When I think of cinnamon, ginger and cloves I think of fall and winter with visions of pumpkin pie, cider, and cold nights snuggled under my covers. So, this is the perfect time of year to let you know all the benefits you can receive by sprinkling a little ground cinnamon, cloves and ginger on your favorite foods. These spices used in pumpkin pie, gingerbread and other holiday treats contain powerful disease-fighting antioxidants that even outscore the better known antioxidants like blueberries and pomegranate juice. Ground cinnamon tops the list, followed by cloves with ginger not far behind.
Try sprinkling a pinch of ground cloves over a baked sweet potato (I am not a sweet potato person but I hear this is good) or shake a little cinnamon into cocoa or hot tea. Another great treat is sautéed carrots with ground ginger (about ½ teaspoon per pound of veggies). Of course those are all the healthy choices but how about some pumpkin pie with extra ginger and cinnamon or some gingerbread cookies (now we are talking)!
Ref-Good Housekeeping magazine
25 comments:
I'm a sweet potato girl so I love baking them and sprinkling on a little cinnamon -- since they're already sweet, no sugar necessary. :-)
The carrots sound good, I'll have to try that. I'm not much of a sweet potato person either.
cheers.
Jesse
I am definitely a sweet potato person, but prefer them for savory things (if that isn't a contradiction).
Sounds yummy. I love cinnamon, but I recently heard that it should only be eaten when it's fresh. Have you ever heard of that?
To me, nearly everything tastes better with cinnamon.
Happy trails.
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And they're also good to help with your cholesterol.
I am so glad I dropped by to learn that some of my favorite spices are also very good for me.:-)
also, we use a lot of ginger in our foods. my late mother would use to boil ginger and we drink the hot ginger juice whenever we get cold, it worked so far :)
Also, I have been known to put all of these lovely spices (cloves, cinnamon, ginger) into a pan of water and boil them. This gives your home a delicious scent without the by-products of scented candles.
hope you're having a great weekend :)
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