Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients:

• 5 pounds Russet Or Yukon Gold Potatoes, Peeled And Rinsed
• 3 heads To 5 Heads Roasted Garlic
• 1-1/2 stick Regular Salted Butter (3/4 Cup)
• 8 ounces, plain Greek Yogurt
• 1/2 cup Or So Half-and-half or other cream
• Salt To Taste
• Black Pepper To Taste

Directions: 

1. Cut the peeled potatoes into pieces and cook in boiling water until fork-tender. 
2. Drain water and return to pot, and mash potatoes with a masher, not a hand mixer, until lots of the steam has escaped.
3. Next, mash in softened butter, cream cheese, half-and-half, and salt to taste. 
4. Dump in three to five heads of roasted garlic cloves; stir together, then check seasoning. Be sure to salt adequately.
5. Add some fresh ground black pepper, and serve with one or two roasted garlic cloves on top.

Lemon Thyme Roasted Potatoes

Ingredients:

• 4-5 medium small Potatoes, cut into cubes
• 4-6 Tbls Butter
• 1 Lemon
• 1 Tbls Thyme (fresh or dried)
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 4-6 Cloves Garlic

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Cut potatoes into cubes and put in a bowel
3. Melt the butter and toss with the potatoes
4. Mince 4-6 garlic cloves and add to the mix
5. Squeeze half a lemon into the mix.
6. Slice up the rest of the lemon into thin slices and add to the bowl.
7. Chop up the thyme and throw it in. 
8. Add at least 1 tsp of salt and some pepper
9. Put mixture in a roasting pan and cook until slightly crispy, about 45 minutes. 

Cream of Garlic Soup

I was watching the show The Best Thing I Ever Ate and they were talking about the best garlic dishes they have ever had. Someone on there showed this amazing looking garlic soup. I thought to my self, I must try that. So after looking over different garlic soup recipes on the web this is what I came up with.

This soup had the most amazing sweet garlic flavor you can imagine. It's not pungent garlic, but sweet. In other words, you won't sweat garlic for the next year after eating this. But, if you don't like garlic, I mean really like garlic, you may just want to pass on this one.

Ingredients:
3/4 cup of garlic cloves
3 tablespoon olive oil
2 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 cup vermouth (you can substitute any white wine)
2 1/2 cups whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup peeled potatoes (some recipes use bread cubes instead, could be worth a shot)
Croutons

Directions:

1. Mash garlic into a paste. I use my mortar and pestle, but a food processor would work.
2. Add garlic and oil to your pot and cook garlic until it begins to color, stir often. Don't burn it!
3. Add chicken broth and vermouth.
4. Bring to a boil and then simmer for about 30 minutes.
5. Add milk, cream, and potatoes and simmer for an additional 30 minutes.
6. Enjoy the smell of garlic that has not permeated your home!
7. Puree soup in a blender and then return to your pot to simmer.
8. Simmer for another 30 minutes or longer.
9. Ladle into a bowl and top with croutons.
10. Enjoy!