It's green garlic season! Have  you ever tried green garlic? I had never even heard of green garlic until I started getting it in my CSA box. I love garlic and it's appalling I was missing out on something so amazing as green garlic. What is it? Green garlic is simply immature garlic and looks similar to a scallion or green onion with a purple tinge near the root end. It tastes like garlic but with a much milder flavor. It is usually only available in the spring and is all over the farmer's markets at this time of year. I did see it at Whole Foods the other day when I was there as well. I use green garlic in all sort of things at this time of year but my favorite is Green Garlic Dressing. It is simple to whip up in a food processor. I love it in a green salad or better yet a pasta salad. So good!  Isn't it a lovely light green color? Green Garlic Dressing: 1-3 stems of green garlic (Depends on how strong you want the garlic flavor to be. I use 3 for pasta salad, 2 … [Read more...]