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Spicy Sunday – Ginger
When you think of ginger, you might immediately think of gingerbread cookies or cakes. Ginger however has a myriad of other culinary uses and ginger nicely spices up many dishes that you can share with your baby.
Ginger is thought to help ease a variety of digestive upsets and conditions such as nausea, diarrhea and general tummy upsets. Herbal tea with ginger root is an effective and safe way for Mommy to Be to help relieve morning sickness. Check out EarthMamaAngelBaby’s special Morning Wellness tea if you need some nausea relief, expecting or not! Ginger tea is also wonderfully soothing when you have the flu or a sore throat.
Try incorporating ginger into a few of the foods that your baby is eating by roasting pears with a bit of ginger, roasting pumpkin and butternut squash with ginger or try adding some ginger when you are roasting carrots. For the big kids, add a slice or 2 of ginger to some homemade lemonade or ice tea!
Using fresh ginger is really simple though the peeling is a bit time consuming. Buy ginger in whole root form as shown in the picture and make sure it is firm and overall wrinkle free (a few lines and wrinkles are normal). Peel the ginger root by using a small paring knife or a small potato peeler. The exposed flesh should be a yellow-ish or tan-ish color; it may have a pink hue as well. From here, you can mince it, dice it or use the peeler to make thin strips of it. Add ginger to your dish during the cooking and it will give a nice light flavor. If you add ginger at the end of the cooking, it will be more strong and some say pungent. Enjoy this very tasty and versatile recipe for the whole family (Hi Elaine and Lydia & Deborah!)
Ingredients:
12 cups Chicken or Vegetable broth
1 1/2 cup jasmine rice
Ginger – as much or as little as you like – try 4 strips about 2 inches long
