Ginger

Ginger is the underground rhizome of the ginger plant with a firm, striated texture. Aromatic, pungent and spicy, ginger adds a special flavor and zest to Asian stir fries and many fruit and vegetable dishes.

Ginger can be sliced, minced or julienned. The taste that ginger imparts to a dish depends upon when it is added during the cooking process. Added at the beginning, it will lend a subtler flavor while added near the end, it will deliver a more pungent taste.

You could try these:

• Add to some almond milk with turmeric for some golden milk
• Turn up the heat while cooling off by making ginger lemonade. Simply combine freshly grated ginger, lemon juice, cane juice or honey and water.
• Add extra inspiration to your rice side dishes by sprinkling grated ginger, sesame seeds and nori strips on top.
• Combine ginger, soy sauce, olive oil and garlic to make a wonderful salad dressing.
• Add ginger and orange juice to puréed sweet potatoes.
• Add grated ginger to your favorite stuffing for baked apples.
• Spice up your healthy sautéed vegetables by adding freshly minced ginger.

Benefits:

• Historically, ginger has a long tradition of being very effective in alleviating symptoms of gastrointestinal distress.
• Ginger reduces all symptoms associated with motion sickness including dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and cold sweating.
• antioxidant effects, an ability to inhibit the formation of inflammatory compounds