Gingeris a root crop that has a pungent spicy aroma and characteristic taste and freshgingeris a key flavour in many Asian cuisines. Myogagingeris a traditional Japanesevegetablegrown for both the shoots and flower buds. Freshly sliced myoga shoots and buds are commonly used in salads and miso soup.

1 tablespoon of fresh ginger has:

• 4.8 calories
• 1.07 grams (g) ofcarbohydrate
• .12 g of dietary fiber
• .11 g of protein
• .05 g fat
• .1 g of sugar