Garlic! It's delicious, obscenely healthy, and it wards off vampires! What more could you possibly ask for? We all love it, but how do you prepare it? Are you a smasher, a chopper, or a presser?

If you're not sure, or if you just find the whole garlic deal to be a bit daunting, here is the easiest way to prep your garlic.

Take a clove (or 40), put it on a chopping board, grab a wide knife, and press the flat edge against the clove with the heel of your palm. Give it a good press so the garlic clove is relatively flat, then remove the skin (it should practically fall off). Chop off the rough end, then smash it one more time with the flat side of the knife. Then you can either throw the smashed garlic in your food as is, or mince it. Either way, there will not be uber-strong chunks of garlic in the food because the smashing releases the oils.

Here's a great garlicky recipe, Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic.
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