Homemade Ginger Ale -- GF, DF, V

Limping through the first trimester? Stay hydrated and fight the nausea with this powerful homemade ginger ale.

• About 2 cups of fresh ginger root, chunked up into 1-2” pieces.  (wash well, peeling not necessary)
• 4 Cups water
• 1 Cup desired sweetener (traditionally that’s just white sugar. You can use maple syrup or coconut sugar too–both work really well)
• 2-3 strips lime zest (save the rest for juice later)
• Club soda

Place the water, ginger and lime zest in a pot.  Bring to a boil and then simmer until it reduces by half.  Add sweetener and simmer until fully dissolved.  Strain out ginger and lime chunks and store syrup in a jar for up to two weeks.

For ginger ale: pour club soda into a glass.  Add anywhere from 2-6 Tbs of syrup (this is just a taste/strength preference–do whatever you can tolerate).  Top with a squeeze of fresh lime juice and mix.​