Golden Milk and How It has Helped Me.

Hey y'all. 

 First and foremost I want to point out that I am NOT a doctor. I have no medical degree. With that out of the way I can talk about the good stuff. I have told you that I had a recent diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis. But I have been dealing with the symptoms for close to 15 years. My mom has been dealing with it most of her life and my grandma also. I will spare you the gory details but it is not fun having the lining of your large intestine swell and spasm. Lets just leave it at that. After my diagnosis my mom told me about the "healing" effects of turmeric and how is has helped her lessen her stomach problems. To be honest, at first I rolled my eyes. But she kept on; so I headed over to Pinterest (of course) to see if anyone else has had success with it. And that ladies (and gents) is where I found a recipe for "Golden Milk" I thought, what could it hurt? So I headed over to my local Oriental food store. I picked up some turmeric and some powdered coconut milk. I grabbed the powdered because I didn't want to waste a whole can of coconut milk if I didn't like it.
  Now before I begin with the recipe I want to tell you a little about turmeric and some of it's benefits that I have discovered. Turmeric is a root, part of the ginger family. When ground into powder, it is primarily used in cooking (Indian and mustard recipes). After all my research (I'm talking hours and hours) I found out all about the benefits and it blew me away. I sat there and said out loud "Why haven't I found this sooner?" Some of the many benefits are:

• Natural anti-inflammatory 
• Natural analgesic
• Natural antiseptic
• Speeds wound healing
• Improved digestion
• Improves skin conditions (psoriasis, eczema, etc.)
• Blood purification 
• Helps with depression
• Liver detoxifier  
• Plus, lots more!

 If only you could see how excited I was! I found a recipe that I really like so I thought I would share since there are sooooo many out there. I kind of went off the recipe from Faulk Farmstead Blog and made it to my own liking. I still make the paste from her recipe.

First I grab all my ingredients.
Sometimes I will put pumpkin pie spice if I am feeling a little like a rebel.
 Yes, I am well aware that I forgot to put the actual turmeric in this picture...

I add my honey, cinnamon, ginger, coconut oil and powder into my blender cup.
I use the small one that came with my NutriBullet.

Add boiling water to the cup and shake a couple times.
You want the water to be BOILING because mixing it with the bullet with cool it down some.
Then mix it with the bullet for about 3 seconds. Seriously.

I then use a spoon to take off some of the foam (I just don't like it)
and pour it into my cup.

Enjoy!

Golden Milk

• 1 cup boiling water (I just fill it to the line in my cup)
• 1/4 tsp turmeric paste
• 1 tsp coconut oil
• 1/3 cup coconut powder
• 1/2 tsp of cinnamon
• pinch of ginger
• honey to taste

Blend and enjoy.

Have you heard of the benefits of turmeric milk? It sure has helped with the pain and spasms that I was experiencing. Do you use turmeric in any other recipes? I would love to hear them!

xoxo
Danielle