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Roasted Garlic (Cooking for 2)
Recipe Tip
Gadzooks, It's Garlic
Garlic is a phytonutrient--a plant nutrient. It's not necessary for life, but it may have some healthful benefits and lots of flavor!
  4 ratings : 1 review

Roasted Garlic (Cooking for 2)

Oh, the aroma is so wonderful when garlic is roasted to its rich and mellow best! From eatbetteramerica.
Prep Time:10 min
Start to Finish:1 hr
makes:2 servings

2garlic bulbs
4teaspoons olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Steamed vegetables or sliced French bread, if desired
1.Heat oven to 350°F. Carefully peel paperlike skin from around each bulb of garlic, leaving just enough to hold garlic cloves together. Cut 1/4 to 1/2 inch from top of each bulb to expose cloves. Place cut side up on 12-inch square of foil.
2.Drizzle each bulb with 2 teaspoons oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Wrap securely in foil. Place in pie plate or shallow baking pan.
3.Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until garlic is tender when pierced with toothpick or fork. Cool slightly. To serve, gently squeeze soft garlic out of cloves. Stir into hot vegetables or spread on bread.

Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 130 (Calories from Fat 45); Total Fat 5g (Saturated Fat 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 85mg; Total Carbohydrate 18g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 0g); Protein 3g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 15%; Calcium 10%; Iron 6% Exchanges: 1 Other Carbohydrate; 1 Vegetable; 1 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
MyPyramid Servings 1 tsp Fats & Oils, 1/2 c Vegetables

 
 
 
1 Review

 

Garlic Rules
this was fantastic! all that garlic bread taste without the butter. Me and My Fiance are hooked!
Posted at 11:33 AM on September 4 2007 by , Longmont CO