Baby Gripe Water Great For Adults Too Aka Bay Leaf Tea Recipes

GRIPE WATER (FOR BABY)

Steps:

• Simmer water and dill seed for about 10 minutes.
• Strain out the seeds and allow water to cool.
• Fill as many 2 oz bottles as you can.
• Feed to baby as needed at room temp or slightly warmed.
• Discard water after 24 hours, it doesn't keep it's potentcy and may start to turn.

FRIED FRUIT WITH BAY LEAF SAUCE

Steps:

• Sauce (can be prepared in advance): mix all ingredients in a small pot. Heat on medium high heat and stir all the time. The mixture will thicken during heating to a temperature of about 175 F (80 C). It is important that during heating the mixture will constantly be stirred. Do not let the sauce boil. The sauce has the right conistency, if it builds a thick film on the backside of a tablespoon.
• Remove sauce from heat and stir for 2 minutes. Set aside and let cool down completely.
• Prepare berries: Wash small panicles of red currant and pat dry with paper towels. Wash grapes and cut into clusters of 3-5 berries.
• In a suited pot or deep fryer heat about 2 inches high oil for frying.
• Combine flour, sugar, ground nutmeg and ground cinnamon.
• Mix egg, milk and 1 tablespoon oil. Add to flour mixture and beat until smooth.
• Dip berries and sage leaves into batter.
• Fry berries in hot oil for about 1 minute or until batter is light golden brown. Fry sage leaves until batter is light golden brown and puffed up.
• Remove with slotted spoon; drain on paper towels.
• While still warm sprinkle the fired red currant berries and the sage leaves slightly with some sugar.
• Serve berries and sage leaves still warm with the cold bay leaf sauce.
• NOTE: You can replace the berries in this recipe against others of your choice, but use fresh ones. They should not be to sweet. Or choose a sweet and a more tart one.
• NOTE: I used fresh bay leaves. If you have no fresh leaves, you can use dried ones, but you may have to use more leaves. Try the sauce during heating and add more leaves to your taste. The sauce should have a delicate vanilla taste and additional notes.

BABY GRIPE WATER (GREAT FOR ADULTS TOO) AKA BAY LEAF TEA

Steps:

• Place the bay leaves and the cold water in a medium saucepan.
• Bring to a boil.
• Boil for 3 minutes. The mixture will turn a pale green, similar to some green teas.
• Let cool a bit.
• For adults and older children drink one cup when you have gas or other stomach upset.
• For infants, feed one to two ounces, depending on age, whenever baby has gas.
• Be aware that this will make you feel much better, and it will make you pass gas.
• You can make half the recipe for an infant as this should be drunk before it gets cold. The basic formula is one medium bay leaf for every 1 cup of water.