Recipe: Natural Antibiotic

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If you want to try natural foods that help heal the body, here’s a recipe I came across online and helped me when I had sore throat, cough and light fever last year.  But you need to prepare and stock a jar in your cupboard since it takes 4 weeks to ferment it.

It’s made from regular foods we eat. ☺️  Below is the recipe.

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Natural Antibiotic

Ingredients

1 quart size of glass jar

Juice if 2 lemons

1/4 cup garlic, chopped

2 jalapeno peppers, sliced

1/2 cup onions, sliced

1/2 cup horseradish root, peeled & diced

1 cup ginger root, peeled & diced

Raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegar

Instructions:

1. Put lemon juice in jar
2. Add 1/4 cup chopped garlic
3. Add 2 chopped jalapeno peppers
4. Add lemon juice
5. Add 1/2 cup chopped onions
6. Add 1/2 cup diced horseradish
7. Add peeled and chopped ginger
8. Pour apple cider vinegar, covering all ingredients inside the jar
9. Add honey to taste
10. If the cap of your jar is metal, put a piece of wax paper, cloth or clingwrap in between cap and bottle to protect metal from corroding.
11. Put in cool dark place and let it sit for 4 weeks

After 4 weeks:

Take it out and use a sieve to strain it (since it has lemon juice, better to use a non-metal sieve). Though personally, I don’t strain it anymore and just scoop from the jar - just make sure to use a plastic or wooden spoon because there’s lemon juice.  Using a metal spoon makes lemon acidic.  

How to take it:

• You can take 1 tbsp or dilute it in water or add it to tea.  You can also add honey if you want.  With honey, please don't use a metal spoon as metal kills the enzymes. Use a plastic or wooden spoon.
• When you're feeling under the weather, or your immune system is low, or you're sick/fighting an infection, take it 3x a day or every 3 to 4 hours. 
• You may also take 1 tbsp daily for maintenance - remember it's just made from regular foods we eat everyday.  

Yummy Dry Adobo Recipe

Dry Adobo

I rarely cook.  The only times I cook is when I taste something I really, really like and find out that the recipe has 8 (or less) ingredients and it's easy to cook.  😂   

But I realized that I never write down the recipes with my adjusted measurements (to suit my taste) and thus, my first attempt usually becomes the last attempt coz I don't know how to replicate it anymore. 🙈

So as an improvement, I will start writing down recipes. 😁

For this adobo recipe, I followed the original recipe of a colleague on my first attempt.

On my second attempt, I (1) made adjustments on the ratio of vinegar and soy sauce, (2) removed salt since soy sauce contains salt already, and (3) increased garlic and onion.

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Yummy Dry Adobo

Serves: 4 (I only cook for myself so this number is just a guess. But I think 1 kilo of meat is good for 4. Next time, I could re-adjust the measurements so serving is just for me. 😂  )

Cooking Time:  1.5 hours (This is the time it took me to cook this but it may vary depending on your burner type and heat setting.)

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo pork liempo
1/2 kilo chicken
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1 1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 whole garlics, crushed
1 whole onion, chopped 

Directions:
1. Season the meat with ground pepper and put them in the pot.
2. Pour the vinegar and soy sauce.
3. When it starts to boil, put the garlic and onions.
4. Let it boil until the sauce is almost dry and what's left is the natural oil from the meat. 

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Btw, here's a disclaimer when I say it's "yummy" - it means it's yummy for me but I'm not sure if it's going to be yummy for you. 🙈  😂    Just make sure to make your own adjustments e.g. if you want it more salty, more sour, etc.