garlic

Easy Roasted Garlic Recipe for a Gourmet Charcuterie Board

September 25, 2017 by Kathryn 4 Comments

When my husband and I are having lunch at home together during the week, we have a few favourite meals we like to make. And a charcuterie board is always one of our top picks. Meat, cheese, crackers and a few garnishes combine to make a lunch that feels like a gourmet treat.

Roasted garlic is one of our all-time favourite additions to a charcuterie board. For months, we bought it by the spoonful from our local grocery store’s deli section. But then we tried making it ourselves, and I was thrilled with how easy it was. If you love garlic, you’ve got to give this simple oven roasted garlic recipe a try! [Read more…]

Easy Tomato Parmesan Breadsticks Recipe with Classico Riserva Roasted Garlic Dipping Sauce

May 2, 2017 by Kathryn 1 Comment

If there’s one thing that I’ve learned during the last few years, it’s that life is much easier when I have a few pantry staples on hand to whip up a quick meal. I love a good pasta sauce but with one boy in soccer and another in baseball, making sauce from scratch just isn’t on my agenda right now. So, I love that new Classico Riserva sauces are made to have a taste that’s almost as good as homemade, without the work!

Containing high-quality ingredients with no preservatives and no added sugar, these sauces come in five mouth-watering varieties: Marinara, Arribbiata, Roasted Garlic, Puttanesca and Eggplant Artichoke. I recently received the Classico Riserva Roasted Garlic pasta sauce so that I could cook up something tasty and for a change, I decided to think outside the pot and make a non-pasta recipe! These easy Tomato Parmesan Breadsticks with Warm Tomato Garlic Sauce are a quick and delicious appetizer, side dish or snack that the whole family will love! [Read more…]

Celebrate Garlic Month with Sabra Roasted Garlic Hummus-Giveaway

April 24, 2016 by Kathryn 196 Comments

I am a huge fan of garlic and I know I’m not the only one. It’s funny to think that such a pungent food could have such a devoted following, but people around the world know that everything’s better with garlic. In fact, the whole month of April has even been dubbed “Garlic Month!” In honour of the occasion, here are six facts about garlic that you might not know:

Garlic is a member of the lily family.
The smell of garlic can be removed from your hands by running them under cold water while rubbing a stainless steel object.
China consumes the most garlic per capita per year; it is also the leader in garlic production, growing a staggering 46 billion pounds per year.
Elephant Garlic isn’t actually garlic at all it is a leek
Garlic was so highly prized in the ancient world that it was even found in Tutankhamen’s tomb.
The word garlic comes from the Anglo-Saxon words ‘gar’ meaning spear and ‘lac’ meaning plant.

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