Yum! I love adding ginger to my smoothies for that extra punch. I feel your pain about the root veggies. I dearly miss rutabagas and they are nowhere to be found in Costa Rica. But you’re spot on about how lucky we are to have an abundance of fresh fruit and other veggies. I actually think the produce tastes so much here than the US. The stuff you’d buy in the stores in the states is pretty much tasteless. Local farmers markets are a lot better but the farmers markets yield pure mouth candy. Anyway, enjoy your paradise, enjoy your time off, and congratulations on all of the new exciting family news. Siblings can be such answered prayers :)