Apple Cider in all it’s glory!
November 1, 2010
Just the word Apple Cider makes you feel all warm and cozy, especially this time of year. But apple cider doesn’t just mean a delicious drink that you sip on that is pipping hot, it also includes a nutritious wonderful vinegar that has more health benefits than I can keep track of! Both are pure extracts from organic apples that produce incredible products for our health, appetite and enjoyment!
Apple Cider Vinegar:
There are many varieties out there, so I am going to help the confusion and direct you to Filsingers which is a local Canadian brand. They have the purest products I have ever tasted. Their vinegar is fresh, pure unpasteurized and unfiltered. Which means nothing has been done to it along the process. You are getting their own certified organic apples, which are pressed and aged without preservatives or additives. In case you didn’t know this Apple Cider Vinegar has been used for centuries to help with a variety of ailments because if it’s powerful cleansing qualities. Apple cider vinegar is a naturally occurring antibiotic and antiseptic.
Used in:
Home Body Remedies: for skin, wounds, burns, acne, sunburns, insect bites
Weight Loss and Metabolism: I don’t like to promote “weight loss”, but apple cider can speed up your metabolism, making your body more efficient at burning energy (place 1 tbsp in a glass of water and drink first thing in the morning or throughout the day)
Home Cleaning: this may be an expensive way to clean your house, but apple cider vinegar makes a great disinfectant, deodorizer and over all household cleaner
Food and Recipes: Apple cider vinegar is an amazing addition to salad dressings, stir fry’s, and can be used to add acid (or make buttermilk) in recipes such as cookies, pancakes and muffins
(If you are not local to Ontario, just be sure to look for products with similar standards – Bragg’s, Eden, Spectrum etc..)
Sweet Apple Cider:
Filsinger’s sweet apple cider is made the old fashioned way from whole apples. They blend several varieties of apples such as McIntosh, Cortland, Spy, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, and Ida Red. Using a variety of apples according to them enhances the flavour. They also don’t use any preservatives or additives in the preparation of the final product.
“Since 1953 our soils and trees have been balanced with seaweed extracts, trace minerals and compost. Our apples are grown without the use of chemical herbicides and pesticides. We are certified organic by OCIA International.”
Sweet Apple Cider can be enjoyed:
Warmed up with a cinnamon stick any time of day! You can have apple cider cold as well, but it just isn’t the same. So if you can, warm it up in a pot, sprinkle with cinnamon, nutmeg and a large cinnamon stick. Get into your comfiest clothing and curl up on the couch in from of a fire!
Filsinger’s also makes amazing: Applesauce and Apple Butter
Sweet Apple Cider Dressing
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup Filsinger’s apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp Filsinger’s sweet apple cider
1 tbsp local honey
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger powder
Place all the ingredients in a blender or small processor and blend until well combined and creamy. Tastes delicious on spinach or arugula with fresh sliced apples, walnuts and hemp seeds!
If you have never used or tried Apple Cider Vinegar, now is your chance!!
Tell me why, what and how you would like to use it and you just may win your very own bottle of Filsinger’s Apple Cider Vinegar
(You must be able to pick it up in Toronto)
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Apple Cider Vinegar is one amazing supplement. Besides the numerous health benefits it also helps at keeping the body lean. There are many stories of people keeping their weight down by incorporating this supplement into their diet. It definitely helps to digest and breaks things down a lot better. I don’t know of an “official” way to take it, but based on what I have read and my experience I will often take a tablespoon or two first thing in the morning, sometimes before meals, sometimes after a big meal and sometimes before bed. It’s not a daily thing, but my body seems to let me know when I should take it. It’s very strong and not for everyone so try mixing it with some water or juice. Just shoot it like a shot!
Cheers
Jeff
Thanks for sharing Jeff, first thing in the morning…and before meals is the best way. If you can do is straight on a spoon great, or dilute it in some water to make it go down easier!
I love apple cider vinegar in the morning or evening if I have an upset stomach or nausea. A couple of tbsp’s in a glass water is how I enjoy it. Have not tried Filsinger’s, but it sounds delicious!
Filsinger’s is super fresh and delicious. It is so pure!
Hi Marnie,
I love Apple Cider Vinegar and buy it in gallon jugs – but that’s because I rinse my hair with it in the morning. It really makes a great rinse.
We just returned from Italy, where we learned to use it in salads, so I sent my hubby out to buy a bottle of “good” apple cider vinegar, and he came home with a small bottle of the same brand I rinse my hair with. Now, yes, it is good, but I wanted quality apple cider vinegar.
So, if you still have that bottle up for grabs…I am all over it!
Thanks!
Colleen
Hi Colleen, it is! The deal is on until tomorrow – so there is still a chance…are you in Toronto?
I have never tried apple cider vinegar but recently saw a very yummy sounding coleslaw recipe that used it that I’ve been meaning to try. Thanks for introducing me to Filsingers, I’ll have to keep an eye out for it at the store.
Thanks,
Nicole
Hi Nicole – no problem! If you live in Toronto then you have a very good chance at getting your very first bottle of Filsinger’s. I am going to do a random draw on the weekend!
Hey Marni –
I’m in Brampton, which is close to Toronto. I need to check out the Natural Foods Section of our local stores for some Apple Cider Vinegar. I’d like to have a good bottle in the fridge.
Colleen