All posts tagged: ginger

How to peel & store Ginger?

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I consider fresh ginger to be a super food. I like to use it in my cooking, baking and my tea remedies so I need always to have fresh ginger on hand. My first encounter with the ginger was not that fruitful. I actually used a knife to peel it and I ended up having just half of it to be used! Few years back I discovered the real technique on a French channel, it is incredibly… easy: – Break one lobe of the ginger to easily reach all the skin and hold it firmly with one hand. – Hold the bowl of the spoon in the other hand, make sure the convex is towards you. – Scrap away the skin by using the edge of the spoon. Now that you have fresh ginger you can grate them, put them in a ziplock bag and store them in the freezer. It will be super handy when a recipe requires freshly grated ginger! Hope it helps! The Urban Aprong    

Carrot Cake

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I just love carrot cakes or maybe it is just the cream cheese frosting. This weekend was more about resting and indulging comfort food so I made the carrot cake with a ginger cream cheese frosting for a change and decorated the cake with pecans instead of adding them to the batter. I tried several recipes and came to this final one if you want a fluffy cake. As usual, I try to cut down as much as possible on sugar, I even tried to replace it with Agave syrup but the batter will get burnt quickly. Besides, it is always better to replace the vegetable oil with coconut oil or make it half half. Ingredients: 400g all purpose flour 3 large eggs at room temperature 300g vegetable oil OR 150g vegetable oil & 150g coconut oil 300g sugar 2 teaspoons of baking soda 2 teaspoons of baking powder 1 teaspoon of salt 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon 3/4 teaspoon of grated nutmeg 3 cups of coarsely grated carrots 1/2 cup of chopped pecans (optional) Frosting: 450g cream cheese, at …

Magic T

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Good morning cold weather & soar throat!💨❄️⛄️☂ Its the flu season, make sure to have this “magic tea” every morning and night. Its a natural remedy that will help fight your illness and boost your immune system: Ingredients: serving for 1 mug 1 Cinnamon stick Hot water 1 tsp Honey 1 tsp Lemon juice 1 tsp grated ginger Optional: Green Tea • Boil water with a cinnamon stick • Pour the hot water in your mug on the grated ginger and your favorite green tea (optional) • Add honey and lemon juice • Mix well and drink up Get well soon! The Urban Apron