Tis the season for parties, dinners and entertaining. And with that, comes an assortment of classic drinks being served.
Whether you are the host or guest, I recommend trying these superfood additions to keep your energy & immunity up and your stress levels down.
You are about to learn how to Superfood-ify some of this seasons favorite holiday drinks!!! Check out the video below 🙂
#01 Egg Nog
Add Pine Pollen and or Medicinal Mushrooms!
Pine Pollen is nutritive and invigorating and will help give you stamina. An abundant source of vitamins, minerals, and other phytonutrients but also contains high amounts of testosterone.
Yes, pine pollen is a strength builder, aphrodisiac and will support you nutritionally but it can also give you that extra drive to get done what you need to get done this busy holiday season!
Add 1tsp per serving for a nice festive, forest flavour addition.
You can also add to your Egg Nog: medicinal mushrooms, in particular Cordyceps for both energy and flavour.
Increase energy and get your sexy on by adding just a 1/4tsp of cordyceps extract per serving.
*Pine Pollen can be purchased here and Cordyceps and other medicinal mushroom extracts here.
#02 Mulled Cider
Whether sweet or hard you can add in Astragalus, Reishi slices and/or Rose hips to amp up this favourite seasonal brew.
Bring in the taste and nourishment of the wild with some delicious vitamin C-rich rose hips as a perfect compliment to all the mulling spices.
The Reishi & Astragalus slices will keep your immune system high and stress levels down and can be added to the mull or brew as their own tea ahead of time and combine with the mulled cider.
*Product available online or in store.
#03 Hot Chocolate
Whether you are enjoying classic hot cocoa or white hot chocolate, medicinal mushrooms are the way to go!
For white chocolate use Lion’s Mane for the best results as far as colour and flavour and try Chaga for a dark cocoa.
Medicinal Mushrooms will provide you and your family with all the health and immune support by adding in just a 1/4tsp per serving.
And I bet unless you tell them, no one will ever know, as the flavour is not too strong and is in fact complimentary to chocolate.
You can purchase any of our cacao and medicinal mushroom extracts online as well as in store.
#04 Martini’s
Add in some probiotic fermented sauerkraut, pickle or kimchi brine. A perfect flavour addition with all the probiotics you need to help support your digestion and immunity.
In fact, I recommend just straight shots of brine before, during or after all those holiday meals to keep your digestion keeping up with all the varied foods you’ll enjoy.
*Available only in store.
#05 Baileys / Irish Cream Coffee
Mushrooms and coffee go so well together helping balance out the caffeine and giving you an immune boost without altering the flavour.
I highly recommend getting a Light Cellar Fungi Fix by adding in our new 7 Medicinal Mushroom blend.
*You can purchase it at any of our locations or buy it online HERE
#06 Mulled Wine, Beer, or Sodas
To keep your immunity up, a boost of antioxidants and a flavour just about anyone will enjoy try adding in Elderberry syrup.
*Available in store only
#07 Punch
Add-in Camu Camu berry. Whether purely fruit-based or spiked, punch up the punch and give yourself a boost of the all-important vitamin C with a tsp of Camu Camu berry powder.
Just 1 Tbsp contains more than 1000% of the RDA of vitamin C plus all the co-factors and bioflavonoids to keep you healthy and your immune system optimal.
*Available at both locations or online HERE
Bonus Ideas:
If you are enjoying some cocktails or mocktails try adding herbal tinctures!
Choose single herbal extracts or herbal blends from the companies we stock like Harmonic Arts and Blue Lotus Ethnobotanicals.
There are a number of different tinctures available such as: Green Spirits, Digestive Harmony, Liver Tonic, Uplifted Spirits, Sexual Tonic & Aphrodisiac, just to name a few…
Happy Holidays 🙂
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Malcolm Saunders
