We were given a ton of excellent, organic garlic from the girls' Grandpa Dave and I think my body would benefit from a good dose or two of garlic. Do you have any great recipes that use quite a bit of garlic?

I always add extra garlic to whatever I make. We love garlic. We use so much of it that I have to get 10 bulbs at a time, peel, chop and freeze so we always have some ready on hand.

well i was trying to find the garlic soup recipe i used to make, but cant find it, however i DID find a bunch that sound yummy!!
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search?q=garlic+soup

In my canning craziness I completely missed your birth post!!!! OMG she is SO sweet! Congratulations! What a beauty! Happy birthing day mama, and happy birthday Luna!!

Ok... we are the same way, although there are a few things we do when we need to boost our immune system or just our system in general. The main one is roasted garlic, which I just cut the tops off, drizzle good olive oil over the top and salt well... that is it. Then I put it in the oven (toaster oven is even better, saves ele a ton!) at 400* for about an hour and test it... if the garlic comes out of the cloves as a pastey texture, than it is done. Eat on good crackers. We always sprinkle ours with parmesean, but you don't eat cheese, perhaps J would like that though.

OH congrats Michelle!! Congratulations and much love!

Val

yep, I do the roasted garlic just like val, only I put it on some good crusty french bread instead of crackers.

One of my favorite and super easy recipes is pasta with garlic and oil (pasta y olio, my gramma called it) Basically, it's a cup of good olive oil with at least 5-7 cloves of garlic chopped very well, sauteed, with salt, pepper and some chopped fresh basil - toss with spaghetti or angel hair. It's awesome cold, too!

Garlic in everything my dear! lol
That is the way we eat around here.

No wonder why we don't have many friends :hahaha:

I was going to suggest roasting it too - it is sooooo yummy that way. You can do it in a toaster oven if it is too hot for the big one. Awesome on bread.

I've also been adding the roasted garlic to my homemade guacamole - avacado and roasted garlic together - what could be better?!

I did the garlic and oil last night like Theresa suggested and Mmmmmmmmm, it was delish!! In fact, I had to laugh last night as the distict smell of garlic rose up as I was nursing Luna. Apparently she doesn't mind garlic-infused breastmilk... ;)

I'll roast some up today. Do you put it in a pan or wrap it in foil or what?

I just put it in a small glass pan and then put foil over the top. :D You are a lucky mama... neither of my kids liked garlic breastmilk at all. ;)

Val

You *are* lucky! My kids got very gassy from garlic.

You can also just braid and dry the garlic; if you keep it in a very cool place it will keep for a long time.

Yeah, what they all said!

Use garlic in everything!

I love having roasted garlic on hand because you can put it in everything, such as soups, stir fries, scrambled eggs, on toast, crackers, in hummus, everything!

I make something my naturopath calls tonic, cause it is extremely blood purifying, and health boosting. We use it as a dressing, drizzled on toast, as a basting sauce, tossed in pasta, etc etc


5-6 cloves garlic
1 bunch parsley
2-3 lemons
olive oil
1T celtic sea salt

Grind the garlic, salt and parsley in a mortar and pestle (or if you are lazy, chop or crush in a press), til a paste, add lemon juice, and top up with olive oil to the top of the mortar (I use one big enough to take about 1-1.5 cups of olive oil). Store in a jar in the fridge. Best after at least a couple of hours to mellow a little, but still good straight out of the mortar!