Simple, Safe Gripe Water
Ever checked out 'Gripe Water' at the grocery store? The ingredients are SHOCKING! Polysorbate 80, Sucralose and/or Glucose Fructose which is actually how Canada labels High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), Propylene Glycol, Alcohol etc. They expect you to give this to your newborn baby!!
It. Is. INSANE.
So, after reading those ingredients I set out to create my own. I found a few recipes online and they all have some of the same ingredients, Dill, Fennel, Chamomile, Ginger.
I got a big bunch of freshly harvested Dill from the garden, and because I have none growing, I bought a box of organic chamomile tea, some fresh organic ginger and found fresh organic fennel at the local organic market.
I also got a bit of fresh Turmeric to throw in with it.
I filled my biggest pot with filtered water from my Big Berkey, brought it to a nice boil, then added all ingredients, the veg roughly chopped and the tea bags opened and sprinkled in. I let it boil about a half hour, then let it sit several more until it cooled, you can even leave it overnight if you're up cooking at midnight like me! LoL
Once cooled, I blended it up then finely strained it. I tried using my nut bag but there's too much pulp so I just made a big mess. A fine mesh strainer works great, then cheese cloth if you want to get it nice and clear.
My next step is what separates my recipe from the rest: FREEZE IT! Pour your gripe water into ice cube trays, freeze, then pop into freezer bags. When your little one has an upset tummy or is just not feelin' 100%, boil the kettle, throw in two cubes, add a bit of raw organic honey or maple syrup, maybe a lemon slice, and fill with water. The best part is because it's frozen the cubes cool the water to a PERFECT temperature for little ones! I've often poured it into a bottle for my young babies too!
My kids love this stuff and it really helps their upset tummy or fussiness without dosing them with dangerous additives, preservatives or alcohol.
Happy Tummy, Happy Baby!
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Thanks so much for reading! 💙
Gonna need to brew some up ;)
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My friend it is amazing gripe recipe, the chamotile and ginger is amazing try to afd pepper fat here it is the name fat pepper or pimienta gorda o de castilla, it is good topic i never heard about freeze the water for gripe sounds great to only boiled the water and drink for feel better from a gripe best regard. @galberto
My kids really love the flavour of this drink as well! Which is a plus since it helps their tummies so much when they need it! :)
I've never even heard of gripe water before, that's very cool. Thank you for educating me!
No problem! I had heard of it from friends with babies before I had my own and they recommended it, I had no idea it was such junky ingredients in commercial brands though until I went to pick some up and checked it out!
I used to sell gripe water in my store. Then it was banned from being imported for a while and people went crazy!! I never understood why they didn't just make their own!
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Thank you!
It's really easy to make, I think people have gotten to a place in their minds where if it doesn't come from a package and the government doesn't recommend it then they don't trust it, which is the opposite of how we should all feel!
Agreed!! If people knew what all can be in mass-produced food, they would always choose to make their own!
Absolutely!!! 💙
I have a great doctor who is quite supportive of our natural lifestyle and I remember asking him about it before doing it, he was SO overly unconcerned it was funny :)
I've got to admit, I like your ingredients better!
Haha thanks me too!! Pretty easy to find or grow as well :)
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Wow that's awesome!! Thank you!! :)