Golden Milk – a healthy way to start your day
September 7, 2019 by Jayah Faye Paley
Filed under Ecology Cooking, Miscellaneous
What’s the FIRST thing you ingest in the morning?
Is it healthy?
My morning “Go To” drink is Golden Milk and my Health & Hiking Poles Retreaters love it!
I purchase the custom blend of spices from Oaktown Spice Shop. They have tested their turmeric to ensure high potency of curcumin in the turmeric they use. I took a class there and have refined the recipe.
The custom blend of spices includes:
- 6 TB ground high quality turmeric
- 1 TB each ground cinnamon (I add more) and ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp finely ground pepper (critical for absorption)
- 1 tsp cardamom (I add more)
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- I add vanilla, ground cloves and experiment with all sorts of other things
Gently heat 1/3 to 1/2 cup coconut oil (or ghee)
Add spices (since I order the blend, I use 1/3 to 1/2 cup) to bloom
Meanwhile, heat to boiling about 1 cup water. Add to blooming spices and whisk/stir until quite thick (up to 10 minutes)
Cool for about 5 minutes then add honey (1/4 to 1/2 cup to taste). Use local honey! Honey is a preservative as well as a flavor enhancement. Pour into a glass jar and store in the fridge.
Each morning I heat a cup of about 1/3 Calafia Farms Toasted Coconut Almond Milk with 2/3 cup water. I spoon a generous tsp of the golden milk paste into the heated “water.”
You can also use this paste as a topping for sweet potatoes, oatmeal, squash soup. I use it in my ricotta whip dessert (that’s another post). I’ve not yet tried Golden Milk Cheesecake, but I bet it will be wonderful (and colorful).
Question that’s come in already – how long does this last in the fridge? I go thru it way before it ever begins to age. I’ve made 1 cup spice to proportionately more water and oil and it lasts. The honey is the preservative.
Also, depending on your ratios, stirring and other factors, you may end up with a paste or a more liquidy blend that you’ll have to stir. Have FUN with this and know that you’re starting your day off in a healthy way.
p.s. Be careful as turmeric is YELLOW and can stain.
Do you order all of the spices individually from Oaktown Spice Shop? I don’t see an option for the custom blend. I’m interested in trying this recipe out, but don’t want to end up with bags of all of these different spices. It kind of reminds me of my friend’s butter coffee recipe, but this sounds way healthier.
Ask them for the custom blend. They will create it for you.