ginger

As you may or may not know, I am not an expert baker. My attempts are infrequent and my successes fleeting. But I sure felt like a star after I made these Gingerbread cookies and watched them quickly disappear at a toddler's birthday party, particularly when I saw adults also going back for more. And more. The cookies were soft, chewy and not overpoweringly sweet. They were, if I may say so, perfect.

This healthy recipe is called "salad juice" because you can drink it for breakfast or lunch instead of eating a salad!

Here's what we suggest you do with leftover ginger

This meal was not what I was expecting, but not in a bad way. I was thinking this recipe for Chicken on cilantro-ginger noodles would be hot and mushy and would taste like a Thai food takeout dish. Boy, was I wrong. Do you ever eat something so cool, crisp and healthy that you feel clean and refreshed afterwards, like you just stepped out of the shower? I'm not kidding. I usually only feel like that after a salad on a hot summer day.

Trying to convince my brother-in-law that making a barbecue pork dish was a good idea was a bit of a challenge. Although he is a frequent barbecuer, he shies away from pork because he finds it too dry. I tried to convince him that even though I had never made the Ginger mojito pork recipe, I was willing to bet my first born that it wouldn't be dry. After all, Chatelaine's recipes are triple-tested so why would they steer us wrong?