Alcohol-Free Mulled Wine
This delicious mulled wine recipe is free of alcohol but full of flavor! The spices bring a rich and robust complexity to this drink, while the grape juice, cranberry juice and maple syrup provide a sweet base to hold the flavors. Sip this delicious drink on holidays, in cold weather, or anytime you want a fun way to sneak in more healing foods.While grapes are shunned for their high sugar content, we ought to think twice. That very sugar content in grapes helps revitalize the liver. They’re truly a longevity food, increasing the liver’s performance in every one of its over 2,000 chemical functions. The fruit acid unique to grapes is a great dissolver of gallstones— think about that the next time you eat some rather than worrying if there’s too much sugar or if they’ll make you gain weight. Weight gain is the last thing grapes create.
Ingredients
- 2 cups red grape juice
- 2 cups cranberry juice
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 star anise
- 10 whole cloves
- 3 cardamom pods, slightly crushed
- 3 thick orange slices
- 2-3 tbsp maple syrup (optional)
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a medium-sized saucepan and simmer very gently for 30 minutes, until the flavors are infused. Remove from heat and cool for 10 minutes, then strain through a sieve and divide between mugs. Serve immediately.
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