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Yes, You Can Be a Garlic Goddess

Yes, You Can Be a Garlic Goddess
Photos: Jaden Hair A friend recently bought a jar of already-roasted garlic, thinking it would be great warmed and stirred into mashed potatoes. “It’s already roasted and it’s so easy!” she exclaimed. “Yeah, but it also cost you $4.99 and has absolutely no taste to it,” I replied. It’s true, pre-roasted garlic is a rip-off, and with the bulbs having spent weeks crammed in a jar, it had the texture of baby food ... and tastes about the same. Roasting your own garlic only takes 3 minutes of hands-on time and costs just maybe 30 cents. To roast garlic, lop off the top of the garlic just like this: Place the bulb on a piece of tin foil, and drizzle about 2 teaspoons of olive oil right on top. Scrunch up the foil, and put it in a 400 degree Fahrenheit preheated oven for 30 minutes. Let it cool for a bit, just enough so you can handle it. Now, you've got roasted garlic. Roasted Garlic Mashed PotatoesServes 6 Directions: 1.

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