Chicken Free Ginger Turmeric Wellness Shot
This vibrant little shot packs a serious punch — fresh ginger and turmeric blended with bright lemon juice, raw honey, and a crack of black pepper into something that tastes bold, zingy, and genuinely good for you. The deep orange-yellow color alone is enough to make you feel like you're doing something right. Straining the blended mixture through a fine-mesh sieve gives you a smooth, concentrated liquid without any fibrous bits getting in the way. The black pepper isn't just there for heat — it plays a real functional role alongside the turmeric, and the optional cayenne adds an extra kick if you want to wake up fast. Raw honey rounds out the sharpness of the ginger and lemon just enough to make the whole thing drinkable without dulling any of that fiery edge. Make a batch at the start of the week, stash it in a sealed jar in the fridge, and you've got five days of morning momentum ready to go — just shake and shoot.
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6 servings
- 3 oz (about 1 large knob) fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 oz (about 1 small knob) fresh turmeric, peeled and roughly chopped
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice (from about 2 lemons)
- ¼ cup cold water
- 1 tbsp raw honey
- ¼ tsp black pepper, freshly ground
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the ginger, turmeric, lemon juice, and cold water in a blender. Blend on high for 45–60 seconds until the mixture is as smooth as possible and the liquid turns a deep orange-yellow.
- 2
Set a fine-mesh strainer over a small pitcher or jar. Pour the blended mixture through the strainer, pressing firmly on the solids with the back of a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the pulp.
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