"Did you know garlic is both a vegetable and an herb? In the US April is National Garlic Month (Garlic Day is April 19) and we’re celebrating with a few garlic facts...
Garlic is a member of the onion family, which also includes leeks and shallots.
When picking out garlic at the grocery store, select firm, tight, heavy, dry bulbs.
Garlic has been used medicinally since the Greek and Roman times. Today garlic is a widely recognized health enhancing supplement. It promotes the well-being of the heart and immune systems with antioxidant properties and helps maintain healthy blood circulation. One of garlic’s greatest health benefits includes the ability to enhance the body’s immune cell activity.
Garlic was once believed to fight off acne, warts, toothaches and evil spirits.
Its pungent flavour is caused by a chemical reaction that occurs when the garlic cells are broken. The flavour is most intense just after mincing. The smell can be removed from your hands by running them under cold water while rubbing a stainless steel object.
The psychological term for fear of garlic is alliumphobia.
If your rose garden is being attacked by aphids – or plant lice – spritz the leaves and blooms with a mixture of crushed garlic and water.
Drinking lemon juice or eating a few slices of lemon will stop bad garlic breath."
Most words above taken from here
Looking for a tasty dish with a little garlic?
How about these ...
Chicken Wings Provencal
see recipe here
Lemon Garlic Pork Steaks with Mushrooms
see recipe here
Baked Garlic Parmesan Salmon
see recipe here
I hope you may enjoy these recipe choices ... but remember, we bring a variety of recipe ideas to this blog, and not all may be suitable for you. If you may have any food allergies, or underlying health issues these must always be taken into account. If you are a diabetic and not sure how certain foods may affect your blood sugars, test is best, i.e. use your meter.
As always, thanks for reading.
As always, thanks for reading.
All the best Jan
Good Morning, Jan. We have a farm near us that sells many varieties of garlic and I look forward to visiting there this summer. Thanks for these recipes. Enjoy your day.
ReplyDeleteAfraid of garlic? Never! :-)
ReplyDeleteHello, great recipes. They look delicious, I like using garlic in many recipes. Happy Thursday, enjoy your day!
ReplyDeletegarlic month! Never heard of it. My dad loved then but my daughter is allergic to them :(
ReplyDeleteI like the look of those pork steaks, yummy.
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of garlic, vampires would hate my kitchen. The chicken wings look delicious.
ReplyDeleteI for one know the health benefits of garlic and use it often in my cooking and as a supplement. These are some wonderful recipes Jan!!!
ReplyDeleteHugs~
We love garlic here, I never tasted it until I became an adult xx
ReplyDeleteAll those dishes look great but I've never liked garlic and so many dishes call for it.
ReplyDeleteI do love garlic, thanks for this post Jan and all the great sounding recipes.
ReplyDeleteI'm like a vampire with garlic
ReplyDeleteHello, Jan,
ReplyDeleteI do love garlic and include it in a lot of dishes. Those chicken wings Provencal look yummy!
Good info as always, Jan:)
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize it could be used on roses....
I always have garlic in the house. There are so many meals I use it in. I especially love the Baked Garlic Parmesan Salmon recipe. I bet it is so delicious!
ReplyDeleteLove the salmon Jan.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE garlic and we seem to put it on everything except oatmeal, lol. I've wanted to go to Gilroy our Garlic Capital here in California but haven't been yet. I have a cookbook Garlic Lovers Cookbook that I believe was published by a Gilroy publisher. I've tried a few recipes from it in the past and love them. The recipes you posted look so good.
ReplyDeleteI read the article above Eddie posted about the company in the UK doing away with margarine. Very interesting. My son who is a sous chef has said many times to us - don't eat margarine it's like plastic...or some such thing. We still have it in the house.
Hope your spring is nice for you.
I can't imagine making food without garlic!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love garlic, Jan! The chicken wings look delicious!
ReplyDeleteGarlic is so tasteful, I luv them.
ReplyDeleteThese all look so good, Jan! I can smell the garlic cooking! Wishing you a wonderful weekend! xx Karen
ReplyDeleteI had garlic mushrooms on toast the other night so I've had a mini garlic celebration!
ReplyDeleteLisa x
I find I add garlic to most dishes....such a versatile ingredient.xxx
ReplyDeletegarlic!!!! my favorite "food group"!!!!
ReplyDeleteAlex loves garlic! I have a bit of an intolerance to it, so while I use a little bit because I like the flavor, I don't use much...
ReplyDeleteI love garlic! I didn't know it was a vegetable and fruit! Interesting!
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