Thanksgiving in the time of fertility treatments: not the easiest time to feel thankful. There is a lot to be grateful for, most notably having access to healthcare that actually allows me to blow a year of my life banking embryos. But it'll be easier to feel gratitude once the banking is over. For now, saddled with this headache, I've got to keep the drinking to a minimum. As such, this year's new recipe was a non-alcoholic mulled wine, which actually turned out good enough that even the booze drinkers were helping themselves.
 |
| Thanksgiving 2024: good friends, good food, and a third consecutive year without moving (after moves during 6 of the first 7 years we were together). Overall, we've got a lot to be grateful for. I'll work on the gratitude stuff once I'm out of the fertility trenches. |
I promise I won't be one of those nightmare bloggers with a five paragraph story before getting to what actually matters, so here you go:
Non-alcoholic mulled wine
Ingredients (for 4 servings)
- 750 ml bottle of non-alcoholic red wine - we grabbed the non-alcoholic Chateau Diana Merlot
- 2 cups of water
- 8 cloves
- 6-9 blackberries
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 star anise
- 1 sliced orange
- 1/8 - 1/4 cup brown sugar (to taste)
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan and place on medium-high heat just until the wine begins to boil.
- Reduce to low heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes.
Easy! And it's flavorful enough that several people even asked if there really wasn't alcohol in it. A nice little fertility-journey-inspired success.
No comments:
Post a Comment