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Orange Food Energy: Ginger (Zingiber officinale)

By Gwen Nyhus Stewart

Recipes

Apple and Ginger Crumble (Crockpot Casserole Dessert)

4-5 cooking apples peeled, sliced

1/2 cup (125 mL) brown sugar - (firmly pack)

1/2 cup (125 mL) flour

3/4 cup (175 mL) rolled oats

1/2 tsp. (2 mL) ground ginger

1/2 tsp. (2 mL) ground nutmeg

1/2 cup (125 mL) butter

Lightly butter the crockpot and place apple slices on the base. Combine sugar, flour, rolled oats, ginger and nutmeg and cut in butter, using a pastry blender or knife. Sprinkle this mixture over the apples. Cover and cook on Low 5 to 6 hours. Delicious with ice cream.

Apple Ginger Chutney

4 large Granny Smith apples peeled, cored, and chopped

2 cups (500 mL) minced onion

1-1/2 cups (375 mL) cider vinegar

1-1/2 cups (375 mL) firmly packed dark brown sugar

1 cup (250 mL) golden raisins

1/4 cup (50 mL) minced peeled fresh gingerroot

1 red bell pepper minced

3/4 tsp. (3 mL) dry mustard

3/4 tsp. (3 mL) sea salt

1/2 tsp. (2 mL) dried hot red pepper flakes

In a large saucepan combine the apples, onion, vinegar, brown sugar, raisins, gingerroot, bell pepper, mustard, salt, and red pepper flakes. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring, and cook it over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, for 40 minutes, or until it is thickened. Spoon the chutney into glass jars with tight-fitting lids. The chutney keeps, covered and chilled, for 2 weeks. This recipe makes about 6 cups.

Apple Ginger Jam

1 small orange

2 small limes

1-1/2 lbs. (680 g) Granny Smith apples

1-1/2 lbs. (680 g) fresh young ginger

1-1/4 cups (300 mL) water

3-1/2 cups (875 mL) sugar

Seed unpeeled orange and limes; finely chop. Pare apples and core; pare ginger. Coarsely chop apples and ginger.

In a large saucepot bring orange, limes, apples, ginger and water to a boil; simmer, covered, until tender (about 40 minutes). Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Bring to a boil and boil gently, uncovered, stirring often toward end of cooking, until thick (about 1 hour).

Pack in containers. Store in freezer. This recipe yields about 10 cups.

Asian Ginger Dressing

2 tbsp. (30 mL) cider vinegar

1/2 tsp. (2 mL) sesame oil

1 tbsp. (15 mL) sugar

1 tsp. (5 mL) fresh ginger root, grated

1 tbsp. (15 mL) soy sauce

1/2 cup (125 mL) pineapple juice

Combine in a jar and shake vigorously. Serve on green, chicken, or pasta salad.

Asparagus Salad with Pickled Red Ginger

12 medium-size asparagus

4 pieces pickled red ginger

Dressing

1 tbsp. (15 mL) soy sauce

1/4 tsp. (1 mL) ginger juice

pinch sugar

1 tbsp. (15 mL) sesame oil

Wash asparagus spears. Use sharp paring knife to peel off tough white skin on lower stem and cut off the very end. When steamer is hot, steam spears until barely cooked. Remove from steamer, drain any water, and cool to room temperature. Meanwhile, mix dressing ingredients in small bowl. Slice pickled red ginger into thin slivers. About ten minutes before serving, slice spears on the bias into 2 in. (5 cm) segments. Place on serving dish, intermingled with pickled ginger. Pour dressing over asparagus, and let it permeate the salad. Serve at room temperature. This salad can also be served while asparagus is still warm, or it can be chilled.

See Orange Coloured Foods in the Plants, Food Colours, & Recipes section of this web site and Recipes.Orange_Food_Energy.Sweet_Potato.htm for additional information about the healing properties of orange, phytonutrients, and recipes.

(See The Healing Garden: A Place Of Peace Chapter 7, Colour and Healing Energy, page 62 for more information about what the colour orange means and Chapter 8, Colour Energy, Plants, and Recipes pages 71 – 75 for information about using orange in the garden and recipes.)

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