Ideal Bite

Daylight Savings Time, you are so depressing. It's dark at 4:30 now, which just makes me feel sleepy. So, to help myself focus on the positive when it comes to the approaching winter snooze-fest, I've decided to hit the bath tub - the best antidote to a cold dark night - with my fave lavender-honey milk bath recipe. Other than the fact that it obviously smells like a dream come true, it's a winning combo all around - lavender is one of nature's best tension tamers, honey not only softens your skin but also absorbs its impurities, and you can always drink it if you change your mind about the whole bath thing.

Anyway, once you have the ingredients, it's super easy. Fancier groceries tend to carry dried lavender, but some smaller co-op style spots do too - I scored mine at True Nature Foods (a great Edgewater shop with organic, locally sourced goodies) and I already had some locally made honey thanks to Beeline. Just mix with milk, pour in the bath, and voila, a heavenly, toxin-free bath. Enjoy.

Lavender-Honey Milk Bath

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 Tb dried lavender
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3 Tb honey

Directions:

Mix lavender in a blender until you've got a powder. In a bowl, whisk the powder with milk and honey, pour into the bath, and you're good to go..

- City Editor Daisy…off to luxuriate…

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