Foraging Lilac Juice
My house smells amazing!!!
My all time favorite smell is definitely lilac. I look forward every year to the fragrance the beautiful flowers bring with them!
Did you know though that lilacs have many more benefits than just their beauty an smell!?
They:
Aid in digestion
Calm stomach aches
Fight fevers
Relieve coughs
Rashes, sunburns, cuts and other skin ailments
So if you have a lilac bush let’s put its flowers to work for you in the form of lilac juice that you can use in recipes or turn into syrup or jelly down the road!
Recipe:
2 cups lilac flowers
4 cups boiling water
Pick your flowers and allow to hang upside down for a couple hours to remove any bugs. Bring the water and flowers to boil and allow to simmer for 10 minutes. Pour flowers and water mix into a jar and allow to steep over night. Strain through a mesh strainer the next day.
To make into a jelly follow the same recipe as the violet jelly (https://www.ranchwifenecessities.com/life-of-a-ranch-wife/2023/4/21/a7gewpok00vlntjss31s7yrvpbm9uo)!
Enjoy!
