Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Go for Garlic!

Hello everyone!  We hope you’ll join us at another yummy Pathfinder Produce fresh fruits and veggie market at the Village Commons this Thursday, from 1 to 5 p.m.  We have a great selection of fresh and bulk items to share with you and your family.  Fresh never tasted soooo good!

One item of interest, our Otsego Academy students and staff will be taking part in a local American Heart Association walk in Oneonta on Saturday, Feb. 10.  Coordinated by the Greater Utica Area Chapter of AHA, this indoor walk will be held at the FoxCare Center, and should be a great deal of heart healthy fun.  If you would like to sponsor our OA-PV participants, go to the AHA link here (this event is considered to be part of the Greater Utica event, which is set for March 3!). 

Below, our Senior Director of Education Maura Iorio offers some thoughts on that powerful little bulb, garlic! 

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At Pathfinder School, we walk by the Pathfinder Hoop Houses each day, which are now closed for the winter.  They certainly were bustling places over the summer months … members of our Adult Day Services program were busy planting and tending an impressive array of fruits and veggies.  These were then featured at our weekly market.

While most of our PV-grown produce is now a pleasant memory, one crop – garlic, continues to be featured at the market.  Garlic is a favorite flavoring for many; although this flavor-packed vegetable sometimes has a bad reputation for leaving behind bad breath, its health benefits more than make up for it.

Garlic has been found to boost your immune system, reduce your blood pressure, lower cholesterol, strengthen bones, and even enhance your athletic performance. It’s easy to incorporate garlic into your diet, as it is hardly ever eaten alone but rather mixed into recipes for flavor.

Want to get a jump start on adding more garlic? Try this roasted garlic recipe—who knew that when prepared properly garlic can actually be used as a spreadable condiment? Swap out butter in favor of roasted garlic for even more heart healthy benefits!

Until next time, eat and be well!


Maura (and Lori)