Slow Cooker Roasted Garlic

By CarolineNGa

Slow cooker roasted garlic is easy to make and can be used in a variety of ways to add creamy yummy nutty flavor with very few calories!

Most recipes tell you to drizzle the garlic with olive oil before roasting, but since the slow cooker locks in moisture, I decided to skip it and save the calories.
The results were better than I expected.

Ingredients

• 3 heads of garlic

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 250mins
Adapted from simple-nourished-living.com

Preparation

Step 1

Ideal Slow Cooker Size: 1 to 2-Quart

Using a knife, cut off ¼ to a ½ inch of the top of each head of garlic to expose the individual cloves. Remove some of the papery skins.

Wrap tightly in aluminum foil and place in your slow cooker.

Cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 5 hours until tender. (The cloves should feel soft when pressed and should be easy to pierce with a sharp knife.)

Remove the garlic from the slow cooker and let it cool enough so you can touch it without burning yourself then squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of their skins.

Martha’s Notes

Nutritional Estimates Per Serving (10 cloves): 45 calories, 0.1 g fat, 9.9 g carbs, 0.6 g fiber, 1.9 g protein and *1 Weight Watchers Points Plus


Spread on crackers, stir into soups, pastas, sauces, and/or mashed potatoes, etc.