*This little lady is a Golden Tamarin and has nothing to do with turmeric paste, but it’s what pops into my head anyway.
There are a whole list of health benefits to taking turmeric in some form. I’m not going to go over them though because I’m a lazy sack of shit.
Anyway, for the past several months I’ve been telling various people that they should take turmeric. This is usually in response to them telling me about their rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, sore joints…you name it. Then it dawned on me that I don’t take turmeric. And how absolutely fucking annoying it must be to get blanket nutritional advice from some moron who has never even taken turmeric herself, and who also just ate two cups of caramel popcorn for dinner?
So, I’m taking the turmeric all by my lonesome…and not so I can be a smugly entitled twat either. I’m done giving unsolicited medical advice because I’m not a doctor, and it’s a shitty thing to do. Now, please consider my teaspoon a day as a sort of anti-inflammatory penance.
Turmeric Paste
- 1/2 cup (90g) turmeric powder
- 1 cup water (plus more if the mixture gets dry)
- 1/3 cup (90g) coconut oil
- 2-3 tsp freshly ground black pepper (adding the pepper makes the paste more effective)
- Mix water and turmeric powder over low heat and whisk occasionally for 7-10 minutes. If the mixture gets too thick, add a little water.
- Remove from heat and whisk in the coconut oil and and black pepper.
- This will keep in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. You can freeze half if you don’t feel you will get through it that quickly.
- I’m not sure what to do with it other than choke down a half a teaspoon a couple times a day, but I’ll keep you posted if anything delicious happens.
*I think I’ve posted this song three or four times on this blog, but it just feels right. Every. Single. Time.
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