spice, anyone?

[nicki77]

so, I am intrigued by the benifits of ginger and garlic. I bought some of both, fresh, at the grocery today.They look pretty sitting in the fridge.Problem is...I'm not exactly sure what to do with them. As a general rule, I don't eat spicy food~I tend tostick to veggies, baked chicken and salmon and breads.But it's time to kick it up a notch.I'm challenging the emetand trying new things. Having said that~ anybody know of any yummy recipies with ginger/ garlic?

[katsamsmom3]

ginger....u peel like a potato....grate it and simmer it in hot water for ginger tea....or add it to food like chicken or anything chinese. it is sweet tasting and smells good too.


garlic.....peel and seperate peices. then the small peice....whack it with the flat side of a knife and the skin will come out of it. chop it up and add it to anyting. 1 peice=1 clove and is enough to season a dish.


good luck

[glitta_fairy]

What I love to do with garlic is get a whole chicken, wash the insides (eww!) then put a lemon I've chopped in half inside it (and squeeze some of the juice inside as well). Then I peelthegarlic and squash it under a knife and putheaps inside as well. Make tiny cuts into the skin on the outside of the chicken then push cloves of garlic under there so it looks kinda lumpy. Then roast it... The garlic under the skin melts and it's beautiful. I usually end up using a whole bulb in the end lol... SOOO tasty!![img]smileys/smilies_13.gif[/img]


If you eat red meat- put garlic into meatballs with mince, onion, parsley, spices like thymeand an egg to hold it all together.


As for ginger- I'm not really a fan- but you could make an asian style stirfry with chicken, snowpeas, capsicum, and I'd put chilli in but I don't think you have to if you're not into spicy food.


Hope that helps ya!!

[tcsarah]

I am vegetarian so I always stick to veggies! I use garlic in most of the dishes I cook -eg soups, casseroles,curries, stews, stirfries, pasta, roast veggies, rice dishes, chilli, salad dressings... Don't make the mistake that one of my friends did with garlic - he kept using a whole bulb thinking that was a clove! A clove is one of the little segments that make up the bulb! If you aren't used to garlic start with just one clove and rather than crush it just slice or chop it. Crushing it makes it taste more powerful.


With ginger I use it mostly in stir fries and curries (I tend to make Indian curries)- just a small piece about an inch long peeled and grated. It's good in all Chinese cooking. You can also make delicious ginger cookies!


You could make your own garlic bread - buy a french bread stick or simialr and make some slits in the bread across, running down the length. Put some butter or marg in a bowl, then mix in some crushed garlic (one/two cloves depending on what strength you want) and mixed herbs too if you like. Then dab the garlicky butter in the cuts you made in the bread, loosley cover the bread with foil and cookin a fairly low heated oven for about ten minutes or until the butter has melted nicely.


Parsley goes well with garlic and chewing onsprig of this herb is supposed to combat the old garlic breath!

[nicki77]

Thanks! It all sounds so good. Dinner tonight is gonna be fabulous!

[new.slang]

Haha, gingerbread cookies? Have fun cooking. [img]smileys/smilies_04.gif[/img]