Lounge outside with your book, and sip your chilled homemade ginger ale. You could also use this ginger base with hot water to make a soothing tea.
Ingredients
2 cups (192 g) fresh ginger chunks, peeled and chopped 1 tablespoon (15 mL) lemon juice 1½ cups (360 mL) water N cup (113 g) honey Increase proportionally as required. Syrup should stay in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Instructions
1. Add together ingredients and blend in a small mixer or hand blender
2. Strain mixture by pressing through strainer so excess ginger fibers are removed
3. Use this as a base syrup, and add plain or carbonated water as desired to make your ginger ale drink
4. For serving the ginger ale, combine 3 tablespoons of the syrup base with 1 cup of carbonated water
Yield
2 cups (480 mL) syrup base
This recipe originally appeared in the cookbook section of The SCD for Autism and ADHD by Pamela Ferro & Raman Prasad.
