Ginger Flower & Food Festival

Dropped in to check out the annual Ginger Flower Festival held at Yandina Queensland.  There was a spectacular array of Ginger Flowers on display, and a big crowd turned out over the four day period to enjoy everything from hands on cooking classes,  presentations and workshops  on the power of food, healthy living and of course gardening. Presentations about gingers and heliconias and tips for growing the best plants  to create your own tropical paradise.

Having their own on site cooking school at the Ginger   Factory meant  a wide range of cuisines and culinary insights were also on offer, so if you wanted to feel like a gourmet chef there were plenty of cooking classes to choose from. I settled for a ginger and macadamia ice cream which went down a treat on a hot day or would any day for that matter.

A huge range of ginger products are available on site and the benefits of ginger root are well researched and documented. Ginger root has been part of herbal remedies for centuries and its properties have been sought after for everything from indigestion ( helps break down proteins), from migraine to lowering cholesterol and alleviating blood pressure. Ginger root  is also anti viral so makes a great cold and flu remedy. So not only does  it have a unique flavour as a spice to use in cooking its health benefits are immense so we should all be using more of it remember prevention is better than cure.