It has been raining on and off for 3 days here. Tell you what, rainy days always made feel very serene in a way and a simple beverage of ginger tea is just what you need on a cold rainy days. 


I brewed a pot of ginger honey lime tea today, which is very easy to make. What you need are ginger (here I used a lot of ginger), smashed them open like you smashed garlic for sauteed then add up honey and lime suited your needs. I really love the real kick from the soothing ginger, it gives you a lovely extra warmth on rainy days while you sit back and relax on the couch.  



Pears are my absolute favorite fruit, I always stocked them in my fridge all the time.  When I ran out of red dates (hong zhao), solomon’s seal (yu zhu), codonopsis root (dang shen) to cook this recipe. I just used wolfberries (go ji), astragalus root (huang qi), ginger, and pear instead.
Ingredients:
-        1 whole chicken
-        2 tablespoon wolfberries
-        4 -5 slices of astragalus root
-        1 ginger
-        1 pear, peeled and cored
-        salt to taste
How to cook:
-        Pre boil the chicken first and throw out the initial boiling water. Put aside.
-      Put all ingredients inside and bring to boil starting with ginger, astragalus root then chicken and wolfberries.
-        Simmer on low fire for at least 1 hour. Last 15 minutes put in the pear.
-        And finally add salt to taste. Serve hot.