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How To Add Garlicky Flavor To Your Salad Without The Bad Breath
By Stacie Adams
When it comes to garlic-infused salads, you can utilize a neat little trick to preserve your good-smelling breath after a meal.
Simply rub half a clove of fresh garlic around the inside of the serving bowl. The salad ingredients and dressing will acquire subtle notes of garlic without overpowering it.
The source of garlic's intense aroma is alliinase, an enzyme that's released when raw garlic is pulverized. When garlic is consumed, alliinase gets absorbed by the body.
This is why garlic odors are so overpowering after eating a garlic-heavy meal, as alliinase is literally emanating from every pore in the body.
By dressing a salad with just the residue from a garlic clove, you're limiting how much your body absorbs, which then limits how much your body smells after enjoying your meal.
Take a garlic bulb and roll it around the counter using your palm. Once you've freed a clove from the bulb, place a large kitchen knife over the garlic clove.
Position the blade so the flat side is flush with the clove. Use the heel of your palm to press it in the garlic, which will disengage the clove's skin without affecting the shape.
Peel off the skin and use a knife to remove the root. Cut the clove in half to rub around your salad bowl, as cutting into the garlic will release all its flavors and aromas.