Sweet Potato Garlic Crostini
This week’s episode is about garlic! Garlic comes from the same Allium family as onions, shallots, and leeks. Garlic’s origin is considered to be Middle Asia. It has been an important food and medicine in almost every culture, touting many health benefits in addition to it being a wonderful addition to a meal.
Health Benefits:
Promotes Heart Health
Garlic may help lower LDL (the ‘bad’) cholesterol
Garlic may help decrease blood pressure
Boosts the Immune System
Garlic may help prevent us from catching a cold
Garlic may shorten the duration of a cold
Works as an Anti-Inflammatory
Acts as a Natural Antibiotic
Garlic is an Antioxidant
Garlic was First Used as a Performance Enhancer for Athletes in the Early Olympics
Sweet Potato Garlic Crostini
*I skipped the orange juice and pomegranate seeds to keep it a little more savory than sweet.