🧄 Garlic
Allium sativum
What it is
A small round bulb that grows underground and is used to give food a strong, tasty flavor.
How it looks
A white or pale bulb made of little sections called cloves, each wrapped in a papery skin.
Taste
Strong and spicy when raw, but soft, sweet, and mild after it is cooked.
Why it is healthy
Has natural compounds that help keep your body healthy and may help fight germs.
How to eat it
Usually chopped small and cooked into soups, sauces, breads, and many warm dishes.
How it grows
Grown by planting a single clove in the soil, which slowly turns into a whole new bulb.
In season
Planted in fall and harvested in summer, but you can find it in stores all year.
History
People have grown garlic for thousands of years, and it was even given to workers who built the pyramids in Egypt.
Fun fact
One garlic bulb is made of many cloves, and each clove can be planted to grow a brand new bulb.
Try this
Cooking garlic makes it milder and sweeter, so roasted garlic is a gentle way to try it.