So I may have gone grocery shopping and I may have made a mistake and bought an obnoxious amount of crushed garlic… and now I need some recipes to do something with it.
I love garlic but I rarely cook it because I just buy things with garlic already in it.
Dips especially appreciated due to the sportsball season we’re in 
(Also, this is why no one trusts me to do the shopping…)
ETA: This is what I bought: http://ninecooks.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/jargarlic.jpg
Dips are easy. I like Fage 2% plain Greek yogurt or you could use sour cream. Throw in some garlic, add salt and pepper and that might be all you need. Be sure to wait a bit for the flavors to diffuse. You could add any other herbs, chopped parsley, chives, basil, maybe some minced olives or even sun dried tomatoes.
You could also roast some potatoes with the garlic. Go for red potatoes, leave the skin on and cut into large chunks. Toss with garlic, olive oil, s & p, and maybe some rosemary. Or maybe some cayenne pepper. Bake on high around 400 until edges are browned and crispy, turning them at some point in the cooking (maybe after 20 minutes or so).
Garlic mashed potatoes! Put a bunch of that crushed garlic in the water when you boil the potatoes. If it’s not garlicky enough for you after you whip them…add more.
That jar of crushed garlic will last forever (well, at least months) in the fridge. Just use it whenever a recipe call for a a teaspoon or tablespoon of crushed garlic. I keep a jar like that that in the door of the fridge and cook with it almost every day. Making salad dressings, making soups, etc.
For something uncooked that calls for garlic, I’ll chop fresh cloves. But for cooking? I go with the jar stuff.
Garlic egg spread: mix grated hard boiled eggs with equal volume of grated cheese. Add some of that garlic to taste and some mayo, mix until it becomes a paste. Goes great with red wine! 
Save it for a rainy day. Garlic is really good for you. This is gonna sound gross, but whenever my mom is under the weather, she crushes garlic, mixes it with orange juice, and shes 100% the next day!
Garlic. Yum! I don’t think that’s a lot. I also have a jar like that in my fridge that I dip into several times a week. Salad dressings, saute chicken breasts with it, soups, hummus, pork roast.
Surfcity, no one wouldn’t be a lot… I didn’t just get one… Luckily it was cheap?
Thanks for the suggestions everyone!
romani, garlic goes fast in our house, for many recipes, like those suggested above. But if you truly bought an excessive amount, can’t you return some to TJ’s?
Did you get a jar of crushed garlic? If so, just put it in the fridge.
If now…put your crushed garlic in a jar, and put on a bit of olive oil, mix, and fridge it.
You will use it all!!
I don’t buy jarred garlic cause I think it tastes bitter, but you should keep some on hand in case of a staph outbreak.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-32117815
Or make garlic fries.
Um… I guess this is a stupid question, but you can return food? I kinda figured food was a do-not-return item.
(Though I don’t doubt I can use it all. Garlic-lovin’ family)
Drugs stores let you return cosmetics, even if used, ( not that Ive tried, but they have signs advertising such)
So I imagine you can return food, if it is bad, or you bought too much.
If you bought too many jars… Not if you used half a teaspoon and decided you did not need the rest.
If it’s an open container of food, no, you can’t return it…unless when you opened it, there was something wrong.
Here is another one.
Get a pizza dough…and roll out on a cookie sheet or pizza stone. Sprinkle with the garlic. Roast the whole thing in the oven until the garlic is light brown. Then cover all with mozzarella cheese, and broil for just long enough to melt the cheese. Delicious. If you love garlic!
You guys are making me so hungry…
In a good way
That pizza especially sounds divine.
Sprinkle on evoo coated chopped veggies an roast. Add to soups, stews, etc. As long as both you and your partner eat it, then there is no one to complain about garlic breath. Well, maybe the pooch.
You can return unopened jars of garlic the next time you go there.
Yep…unopened can be returned…but not opened.
OTOH, if you have unopened jars…they keep!!
You could also make garlic butter & freeze it.
I’d put some parsley in it too for color.
