Recipe: Maple Fruit Compote with Honey-Ginger Toasted Nuts

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

2-3 apples
2-3 peaches or pears
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1/2 cup raisins
juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup walnuts or nuts of your choice
1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger, minced
2 tablespoons honey
1 pound fresh ginger root

Directions:

Wash, core and chop fruit into slices or chunks.
Place in a large saucepan with 1/3 cup of water. Add the maple syrup and raisins.
Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.
Add lemon juice and cinnamon. Cook for another 10 minutes, until soft.
While fruit is cooking, place chopped nuts in a skillet over medium heat and toast, stirring often, for 5 minutes.
Drizzle honey over the nuts and add ginger, but keep stirring since the honey can easily burn.
Top warm fruit with toasted nuts and enjoy!

Ginger Drink

September 14, 2011

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Ginger Drink

(This recipe has been featured in the August, 2011 issue of A Healthy You).

Prep Time: 7 minutes
Cook Time: 24 hours or 20 minutes (choose your method)
Yield: 6-8 servings

Ingredients:

1 pound fresh ginger root
2 quarts water
juice of 2 limes
maple syrup, stevia, honey or agave nectar to taste

Directions (24 hr):

Thinly peel the fresh ginger, grate and mix with water in a large saucepan.
Bring to a boil and simmer for 4 minutes.
Cover the pan and turn off the heat; leave for 24 hours.
Strain the liquid through a fine mesh sieve.
Add the lime juice and honey, maple syrup, or agave. Stir until dissolved. Serve chilled.

Directions (20 minutes):

Thinly peel the fresh ginger, grate and mix with water in a large saucepan.
Bring to a boil.
Cover the pan and simmer for 20 minutes.
Strain the liquid through a fine mesh sieve.
Add the lime juice and honey, stevia, maple syrup, or agave. Stir until dissolved. Serve chilled.

If you don’t want to make a whole pound of ginger root, you don’t have to! Use a smaller piece of ginger (3-4 inches in length) in a small pot of water. The mixture will be concentrated, so you will need to add water before serving (to taste). It is cooling and refreshing (with a snap).