I've made a lot of mashed potatoes, but I've never peeled 30 cloves of garlic like Julia Child. It was labor-intensive, but the flavor was great.

You might like your mashed potatoes on the garlicky side, but wait till you see how much garlic is in Julia Child's recipe! It's more than you probably think.

Garlic is an ingredient that brings out the flavor in large or small meals while providing several health benefits if consumed daily. Include fresh garlic cloves in your meals.

For a strong garlic flavor, you can add fresh minced garlic to the cooked potatoes when mashing them. You can also cook whole, peeled, garlic cloves (allow 1 clove per potato) with the potatoes.

1: In a blender, combine 1/4 cup vinegar, garlic, ginger, paprika, sugar, cloves, turmeric, cumin, cayenne, cinnamon, 3/4 ...

Smashed roasted garlic cloves can be substituted into any recipe that calls for freshly chopped garlic for a nuttier, sweeter, and less pungent flavor. In this Roast Chicken with Basil Vinaigrette ...

At least not in roasted cauliflower soup, garlic bread, brussels sprouts Caesar salad and Eric Kim’s braised chicken with 20 (!) cloves of garlic.

Adjust the Garlic: Six cloves of garlic make for nice, lightly flavored garlic mashed potatoes. You can increase or decrease that amount as needed.