be. I was recently on a short flight and read the autobiography of a certain Soviet-era singer, whose music I grew up with. It was a thin, throwaway paperback that I read back to back during the flight, but something about her positivity really made an impression on me. This singer is almost eighty years old, but looks great and has stayed incredibly active, and the book is studded with small, often old-school tips of how she believes she’s managed to keep up her health. She walks everywhere she goes, covering large distances on foot in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and her two drinks of choice are carrot juice in the morning and chamomile tea at night. Sure enough, I’ve been noticing myself drinking both of those with more frequency and taking longer walks whenever possible. And it doesn’t matter to me how silly of a motivation that was, if it helps me get from point A to point B in taking more care of myself, I’m all in.
So here’s the carrot-based tonic I’ve been inspired to drink more often. Since I don’t love pure carrot juice, I doctor it up with ginger, turmeric, lemon and honey, which makes it a true remedy and a preventative for winter colds and flu. It’s delicious – potent, refreshing, spicy and sinus-clearing, and a little goes a long way – I like having a shot or a small glass at a time.
Some weekend links after the jump, stay warm this Sunday :)
Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia on the How I Built This Podcast (scroll down a few)
Mark Bittman on Changing the Food Industry and Living Dangerously on Tim Ferriss’s Podcast
Ron Finley, Gangsta Gardener
Amy Revier, Weaving Worlds Beyond Words
- 8-10 large carrots - peeled if not organic
- 1" piece ginger or more - peeled if not organic
- 1" piece fresh turmeric root - peeled if not organic
- 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon raw honey
- Run the carrots, ginger, turmeric and lemon through a juicer. Pour juice into a blender, add the honey and blend until the honey is incorporated. Enjoy.
2. I generally use a bit more than 1" of ginger for this amount of juice, but I like things really fiery. If you are the same way, add some more ginger.
3. We both have this Omega juicer and absolutely love it.
What nutritional difference is there if I make this in a high speed blender?
Hi Liz,
If you were to blend up all the ingredients with water in a high-speed blender, I don’t think there would be much nutritional difference, besides more fiber if you decide not to strain the drink. I would recommend straining it through a fine mesh strainer, just to get rid of all the pulp and make the juice smoother. I would also juice the lemon separately by hand and then add the juice to the blender, just to avoid getting any seeds in there. Hope this helps!
Question- do you think with some coconut milk that this could be made more into a smoothie? I have a Vitamix and not a juicer. Thank you for sharing your kitchen magic with us!
Hi Sandra,
You could absolutely make this into a smoothie. I would recommend adding a frozen banana, dates or both, just to get a creamier, more smoothie-like consistency. We actually have a carrot cake smoothie bowl recipe scheduled to go up on Thursday of this upcoming week, I think you will find it very useful for your Vitamix :)
Hello Anya, thank you always for the beautiful inspiration. I’m not a fan of carrot juice either but you make this one so appealing… the ginger may just be the reply this cold winter -34C Yukon morning deserves! Beautiful!
I also want to command you on a technical aspect of your blog: i switched email accounts for receiving your posts, using the link on your newsletter, and the transfer occurred without a glitch!! Have a wonderful 2017! Anne
Hi Anne,
That’s so great to hear, thank you for letting me know.
-34C, now that is COLD!!! Stay warm :)
Sounds delicious! I will make this today. Would love to know the title of the autobiography you mention ed.
Hi Sandra,
Awesome, hope you enjoy it!
Cannot remember the exact name of the book or find it on the internet, but it’s Edita Piekha’s autobiography. Not sure if you read Russian, but I’m pretty sure it only came out in Russian, unfortunately.
no blender so I can’t give it a try but the color is absolutely wonderful
I could seriously use this remedy right now…. I’m just getting over a bug and could use the nutritional boost! :)
Hi Sarah,
I hope you feel better very soon!!! This tonic would definitely do you some good :)
This looks wonderful! I can’t wait to try it out. Thanks for sharing this and best wishes for this new year from BuzzyCircles.
https://www.buzzycircles.com/
Ginger and turmeric has many good benefits. There are use for medical and herbal purposes to prevent some diseases in spreading.
I inherited a juicer two years ago and I think I’ve maybe used it twice. This looks amazing and so vibrant, I think I have to go dust the old juicer off.
Hi Allyson,
January is the time to dust off those juicers :)
Hope you get around to trying this one out! I often double the batch just so I get more out of the juicing session/have to wash the juicer less often.
Anya,
Love that recipe. Sounds so nourishing.
One of my most inspiring books that read and always refer to is Healing With Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford.
It gives you reference to the healing properties of every food and has wonderful recipes and recommendations.
If you don’t have please try to get it. It is my most cherished book.
Thanks
De
I have been reading a library find to my little bear called A Leaf Can Be by Laure Purdie Salas with enchanting illustrations by Violeta Dabija. It’s a poetic exploration of leaves throughout the year. A leaf can be a…shade spiller a mouth filler a tree topper and rain stopper for example. It shifts your thinking about something as simple yet such a complex part of nature like a leaf and how significant even a tiny leaf can be to the environment and our community. Maybe some of the the climate hoax thinkers should read it and be inspired. While we don’t much on leaves as often as our friends the giraffes, we can use more leaves of vegetables on our tables instead of discarding them. Happy creative feasting!
Warm story, thank you. Wise ladies know the best, so I’m into mixing as well. I love coming back to “your place”. Have a pleasant day.
Love the simplicity of this recipe! I used to give to my girls this juice combined with a little bit of raw goat milk and for me with coconut milk, but stopped this ritual ; Would love to make more time and get back to it, it’s such a healthy juice!
Thank you Natalia! Oooh, mixing it with coconut/goat milk sounds delicious.
I was also about to ask you the name of the singer, but so glad to have found it in the comments: have to tell it to my mother, she knows Edit better than I do, and maybe she will become more motivated to start drinking some juices too ;)
Hi Natalia, it’s called something like Секреты Красоты и Молодости :)
I have been use fresh turmeric root and fresh ginger root about 2 years and I add ceylon cinnamon bark also I add whole cloves to my hot tea; honey raw and lemon …keep my bones healthy …no pain
Yes! It’s such an amazing plant!
Turmeric, Carrot and Ginger drink is actually would be good because there is flu going around right now, would it be okay to make with turmeric powder ?
Hi! Yes, you can just mix a bit of dried turmeric into the carrot and ginger juice :)