Raw Garlic Recipes?

[SandyMom]

I need to get raw garlic into our family's meals - but they shy away from it. They LOVE cooked garlic, but I want them to get the health benefits of raw garlic.
I tried sneaking some into their juice and they nearly made me walk the plank!
Any other ideas???
TIA

[Ola_]

Chopped into a yogurt dipping sauce or guacamole? I find that you can still really taste the garlic though, so not sure if your family will go for it.

[snowbunny]

I'd make pesto - loads of fresh garlic, fresh basil or another herb for variety, olive oil, pine nuts (or other less $$ nuts) and parmesan cheese.

[ursusarctos]

I just made fresh pesto! It's delicious and incredibly simple. For three people I used about two cups of loose basil leaves (not at all packed, most of that is air), 4 cloves of garlic (or about a tbsp chopped I think), about a half tsp of salt, and a bit less than half a cup of olive oil. Blend and spoon over hot pasta. A little goes a long way. If you want you can add finely grated parmesan to the pesto to make it richer and thicker, or just sprinkle it on your pasta.

[FrannieP]

Garlic mashed potatoes are delicious. I add a couple cloves of minced garlic at the end after whipping with butter and sea salt.
And ditto on the pestos!
Here's a really easy recipe for basil pesto:
http://sites.google.com/site/herbind...l-pesto-recipe

I also make it with cilantro instead sometimes. Or I will use half basil and half parsley for extra nutrition.
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[Sol_y_Paz]

Dips, guac and bean.
Soups.

[SandyMom]

Success!

Thanks for all the great ideas!
Just wanted to let you all know that I just served the yummiest meal that contained 4 (!!!!) cloves of raw garlic and it was gobbled up eagerly!
Quesadillas cut into strips and served with guacamole, bean dip and fresh salsa?
Nobody said a thing about too much garlic. YAY!
Thanks again
Tomorrow I'm going to try the pesto on pasta! tee hee I feel so sneaky!

[tanyalynn]

My kids love the garlic at the bottom of a jar of fermented kosher dill pickles, enough so that I've started adding lots of extra garlic to our pickles so we've got enough garlic to eat.

I use this recipe for pickles...
http://www.wildfermentation.com/reso...p?page=pickles

The flavor of the garlic mellows a bit over time, so if it's too intense at first, wait a month and try again.

[FrannieP]

Tanya -

I use this recipe for pickles...
http://www.wildfermentation.com/reso...p?page=pickles

have you ever made them with sliced cucumbers? I have 40 cuckes that my kids just picked but they're all at least 6 inches long.
Do you think that'd work to slice them into spears?

[tanyalynn]

I always cut up my pickling cucumbers because I figure it better hides the fact that I've never sought out oak leaves or other crispy-pickle-making leaves (just laziness on my part). I cut them into rounds, but spears would be tasty too. Obviously the fermentation goes a lot faster with cut up cucumbers, so keep an eye on it.

[FrannieP]

Hey, thanks so much - I'm going to try this today!
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[CookiePie]

I also wanted to mention homemade hummus, fresh salsa, & caesar salad dressing amung many other salad dressing variations. We love garlic, we joke that we are the garlic smelling family!

[lil_earthmomma]

Mmmm I love raw garlic.

bruschetta is so yummy, as pp's have said quac, hummus etc.

I also love to dip stuff in dijon mustard mixed with some sour cream or greek yogurt, and raw garlic!!!! Yummy. (I could be weird though)

You can make yummy salad dressings by mincing up a bunch of garlic and letting it sit in some oil for a couple hours and then adding juice from a lemon or lime, salt and pepper. So good!!! You can make it greek by adding greek seasonings, asian with some rice wine vinegar and soy sauce and ginger, balsamic vinegar... possibilities are endless.

[KatieFrank]

I definitely suggest making my FAVORITE recipe - Bruschetta. Here it is...

http://www.pamperedchef.com/our_prod...recipeId=80832