Are you curious about green garlic? Or, did you harvest your garlic early but aren’t sure how to use or store it? Come learn all about it! Green garlic, also known as spring garlic or young garlic, is delectably flavorful, versatile, tender, and even easier to prepare than regular garlic. This article will explore 6 awesome ways to use or preserve it – including ideas and recipes for fresh cooking, freezing, pickling and more.Note: This post was originally published in June 2019.One of our spring garlic harvests, which we decided to pull prematurely due to a bad case of garlic rust.Disclosure: Homestead and Chill is reader-supported. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. What is Green Garlic?Contrary to popular belief, green garlic isn’t some exotic variety of garlic. Rather, green garlic is simply immature garlic or regular garlic that was harvested early in the spring. Both the white bulb and the green stalk are edible.Most often, green garlic is the result of farmers thinning their main garlic crop – and making good use of those thinnings by selling it. Other times, it’s intentionally grown and harvested early as a rise in popularity has created a demand for it as a worthy crop of its own.If you grow your own garlic, there may be times you have to harvest it early (even if you didn’t want to) – resulting in green garlic that can’t be stored long term. However, it’s nice to be able to pull a few heads early to use in recipes as needed too!Green Garlic Storage and Shelf LifeGarlic is typically planted in the fall, goes dormant over winter, resumes growth the following spring, and then is harvested in summer once it reaches full maturity. By then, the large garlic heads have developed individual cloves with protective papery skins, which enable it to last for many months in dry storage post-harvest.On the other hand, spring garlic is smaller, more tender, and hasn’t formed tightly-wrapped cloves yet. Because of this, green garlic lacks the long term storage potential of its mature counterpart. Instead, it must be used fresh or be preserved within a week or two of harvest. We do a little of both!RELATED: See this guide on how to harvest, cure, and store mature garlic to make it last as long as possible! A cross section of a young green garlic head. You can see the cloves were just starting to form but not yet wrapped.What does green garlic taste like?Young green garlic is usually more mild and fresh-tasting than mature garlic. It offers a verdant onion or scallion-like flavor profile (but still has notable garlicky attributes). However, the longer it is allowed to grow and develop, the more classic sharp and rich garlic flavor will shine through. Many of our larger green bulbs taste just like mature garlic!Where to Get Green GarlicThe best place to buy green garlic is at your local farmer’s market in the spring, or possibly from a small local grocery store. I personally haven’t seen it available at large chain grocery stories. Have you?Or, you can grow your own! See our complete guide on how to plant and grow garlic here. While we typically like to let our garlic reach full maturity, we’ve had to harvest garlic prematurely for a number reasons over the years: due to disease like garlic rust, because we were moving, or to make space in a garden bed for another crop.How to Prepare Green Garlic for CookingBecause there are no papery parts, and no need to peel individual cloves, preparing green garlic can be much more quick and easy than mature garlic! The exact preparation required depends on how mature it was at the time of harvest, and how you’re going to use it.For small tender pieces of spring garlic, simply wash and cut it as you would prepare a green onion. Trim off the tough root end if it’s still attached. Again, both the bulb and tender green stalk is edible! Larger, more mature green garlic may have started to form a papery skin, so you may want to peel away a couple of the most tough outermost layers around the bulb and stem – similar to peeling an onion. Since we often make garlic powder with ours, we don’t bother peeling it much since it will just be dried and ground up anyway.Pulling off a couple tough layers before prepping the rest7 Ways to Use Green Garlic1) FreshThe bulb and tender stalks of green garlic can be used in the place of regular garlic, onions, leeks, scallions, or shallots in any recipe! This includes sautéed with vegetables or stir fry, added to soups, sauces, pasta, egg dishes, and more. We love to use our young spring garlic in homemade fire cider, with roasted artichokes, easy garden tzatziki, and our favorite pesto recipe too.Also consider saving the leafy greens or tough stalks in the freezer with other veggie scraps to later make homemade vegetable broth. Or, add them to infuse flavor into soup, rice, or beans while cooking, and then remove them before serving – like you’d use bay leaves.It’s best to store fresh green garlic in the refrigerator, and use it within one to two weeks after harvest. Otherwise, see ideas to preserve it to extend the storage time below!2) Green Garlic PowderMaking homemade garlic powder is my favorite way to preserve green garlic – or any garlic for that matter! It is easy to do, can be used with a variety of meals, and neatly condenses a lot of garlic into a small concentrated volume. You could also mix garlic powder with other spices to create your own seasoning blend. When done right, garlic powder stays good stored at room temperature for well over a year.Learn how to make garlic powder in our step-by-step guide. In summary: thinly slice the garlic (or chop it up in a food processor) and dry completely in a food dehydrator. Next, grind into a fine powder using a Vitamix, coffee grinder, food processor, or similar. Store in an air-tight container.As you can see, I’m using the bulbs as well as some of the green stalks to dry into powder.3) Fermented Up next: consider fermenting green garlic in honey! Fermented garlic honey is a simple natural health remedy commonly used to support the immune system, cardiovascular system, and digestive health as well as alleviate cold and flu symptoms such as coughs or sore throats. It’s a delicious way to preserve garlic and incredibly easy to make – the perfect project for beginners or experienced fermenters alike.Or if you prefer a more tangy, savory, pickle-like fermented garlic, use a basic lactofermentation salt brine recipe like this one.4) Roasted Roasted green garlic is just as gooey and delicious as regular roasted garlic. I love to spread it on crusty homemade sourdough bread, on its own or with other sandwich fixings. It’s also awesome in hummus, sauces, soups, and more!l like to roast garlic in a large glass baking pan (instead of the classic tin foil method). After peeling away any tougher outer layers, cut the garlic bulbs in half, drizzle with olive oil, toss to coat, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast on 400F in the oven until it is golden brown and soft.The time will vary depending on the age and size of your green garlic. For our larger, more mature bulbs, we found that roasting them for 20 minutes covered followed by 10 more minutes uncovered worked well. Flip or toss the pieces over once during baking to evenly roast both sides.When done, you can enjoy it immediately, refrigerate for up to 5 days, or freeze it for later use – explained next.5) Freezing Green GarlicFreezing is a super quick and easy way to preserve garlic. It can be as simple as freezing whole raw bulbs, cut into pieces, or roasted and then frozen. We also like to mince garlic to freeze in ice cube trays with olive oil, like our frozen basil cubes.No matter how you choose to freeze green garlic, store it in an air-tight freezer container with a lid that will effectively reduce air contact, which is important to prevent freezer burn!To use large chunks of frozen spring garlic, you can let it defrost at room temperature before prepping (it will get quite soft) or simply grate it frozen. Frozen minced garlic can be added to dishes as-is, since it will very quickly defrost.Roasted green garlic packed in our favorite durable BPA-free freezer containers6) Pickled Green GarlicLast but not least, you can pickle it! Pickled green garlic is a welcome addition to Bloody Mary’s, salad dressing, stuffed in olives, served with cheese and crackers, mixed with sautéed vegetables, or in hummus.To pickle green garlic, cut and peel away any tough upper and outer portions, revealing the most tender middle parts. Pack into a jar with a vinegar-based brine and seasonings of choice. See our easy refrigerator pickling brine recipe here. It’s used for pickled peppers in this example but can easily be applied to a variety of veggies, including garlic.What about Preserving Garlic in Oil?While you may see garlic preserved in oil at the grocery store, it’s not something I necessarily recommend trying at home. If you do, proceed with extreme caution! Botulism organisms (naturally present in soil) are commonly found on garlic and can grow to dangerous levels in the absence of oxygen, such as in an oil solution. To safely preserve garlic in oil, the garlic must be acidified first, explains a food safety expert from Oklahoma State University. Otherwise, it’s best refrigerate garlic and oil mixtures and use within just a few days.And those are the top 6 ways to use green garlic.I hope you enjoyed this lesson on green garlic and the related recipes! While I don’t necessarily suggest you go and pull out your whole crop of garlic early, I hope you get to try it sometime. What do you think? Have you tried spring garlic before? If not, are you eager to now? Did I forget any tasty ways that you like to use it? Let me know in the comments!You may also enjoy:How to Make Chive Blossom Vinegar + 8 Ways to Use it 5 Easy Ways to Preserve Garlic: Freeze, Dry, Pickle & More DIY Container Herb Garden Planter + The Best Herbs to Grow Preserved Lemons Recipe (How to Make Salt Pickled Lemons) Did you enjoy this article? Want to hear more? Stay in touch! Sign up below to receive weekly updates on new posts from Homestead and Chill. The post What Is Green Garlic? 6 Ways to Use or Preserve It appeared first on Homestead and Chill.

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After proving themselves to be his greatest sycophants with their gushfest of an interview last September, former President Biden reciprocated by giving the liberal ladies of ABC’s The View his first post-presidency interview. Of course, as Democratic propagandists, they swaddled him in love and softball questions, largely teeing up questions about controversies in easy-to-knock-down ways, and helping him rehabilitate his image. Moderator Whoopi Goldberg opened up questions with a fast ball about how he was doing, which Biden used to hawk the book he was supposedly writing himself. Pretend independent Sara Haines followed up by ignoring the fact that Biden didn’t drop out willingly but was forced out by Democratic Party insiders and donors, and commended him on his “selfless and very difficult decision” to drop out. When asked why Vice President Kamala Harris lost despite Democratic optimism, Biden seeming suggested that America was sexist: HAINES: Democrats were feeling optimistic about the vice president's chances of winning the presidency, but then election night came, and it was like 2016 all over again. So, why do you think the vice president lost and were you surprised? BIDEN: I wasn't surprised, not because I didn't think the vice president was the most qualified person to be president. She is. She's qualified to be president of the United States of America but I was surprised -- I was surprised because they went the route of the sexist route the whole route.   Sara Haines commends Biden for his "selfless and very difficult decision" to get out of the race, but wanted to know what he thought was the reason for Harris's defeat. Biden seems to blame it on Americans being sexist: "I was surprised because they went the route of the sexist… pic.twitter.com/IRgS19rfim — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 8, 2025   As Biden’s biggest fan on the set, Joy Behar had the gooiest things to say about him. Completely ignoring how both President Obama and Biden blamed their Republican predecessors for their own failings until they left office, Behar whined that Trump was blaming Biden after the first 100 days. “As of late April, he had mentioned you and your family and your administration at least 580 times. That's -- we're talking shrink land now,” Behar declared, suggesting there was something wrong with Trump’s brain (something she refused to entertain with Biden). Of course, it was an easy softball for Biden: BEHAR: Why is he so fixated on you and blaming you for everything? BIDEN: I beat him. In a follow up question sometime later, Behar admitted that Biden’s handlers had requested she ask him a specific question about his use of an autopen to sign his family’s pardons and admitted that she promised to do it: BEHAR: I promised I would ask this question, because – [Whoopi Goldberg gestures to the producers] They want me to ask it. Not only is he obsessed with you and blaming you for everything, he's also obsessed with the fact that you used an autopen to sign the pardons, you issued right before you left office for members of your immediate family. Now, he's calling for investigations and claiming the pardons are void and vacant! BIDEN: Oh, he’s vacant.   Joy Behar admits that Biden used an auto pen to sign his pardons. She also seemingly admits that Biden's handlers wanted her to ask about it and admitted that she promised she would. "He's vacant," Biden responded. pic.twitter.com/Bnh3LXgqEa — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 8, 2025   Previously, The View cast cheered Biden’s pardon for his son Hunter. They praised how Biden gave his son a “great gift, the gift of freedom.” As one of the fake conservatives on set, Alyssa Farah Griffin’s question regarding the books detailing Biden’s cognitive decline never drilled down on any of the specific examples. She simply asked: “What is your response to these allegations and are these sources wrong?” “They are wrong. There's nothing to sustain that,” Biden answered. Late in the interview, Goldberg decried how "everybody lost their mind" because Biden simply had "a bad night" at the infamous debate. "Why do you think that caught fire? Why do you think people bought into it?" Goldberg asked. Biden claimed he was just "sick." "It's an explanation," Behar defended him.   Whoopi decries how "everybody lost their mind" because Biden simply had "a bad night" at the debate. "Why do you think that caught fire? Why do you think people bought into it?" Whoopi asks. Biden claims he was just "sick." "It's an explanation," Behar defended him. pic.twitter.com/ZJpppjnhSC — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 8, 2025   For her part, co-host Sunny Hostin had a bit of a selfish question. Trying to wash herself clean of the major damage she did to the Harris campaign with her “weaponized” question about doing things differently from Biden, Hostin wanted to know if Biden pressured her to answer the way she did: [W]hen the vice president was here, I asked her if she would have done something differently than your administration over the past four years. And because of all the successes that your administration had, I think her response was ‘there is not a thing that comes to mind.’ Now, that answer was weaponized against her, and there has been some reporting that you encouraged her for there to be no daylight between the two of you. First, is that true, and do you think in retrospect she should have tried to differentiate all the wins that your administration had? “Well, look, first of all, I did not advise her to say that. Number one. Like I said, I was vice president. I understand the role,” Biden said. At the very end of the show, Goldberg wanted viewers to know "you're not in this alone, we're all in it together" against Trump. "We got them!" Behar proclaimed as she jumped up to hug Biden.   Hostin brings up her question to Harris about what she would do differently from Biden (which helped sink her campaign), and whines it was "weaponized against her." Hostin tries to wash her hands by blaming Biden for it: "[T]here has been some reporting that you encouraged her… pic.twitter.com/fJ1pWFT4vG — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 8, 2025   The relevant portions of the transcript are below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View May 8. 2025 11:04:22 a.m. Eastern (…) SARA HAINES: Mr. President, last time you were here was a little over a month before the election, and you had made the selfless and very difficult decision, I'm sure, to step aside. And Democrats were feeling optimistic about the vice president's chances of winning the presidency, but then election night came, and it was like 2016 all over again. So, why do you think the vice president lost and were you surprised? FMR. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: I wasn't surprised, not because I didn't think the vice president was the most qualified person to be president. She is. She's qualified to be president of the United States of America but I was surprised -- I was surprised because they went the route of the sexist route the whole route. (…) 11:10:16 a.m. Eastern SUNNY HOSTIN: … [W]hen the vice president was here, I asked her if she would have done something differently than your administration over the past four years. And because of all the successes that your administration had, I think her response was ‘there is not a thing that comes to mind.’ Now, that answer was weaponized against her, and there has been some reporting that you encouraged her for there to be no daylight between the two of you. First, is that true, and do you think in retrospect she should have tried to differentiate all the wins that your administration had? BIDEN: Well, look, first of all, I did not advise her to say that. Number one. Like I said, I was vice president. I understand the role. (…) 11:19:22 a.m. Eastern JOY BEHAR: So, I've noticed that Trump can't stop talking about it. He's obsessed with you. As of late April, he had mentioned you and your family and your administration at least 580 times. That's -- we're talking shrink land now, because, you know, when you're obsessed with somebody you have to look at yourself and say,’ what is going on here?’ And at Trump's cabinet meeting your name was invoked 52 times and he blamed you for the economic mess that his tariffs are causing. Why is he so fixated on you and blaming you for everything? BIDEN: I beat him. (…) 11:25:05 a.m. Eastern BEHAR: I promised I would ask this question, because – [Whoopi Goldberg gestures to the producers] They want me to ask it. Not only is he obsessed with you and blaming you for everything, he's also obsessed with the fact that you used an autopen to sign the pardons, you issued right before you left office for members of your immediate family. Now, he's calling for investigations and claiming the pardons are void and vacant! BIDEN: Oh, he’s vacant. (…) 11:32:19 a.m. Eastern ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Mr. President since you left office there have been a number of books that have come out deeply sourced from Democratic sources that claim in your final year there was a dramatic decline in your cognitive abilities. In the final year of your presidency. What is your response to these allegations and are these sources wrong? BIDEN: They are wrong. There's nothing to sustain that. (…) 11:36:52 a.m. Eastern WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Well, you know what freaked everybody out, was that debate. BIDEN: Yeah. GOLDBERG: Wasn't a great night. It was a bad night. BIDEN: Terrible night. GOLDBERG: And everybody lost their mind because no one has ever had a bad night when they were -- nobody tries to have a bad night. Sometimes it happens. JILL BIDEN: Yeah. GOLDBERG: So this is what started -- BIDEN: Yep. GOLDBERG: -- both sides with this, ‘oh, he can't do this. This needs to stop.’ Why do you think that caught fire? Why do you think people bought into it, especially the Democrats? BIDEN: Well, first of all, we still were winning primaries. We were still doing everything. (…)

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