When it’s time to boost your immunity, warm up a mug of our Honey Orange Vitamin C Drink. Bursting with the amazing apple cider vinegar, raw honey, citrus and 1000 mg of Vitamin C, our drink will warm your body and your soul, and boost your Vitamin C level too!
Our Honey Orange Vitamin C Drink is bursting with healthy ingredients and a punch of Vitamin C to boost your immune system!
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Immune Boosting Drink
Whether you’re feeling a bit under the weather or just want to keep your Vitamin C level up, our homemade vitamin C drink is a rich source of antioxidants and will do the trick.
I personally drink one every day and look forward to sipping on this delicious citrus drink.
I’ll make vitamin juice at the start of my day and continually reheat and sip on it throughout my day.
My friend Lisa told me about this drink. She said she swears by it whenever she feels something coming on.
I took it one step further and added the Vitamin C powder to it for an added boost.
Being a holistic nutritionist, I know how important it is to keep your Vitamin C level up when you’re not feeling well or when you want to be sure you’re staying strong and healthy.
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Vitamin C gets depleted when you aren’t feeling well, so keeping your level up should help you to feel better quicker.
The combination of organic apple cider vinegar, raw honey and citrus, such as an orange or clementine, along with a bit of it’s skin, packs a punch of goodness in one drink.
Add in a packet of Vitamin C powder and you’ll be giving your immune system a welcome boost.
It’s best to use a high-powered blender, such as a NutriBullet, when pureeing this mixture so the fruit and its skin blend together with all the ingredients.
When blending the ingredients together begin with just 1 cup of cold water and puree.
You don’t want to add the hot water to a blender because the heat can cause the top to pop off or pressure to build up.
Once the mixture is blended, then you will add boiling or very hot water and the Vitamin C packet and stir until blended.
Depending on how intense you want the flavor to be, add 2 or more cups of hot water.
But let me tell you, the citrus aroma that happens when these ingredients are combined is amazing and will make your taste buds dance with anticipation of that first sip.
I’ve also been known to add some of my citrus drink to a cup of hot tea lending a mouthwatering citrus flavor to the tea.
Our immune boosting beverage is amazing warm but if you prefer a cold drink, go ahead and make it cold or even add in a bit of ice for a frothy drink.
You can easily make this recipe a cold drink. Scroll down for directions on how to make a cold vitamin drink.
I'd say that now is a good time to boost your immune system with all that is happening in our world these days.
Any way you drink it, warm or cold, your immune system and your taste buds will thank you.
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Raw Honey Benefits
The benefits of raw honey are many. Raw honey:
- Has antibacterial properties
- Has antifungal properties
- Helps with digestion
- Improves heart health
- Is a good source of antioxidants
- Relieves coughing
- Soothes a sore throat
Organic Apple Cider Vinegar Benefits
Be sure to use organic apple cider vinegar with “the mother” for it’s health benefits. Organic apple cider vinegar can:
- Improve digestion
- Improve heart health
- Lower blood pressure
- Lower blood sugar levels
- Lower cholesterol
- Reduce belly fat
Benefits of Vitamin C
There’s no denying that maintaining a good level of Vitamin C will help to boost your immune system. Vitamin C:
- Boosts your immune system
- Can improve the absorption of iron
- Can shorten your recovery time
- Helps boost the production on white blood cells
- Is an antioxidant
- May help lower blood pressure
- May reduce your risk of heart disease
How to make a cold vitamin C drink
Prefer a cold drink?
- Puree clementine and some of its skin, apple cider vinegar, honey and 2 cups water, and some ice cubes if desired, in a powerful blender until blended. The mixture will have little bits in it. those are the pieces of nutritious clementine skin.
- Stir in Vitamin C powder until blended.
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Be sure to use a blender with a lot of power so that the clementine skin is well blended
- Add ground turmeric
- Add fresh ginger
- Make a double or triple batch and keep it in the refrigerator for 2-3 days
Substitutions
- Change up the flavor and substitute raspberry vitamin C powder for the orange vitamin C powder
- Substitute mandarin orange for the clementine
- Substitute tangerine for the clementine
Ingredients
Ingredients for an immune boosting drink:
- clementine
- organic apple cider vinegar
- raw honey
- cold water
- very hot or boiling water
- Vitamin C powder
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Honey Orange Vitamin C Drink Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 clementines or mandarin oranges, one clementine peeled (use some of the skin in the drink)
- 2 Tbs. organic apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbs. raw honey
- 1 cup cold water
- 2 cups very hot or boiling water
- 2 packets(1 000 mg) Vitamin C powder
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Instructions
- Puree clementine and some of it’s skin, apple cider vinegar, honey and 1 cup water in a powerful blender until blended. Mixture will have little bits in it.
- Combine pureed mixture with 2 cups hot or boiling water and Vitamin C powder, stirring until blended.
Notes
- Be sure to use a blender with a lot of power so that the clementine skin is well blended
- Add ground turmeric
- Add fresh ginger
- Substitute raspberry vitamin C powder for the orange vitamin C powder
- Substitute mandarin oranges for the clementine
- Substitute tangerines for the clementine
• Puree clementine and some of it’s skin, apple cider vinegar, honey and 2-3 cups water, and some ice cubes if desired, in a powerful blender until blended. Mixture will have little bits in it.
• Stir in Vitamin C powder until blended.
Finally - a tasty vitamin drink! I also love your variation idea of a raspberry vitamin C option too - yum!
Love how healthy this recipe is and it tasted great too! I'm going to be making this all winter long - can definitely use the immunity boost right now!
This is so simple and easy to make! I love how I have all these ingredients in my home. So convenient!
I need to drink one of these every day at this time of year to keep the germs away. Sounds delicious too.
Thank you Beth! Yes, I love changing it up every so often!
I love how this drink calls for very natural items. Sometimes drink recipes turn into a handful of different powders! Excited to give it a try!
This is the kind of drink I need to level up my health. Love the combination flavor and how easy it is to make
Perfect drink for this time of year! Great tasting and love knowing that it's so good for me and my immune system. Made it for the whole family Thanks so much for sharing 🙂