Trade Blues For Ginger

This is the time of year when the winter blues set in. How to beat them? Use an ancient Chinese ingredient.Ginger.It's a great way of raising your morale and pleasing your taste buds. Best of all you can buy it any local grocery store. Ginger has been used in Chinese medicine for centuries. It helps with digestion as well as nausea and suprreses skin and ovarian cancer.Ginger also protects the body from colds and viruses so it pays to get it during this particularly nasty flu season. if you're new to Ginger buying consider getting a smaller root to at least try. You can work you way up to the larger ones as you become more acclimated to the taste. the root should have a light brown skin,and no spots.If the coating looks too wrinkly, then it's been there a while. Ignore it and go on to a fresher looking one. Once you have the root, then you can experiment with it. Try a soothing tea.Slice up three or four pieces (size doesn't matter but the more you have the more flavorful your drink will be).Some add honey and/or lemon for taste.It's just better on it's own.You can also mince Ginger into any of your stir fries for an authentic Chinese touch.The bits will soften up and become chewy. Another variation is making your own sauce using the steamed Ginger and water.Add some sesame oil for body and even scallions for more bite. It goes well with chicken and fish. Ginger is a definite morale booster.Buy the root today to perk up your life and palate.Try it as a tea or in foods for a definite boost to your immune system.