PSA: You’re Not Eating As Much Ginger As You Should Be

This may be the season of ginger in some of its finest forms – we’re talking snaps, houses, and men – but when the gingerbread state of mind has come and gone, we’re often left with a serious lack where ginger the spice, as opposed to just ginger the cookie, is concerned. Save for the occasional cup of ginger-infused tea or the slab of ginger served alongside your spicy tuna roll, ginger’s strong flavor often makes it one of the lesser utilized ingredients in mainstream eats. But for all its benefits – ginger warms up your stiff muscles, alleviates cramps, helps relieve congestion, combats nausea, and even acts as an aphrodisiac – the oft-overlooked spice is more than worthy of seeing a little more action in your kitchen year round. To get you started, we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite ginger-infused recipes for you to try for yourself.