Homemade Cherry Cough Syrup

Well cherries are abundant in the store right now. So I was thinking of what use they can be to us other than being just delicious to eat. I heard someone in our family cough & it reminded me winter is on its way. So I took two bags of organic cherries and had Emily pit them. Then we made cherry cough syrup out of them. Here's an easy, yummy recipe to try it for yourself. Of course I'm not a medical professional so do your own research & decide for yourself if it will be good for you & your family or not. 

Homemade Cherry Cough Syrup

2 cups cherries

1 cup water or herbal tea

1 whole lemon, sliced

2 cups honey

Simmer this mixture on the stove on low heat for 30

minutes.  Strain to remove cherry pits, lemon slices and

seeds.  If you are using an herbal tea, I suggest one that

contains wild cherry bark, elder berries or flowers, or

licorice.

 Strain into a glass jar & store on the refrigerator. Use 1-2 teaspoons per child. 

NOTE: I was looking over this recipe & when I saw it said you can use herbal tea instead of water, I thought how if you didn't have any herbs on hand you could buy a box of throat coat tea at your local grocery store or health food store. You could make the amount of herbal tea needed with that & use that in place of water in this recipe. It would probably turn out great. I think I'll try that next time.