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Garlic

Garlic is an all-around wonder drug.  It’s been used for ages for just about anything, and it’s no coincidence.  Garlic is an antioxidant, natural antibiotic, lowers cholesterol, reduces acne and repels mosquitoes!  The stuff is good. 

The fresher it is, and the more organic it is, the better it is for you.  And on top of that, your body won’t build up an immunity to garlic (as it will for man-made drugs), so you can keep using it all your life and it will continue to benefit you. 

If you hate the taste of garlic, or you don’t want “garlic breath” (personally, it’s my favorite), you can buy garlic supplements at your local drug store.  But for those of us who think garlic is the essence of all that tastes good, get yourself some garlic cloves and crush them up! 

Put them in oil and red-wine vinegar along with a dash of salt and pepper for an amazing salad dressing that’s heart healthy!

Roast them in a little bit of butter and then mash them into potatoes!

Stuff a half clove and a pinch of shredded mozzarella cheese into each of your meatballs before you bake them!

Or, try this recipe for a garlic soup:

• peel and slice 10 cloves of garlic
• saute the cloves in 1/4 cup of olive oil until they are golden brown
• in a separate pot, heat 5 cups of beef broth and 1 cup of dry sherry
• when it starts to boil, add the cloves and oil to the broth
• season with salt and pepper and simmer for 30 minutes
• meanwhile, slice french or italian bread, sprinkle with mozz cheese and bake at 425* for 4 minutes
• put the bread slices in the bottom of the bowls and pour the soup over
• (you can strain our the garlic if you want, but why?

***Please, don’t eat garlic before surgery.  It interferes with anti-coagulants or some shit.  Other than that eat it up.