{"id":48429,"date":"2026-10-05T07:28:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=48429"},"modified":"2026-10-05T07:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:28:45","slug":"blackberry-cold-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/10\/05\/blackberry-cold-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackberry Cold Cure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"48430\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/10\/05\/blackberry-cold-cure\/coldcure\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ColdCure.jpg?fit=640%2C572&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,572\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"ColdCure\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ColdCure.jpg?fit=640%2C572&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48430\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ColdCure.jpg?resize=640%2C572&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ColdCure.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ColdCure.jpg?resize=300%2C268&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joe came down with a doozy of a head cold over the weekend &#8211; poor guy was either sneezing or sleeping. Blackberries + ginger + lemon juice = a soothing tea which is a multiple immune booster. It&#8217;s easy to make, all of the ingredients go into one pan. You can drink it hot, or let it cool down and add ice. <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups blackberries (or blueberries)<\/li>\n<li>juice of 2 1\/2 lemons<\/li>\n<li>2 thumb sizes piece of fresh ginger peeled and grated<\/li>\n<li>2 cups water<\/li>\n<li>4 tablespoons honey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Push grates ginger through a fine mesh sieve.<\/li>\n<li>Add all the ingredients plus ginger juice into a pan and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes. Mash the fruit with a masher or fork.<\/li>\n<li>Remove from heat and strain. Serve hot.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe came down with a doozy of a head cold over the weekend &#8211; poor guy was either sneezing or sleeping. Blackberries + ginger + lemon juice = a soothing tea which is a multiple immune booster. It&#8217;s easy to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/10\/05\/blackberry-cold-cure\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238],"tags":[6440,1456,4993],"class_list":["post-48429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-cold-cure","tag-fruit","tag-ginger"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-cB7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48242,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/08\/24\/blackberry-cheesecake-tart\/","url_meta":{"origin":48429,"position":0},"title":"Blackberry Cheesecake Tart","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"August 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"This blackberry cheesecake tart seems like a lot of steps, but it's really quite easy to put together. 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