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Three super duper healthy green ingredients make this Kiwi Parsley Mint Smoothie a powerful antioxidant and health booster. I remember a few years ago, when my office mate would bring a green drink for her coffee break. Yuck! It hurts even just to look at …
Blueberry Custard Pie is one of the easiest dessert one can make. When cooking for company, I always favour the quick and easy dessert recipes. As a working woman, I am always pressured for time. Naturally, I am prone to use quick and easy recipes, …
Here are my favourite top 10 ways of using garlic. Garlic has been proven to have many health and medicinal benefits. For thousands of years, ancient civilization have been using garlic as medicine and food. It is hence imperative that we incorporate garlic as much as possible in our diet in many different ways as much as possible.
Roasted Garlic
My favourite garlic recipe is the Roasted Garlic, where garlic plays the star ingredient. I don’t know who first invented the Roasted Garlic recipe, but it began showing up at trendy restaurants at about 10 years ago. And boy, was that ever a pleasant surprise! I couldn’t imagine that you could eat garlic in such quantities. Basically, the appetizer plate consisted of whole garlic roasted in olive oil, tasty, sweet and buttery soft and spreadable over baguette bread.
Simply chop off the top of the garlic clove,
peel off the paper skins,
drizzle with olive oil,
sprinkle with sea salt,
wrap the cloves in aluminim foil.
roast in the oven at 400 degree F for 1 hour.
Let cool and serve.
The garlic will be so soft, you can get the meat out by squeezing the bottom of the clove.
The result is so good, I suggest that you can do this whenever you are cooking something in the oven.
Garlic as pizza topping
The first time I had garlic as a pizza topping was at a pizza restaurant. Whole roasted garlic was included along with pepperoni, olive, red pepper, mushrooms, etc as a topping. Once again, what a delightful treat. You can use whole roasted garlic or sliced garlic slivers as pizza topping.
Garlic as a pizza topping is usually served in trendy and upscale restaurants. It is seldom offered in fast-food pizza joints.
Garlic Butter
Making garlic butter is actually very simple.
Take a block of unsalted butter, softened
8 cloves of garlic, chopped fine
sprigs of parsley, chopped fine
whip them together using a hand mixer
roll into a log, and wrap in a plastic. Refrigerate.
Spread garlic butter over baguette and toast in oven at 350 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes and you have crisp and toasty garlic bread. Best eaten immediately.
Garlic Pesto Sauce
Check out our parsley pesto sauce and follow the same recipe, with garlic as an added ingredient. You can make this sauce ahead and keep in the fridge for up to 3 weeks, alternatively you can freeze the garlic pesto sauce to prolong its life.
Garlic Mayonnaise
Simply whip together garlic, mayonnaise, lemon juice, salt and pepper, refrigerate for 30 minutes and you have a dip for your favourite finger foods, chips, and vegetable platter.
Marinated Garlic
1 clove garlic
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp peppercorns
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp onion seeds
Put together in a jar and refrigerate for 7 days, and you have your marinated garlic that you can serve along with pickles, antipasto or the likes.
Garlic Infused Olive Oil
To make garlic infused olive oil, place a few garlic cloves in olive oil, and heat slowly in the stove for the first 15 minutes, then allow to simmer for another 35 minutes. Garlic infused olive oil can be used for salad vinigarette dressings or to flavor pasta sauces, meat and soup. The garlic infused oil can keep in fridge for up to 3 weeks. Mix with balsamic vinegar and you have a very nice dip for your bread.
Sinangag Filipino Fried Rice recipe
Cut up some garlic cloves and toast in frying pan with oil until brown. Then add (day-old white rice) and sautee together. It is important that you use day-old rice, because fresh cooked rice contain a lot of moisture.
Roasted Garlic and Sausage on Sticky Rice
This is a dimsum item in many Chinese restaurants. Slivers of garlic are roasted together with pork sausage on top of sticky glutinous rice.
Potato Garlic Soup
The all Canadian favourite potato garlic soup. Baked potatoes are pureed together with garlic and then added to broth, simmer for about 35 minutes.
There are many ways of using garlic, but these are my top 10 ways of using garlic, which are very practical. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Let me know your comments. I would love to hear from you.
No sew face masks is the answer to the face mask shortage around the world. In this pandemic time, face masks, along with toilet paper, pasta are in short supply. For a long time, the western countries resisted the idea of wearing face masks. It …
In a country as diverse as Canada, it is easy to find 6 ways of cooking with eggplants. I have learned to cook by ingredients to take advantage of the seasons and the store sale. If eggplant is on sale, I will grab that opportunity …
There are several ways of using parsley but here are the top 5 ways of cooking with parsley. Parsley is a humble ingredient, yet it is very versatile. It is inexpensive, easy to grow in your garden or a container pot. An antioxidant, it is rich in Vitamin A, K and C. In other words, it is easy on the budget, and very good for your health.
Many recipes call for parsley as a garnish, where you sprinkle a few chopped parsley. This results in leftover parsley that often go to waste. Here are the top 5 ways of cooking with parsley, that will ensure you not a single parsley stem or leaf will go to waste.
Parsley Pesto Sauce
Ingredients:
(2) tbsp Fresh Parsley,
(2) tbsp Pine nuts,
(1) tbsp Olive Oil,
(4) tbsp Parmesan cheese
Put fresh parsley, pine nuts, olive oil and parmesan cheese in blender to make a parsley pesto sauce that can be used with your pasta. It can also be used on a pizza, as a sandwich dressing, or a salad dressing.
Sauteed Parsley
This is a simple little recipe where you sautee chopped onions, chopped parsley and curry leaves together. Add black pepper powder, salt and lemon Juice. Serve warm as a side dish or cold as a salad. The whole process takes less than 15 minutes.
Parsley Cilantro Chutney
Ingredients:
2 bunches Parsley, Cilantro or mixture
Juice from 1/2 lemon
5 cloves garlic
1/2 onion
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp vegetable oil
Blend the above together to make a chutney.
Add some yogurt and you have a dip.
Note: Cilantro is a good parsley substitute. There is always the issue of parsley versus cilantro. Which herb to use for what dishes. For a chutney, cilantro does well as a parsley substitute. However, it is not a good substitute for sauteed parsley dishes, because cilantro does not have the robust fibrous crunchy texture of parsley.
Lemon Parsley Rice
This is one of my favorite way of serving rice. Cook rice the usual way. Once it is done, add some butter, chopped parsley and lemon juice. Stir together. You have just made a very simple rice dish into something delightful.
Lemon Parsley Potato
This dish uses exactly the same concept as Lemon Parsley Rice. Steam peeled potatoes until tender. Add lemon juice and finely chopped parsley and serve. The photo below shows very little parsley. I myself would add a lot more parsley.
Parsley Green Smoothies
One last minute addition, which should now add up to the 6th way of using parsley. It turned out that Parsley is one of the more popular ingredients in making a green smoothie.
Check out our Kiwi Parsley Mint Smoothie Recipe.
Try out different parsley smoothie variations such as:
Parsley Cucumber Smoothie
Parsley Pineapple Smoothie
Parsley Grape Lemon Smoothie
Parsley Apple Pear Smoothie
How and why I go on a gluten free diet has always been an interesting topic. It is definitely a conversation piece whenever I get invited to a dinner party. Guests on a gluten free diet can be a nuisance because they require the party …
I have finally found a keto gluten free cauliflower pizza crust recipe which I have partially modified. Pizza is like a comfort food. Traditional pizza crust is made with wheat, which is full of gluten and carbohydrates. For those who are gluten intolerant or have …
This quick easy blueberry cobbler recipe is one of my favourite for several reasons. Blueberries are rich in antioxidants, they are an excellent source of vitamins K and C, manganese, and fiber. Blueberries help prevent cancer, heart attack, lower blood pressure, boost vascular health… Read about the benefits of eating blueberries.
Quick and easy to make
Five simple ingredients are needed to make this quick easy blueberry cobbler recipe. Butter, Bisquick, sugar, milk and blueberries.
Personally, there is one great incentive for me to be making desserts out of blueberries. As a member of a barter club, every summer, I get over 100 pounds of blueberries from a local farmer. I freeze them and get to enjoy blueberries for the rest of the year.
Print Recipe5 from 8 votes
This quick and easy blueberry cobbler can also be made gluten free
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time40 mins
Total Time55 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Canadian
Servings: 6
Other desserts using blueberries
I have made blueberry sauce for my pancakes. I have made blueberry custard pie, and am still continuing to experiment with new blueberry recipes. By far, this is the easiest blueberry recipe compared to pies and crisp. If you are short of time, then this quick easy blueberry cobbler is the way to go. It can be gluten free or non gluten free simply by choosing the type of Bisquick to use.
Other variations
1. Consider using mixed berries, such as raspberries, strawberries, if available.
2. Apples can also be used in combination with blueberries.
3. Check out our Grace Harbour Apple Cobbler recipe made with Canadian crabapples, plums and berries.
Check out our blueberry custard pie recipe with no top crust.
The vegetarian Mushroom Stroganoff is a variation of the popular Beef Stroganoff or beef Stroganov (Russian). Beef Stroganoff is a Russian dish made with cut up pieces of beef, sauteed and served in a sauce with sour cream which is called smetana in Russian. It …