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Meet Our New Look.
Things are going to start looking different – on our website, on social media, and our product packaging. And our team at Black Garlic North America is excited to share our changes with you! You will be seeing these visual identity changes happening over the course of the next few months, and we are looking forward to consistency. But these aren’t the only changes you will see.
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Image by Cindy Fernandez
By now you probably know that tossing a few diced cloves of Black Garlic North America black garlic into your desserts will be a REAL treat. But if you are new to baking with black garlic then start with these easy black garlic brownies from Chef Anne Sorrenti (adapted from David Lebovitz’s “Absolute Best Brownies” recipe) as published online by the Toronto Garlic Festival.
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Soup isn’t just for the cold months!
Avocados and Black Garlic have been seen together on our Recipes Pages previously, in our Avocado Toast Recipe, and also in our Sensational Black Garlic Guacamole Recipe. So, while you are picking up the ingredients for your Summer soup (or digging the ingredients out of your garden), grab a few extra avocados and whip up another black garlic + avocado combo from the Recipes on the Black Garlic North America site!
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It may surprise you to know that black garlic goes well in so many recipes, including desserts. Which is why we are sharing 8 Summer Black Garlic Recipes that you can try on the holiday weekend and all through the summer; you will see just how diverse black garlic truly is! Whatever your diet, we are sure there will be something for you in our list. Black Garlic from Black Garlic North America is natural, vegan, Kosher, preservative-free and made with only one ingredient: fresh garlic. We even provide Certified Organic!
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Stirring black garlic into your condiments is probably the EASIEST way to use this delicious flavor-punch of an ingredient! Well, maybe sprinkling black garlic powder into your dry rubs is the easiest…. or tossing black garlic cloves on a salad… or spreading black garlic puree onto toast with a tomato and greens. Well, I guess it is ALL easy with black garlic!
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Black Garlic Powder might just replace your table salt at the breakfast table!
If you want to know how to cook with black garlic, or are searching for a black garlic recipe then look no further than Black Garlic North America! And if you want to celebrate National Egg Day with all the other yolks, then here are a few ways to combine eggs and black garlic:
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Strawberry Picking!
If you are headed out to the strawberry fields of your local orchard this year (I wouldn’t miss it for the world!) then pluck a few extra berries and try this Strawberries with Black Garlic & Balsamic Vinegar recipe, created by Chef Kevin Gallagher…
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Grilled Corn with Lime, Photo Credit: Fernando Prado from Unsplash
Contrary to what some people outside of Mexico believe, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day or Dia de la Independencia, which falls on September 16th. According to HISTORY’s article “Cinco de Mayo:” “Cinco de Mayo… celebrates the date of the Mexican army’s May 5, 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War… also known as Battle of Puebla Day.”
The Battle of Puebla is inspiring; telling the story of 6,000 well-armed and trained French troops eventually retreating from a group of only 2,000 Mexican men. Not only were the Mexican troops outnumbered 3 to 1, they were also not as heavily armed as their opponents. Yet, 500 French soldiers were killed in the Battle of Puebla, while less than 100 Mexicans perished in the battle before the French retreated.
Today, many celebrate Mexican culture and heritage on Cinco de Mayo. Prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic, there would be Cinco de Mayo parades and parties in many communities, but social distancing rules will certainly affect how Cinco de Mayo is celebrated today.
Despite the unusual times we are currently experiencing, we can still celebrate Mexican culture with music, dance, and especially with food! If you are making delicious goodies in the kitchen this Cinco de Mayo then we hope you will invite Black Garlic to be a part of your celebration! Here are 5 simple ways you can use black garlic in your cooking today or any day you are craving these delicious dishes!
Tortilla Chips, Photo By Roberto Carlos Roman
I wouldn’t dream of skipping the heaping bowl of tortilla chips on my dining room table this year, and you shouldn’t either! Elevate these crunchy delights to the next level by sprinkling black garlic powder on the warm chips before munching. You will taste that this addictive teaser can be even MORE addictive with black garlic. That’s it – how easy is that?!
Ready to make your own Tortilla Chips this year? Try this fun Homemade Tortilla Chips Recipe from Elise Bauer at Simply Recipes – just don’t forget to add black garlic powder to the recipe!
Salsa & Guac, Photo by Heather Ford of Unsplash
If you are going to make chips you might as well make something to dip them into! Mix up some salsa, guacamole, or both! Just don’t forget the black garlic.
Chefs and home cooks alike have been experimenting with black garlic in their salsa and guac so it won’t be too difficult to find a black garlic recipe that you will love, but if you already have your dream recipe/brand then just add a few cloves of diced black garlic cloves to the bowl or jar, and stir!
Want to whip up an incredible black garlic salsa recipe this Cinco de Mayo? Try Chef Patricio Wise’s Salsa Negra from Nixtaco Mexican Restaurant. Apparently, this stuff can go on ANYTHING (Poblano Soup, Goose, and more). The recipe page even linked to our brand of Black Garlic on Amazon! But during the Coronavirus Pandemic, Amazon is limiting their shipping to only essential goods so it will be best to shop directly from our Online Black Garlic Store.
Also try our Black Garlic North America Kitchen Black Garlic Guacamole Recipe for an easy and delicious guac to keep those tortilla chips company!
Notes: Black Garlic is ready to eat, directly from the package. You don’t need to cook or warm the cloves prior to eating them! If you have Pureed Black Garlic on-hand, you can use it instead of black garlic cloves in your salsa. Mix only a half-teaspoon at a time into your salsa and taste before adding more.
Simple Quesadillas with Sour Cream and Salsa
By now you should know that Black Garlic and Cheese are a perfect pair! Our Instagram features recipes of cheesy pizzas and pastas from home cooks, and the recipe pages on our website are full of cheese and black garlic combinations. Cheesy dishes are just aching for a little savory and sweet black garlic to punch up the flavor and wake up the taste buds! So, next time you are making a batch of quesadillas, sprinkle a couple of diced cloves of black garlic onto the cheesy layer before folding over or topping with a tortilla!
New to making quesadillas? No problem! Try this Quesadilla Recipe from Elise Bauer at Simply Recipes, and add Peeled or Whole Bulb Black Garlic to the Ingredients list (diced).
Grilled Corn - Photo by Fernando Prado of Unsplash
If you are as obsessed with sweet corn as I am then fire up the grill, shuck the corn, and melt the butter!
Grilled sweet corn is a Cinco de Mayo treat and it is done up in a variety of ways. Depending on where you live in the United States it might be a while until you can get your hands on some fresh sweet corn, but we hope you won’t forget this delicious tip by the time you see those ears at your local farmer’s market!
The simplest way to enjoy this treat is to sprinkle savory Black Garlic Powder onto buttery grilled sweet corn. After you taste it, we know you will be using black garlic powder just as much as salt and pepper in your everyday cooking. Step aside, table salt!
The combination of butter and black garlic isn’t new; try this Black Garlic Compound Butter Recipe to taste the combo on noodles, meat, eggs, toast, burger buns, veggies, on top of popcorn and more!
Looking for a challenge, or a more authentic grilled corn? Consider making this Mexican Street Corn (Elotes) Recipe from Marzia at Little Spice Jar and substitute the garlic powder with our black garlic powder in the mayo!
Taco Salad
Last, but not least, something delicious, fresh (and easy!) for Spring: Taco Salad!
Save the calories (depending on the recipe!) and celebrate the day with a colorful Taco Salad (there are vegan taco salad recipes, too!) and complete the salad with black garlic. Simply grab a bowl, mix up your favorite veggies, add southwest toppings, and toss a few diced black garlic cloves on top. Ta-da!
Check out this Vegan Taco Salad Recipe from Shannon at Homegrown Provisions and add black garlic to the shopping list.
Or, for something crunchy and cheesy, try this Ultimate Dorito Taco Salad from Sommer Collier at A Spicy Perspective. You could throw a few diced cloves of black garlic on top, mix some diced cloves into the salsa or sprinkle some powder on the dressing. The options are endless! I would love to try this recipe with some Black Garlic Doritos but they are still only available in Japan.
That wraps up 5 ways to use Black Garlic this Cinco de Mayo! We didn’t even mention to add black garlic to your spicy cornbread, or to mix it into your black beans, or to top tacos and nachos with diced cloves! How will you use black garlic today?
Shop our online store for Black Garlic that is sourced from North America and produced in Wisconsin, USA. Organic Black Garlic is also available, and all our black garlic is vegan, gluten-free, preservative-free and 100% Natural. Shopping is easy and shipping is fast and FREE, with NO MINIMUM ORDER. So, what are you waiting for?
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Get black garlic FAST by shopping black garlic from North America!
If you’re anything like me, you are probably spending more time on your computer and mobile devices these days. Many governors have issued “Stay at Home,” “Safe at Home,” and in Wisconsin, “Safer at Home” orders to protect us from the novel Covid-19 pandemic that has now been declared the #3 cause of death in the United States, behind heart disease and cancer, according to Newsweek.
To protect the vulnerable among us and to avoid overwhelming healthcare workers, many of us are working from home, teaching children from home (A+ to all the parents), and generally just spending more time at home. In this new world we have access to our personal computers and our cellphones 24/7, and many are shopping online for items they might purchase at brick and mortar stores. If any of this sounds familiar to you, then you have probably wandered onto Amazon.com a time or two in the last few weeks. #guilty.
I was just shopping on Amazon last night, trying to buy a puzzle for my parents to put together while they stay home. Amazon pages declared the puzzles were in-stock but whenever I added a puzzle to my cart one of two scenarios would occur:
1. The puzzle would no longer be available from a supplier I trusted.
2. The puzzle would be available and would ship to my home… in June.
I didn’t buy a puzzle on Amazon.
As many of you know, Amazon is currently prioritizing the items that consumers most need during this time – which is absolutely what we all should want. As a result, shipping delays for many items will be common and Amazon makes this clear in a statement located at the top of their website. As part of Amazon’s prioritization plan, at least 53% of Amazon sellers are currently not allowed to send shipments of their products to Amazon to fulfill (FBA) – see data from Jungle Scout. This includes sellers from outside of the USA.
Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) allows sellers to send their products to Amazon to hold their inventory, ship their products, and offer customer support on their behalf. Amazon sellers were given almost no advance warning of this temporary change and are currently forced to store their own inventory, ship their own orders and provide customer support, even though the orders for their items are placed on Amazon.com. This big change will have an impact on the speed of many orders – especially if the seller is based in China or another area outside of the U.S. as those sellers will have to ship their items internationally to get them to you if their Amazon inventory dwindles to zero.
For some sellers, this inventory shortage has already occurred. As a result of the coronavirus outbreak in China, some of the items you would normally see stocked from Chinese sellers on Amazon may not be available. According to a Reuters article from March 6th, “China’s exports contracted sharply in the first two months of the year… as the health crisis triggered by the coronavirus outbreak caused massive disruptions to business operations, global supply chains and economic activity.” The same article cites a 17.2% decrease in overseas shipments from the same months in the previous year, according to customs data.
Many black garlic brands source their garlic from China and Korea and produce their black garlic outside of the United States. According to MW Polar’s Amazon seller page, their black garlic originates in China, as does OneTang brand. RioRand brand black garlic is possibly made from garlic sourced in Korea, according to an article on BestProducts.com, and stickers on their products read “Made in China,” according to many surprised Amazon reviewers. As of yesterday, I was no longer able to shop the Organic version of RioRand black garlic on Amazon. Other brands of black garlic produced in the UK, such as Balsajo black garlic and The Original Black Garlic brand are made from garlic sourced from Korea, according to Amazon Seller Pages and the website Natural-Grocery.
Black Garlic North America gets all of our fresh garlic from North America and produces our black garlic in our home state of Wisconsin. Though one of our storefronts is on Amazon, we sell our black garlic on our online retail store and ship orders made on our site directly from our location in Wisconsin. Our shipping is fast and free, and we don’t have minimum orders; it’s basically Black Garlic Prime every day on our online shop! Not every black garlic supplier can make the same claims.
The black garlic we sell is 100% natural, preservative-free, gluten-free, vegan and Kosher-certified, and we offer certified organic black garlic as well. We have more products than the competition with our whole bulbs, peeled cloves, pureed black garlic and even granulated black garlic powder (umami fairy dust!), and we test each batch of our black garlic for the active component of S-allyl-cysteine, which is scientifically proven to lower cholesterol and improve heart health.
If your brand is getting low on inventory, or their shipping times have increased due to the temporary Amazon FBA freeze, or you simply want to support an American black garlic company that ensures the highest quality and the best taste while employing a team with more than 50 years of experience in the food industry, then we hope you will support a family business and try Black Garlic North America. Taste the difference and show us what you made with our black garlic on our Instagram @blackgarlicna and on Facebook.
Ready to shop our online store for delicious black garlic with free shipping and no minimum orders? Shop Now! And check out our Shipping Time Estimate Map to see how fast you will be getting your black garlic (hint: it won’t be June)!
P.S. I found a company that makes puzzles in America from recycled materials that can ship to me with only a short delay in Standard shipping times. 😊
Future Articles: Why buying American is so important, how black garlic is the perfect ingredient for your kitchen RIGHT NOW, and the differences between black garlic brands and products.
I encourage you to experiment with black garlic by mixing ½ tsp to 1 tablespoon of black garlic puree into your creations. Taste the difference in your cream cheese spreads, your sour cream dips, your mayonnaise salads, your homemade or store-bought hummus, and even your ranch dressing. You can take a sauce or dip from tired to tasty in mere seconds!
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