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The mean influenza virus is invading my house, so I need to make some kind of home remedy…

I’m thinking of citrus and ginger… normally I would just boil some water with honey, lemon and crushed fresh ginger, but this time I ‘d like to fancy it up a little.

I made then Dave’s Ginger Cake with Nancy Wall Hopkins’s (Deputy food editor of Better Homes and Gardens) Simmered Oranges, with two “superb” recipes , I believe they have added some extra strength to my immune system ;)

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*This picture is my entry for CLICK: March 2009. (Wood)

Fresh Ginger Cake Recipe adapted from here

** I substitute molasses with honey and I didn’t have ground cloves, so instead I skipped it on the cake and added whole cloves in the simmered oranges

Simmered Oranges

Ingredients

  • 4 oranges, sliced crosswise about 1/4 inch thick, seeds discarded
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice

Directions

  1. Boil water and juices, stir to dissolve sugar
  2. Reduce heat, simmer, uncovered, 10 mins or until syrupy
  3. Add orange slices(and cloves), return to boiling, reduce heat
  4. Simmer, uncovered for 3 mins or until oranges are tender, turning occasionally
  5. Transfer to serving bowl. Cool

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