allicin

Oysters, Kidney Meatloaf with Shitakes, and Dark Chocolate

March 26, 2020 By Janine Farzin 2 Comments

Half-eaten Kidney Meatloaf with Shitakes and jar of homemade ketchup

Kidney Meatloaf with Shitakes was so popular last weekend, I’m selfishly posting so I can find it later. Surprise, surprise, we’re not eating tons of liver right now. In fact, we’re enjoying other organs still available from our local farmers during this collective exhale. After diving into Chris Masterjohn’s well-researched Food and Supplement Guide to Coronavirus last week, I wanted to share why we’re skipping extra liver right now and how we’re incorporating zinc and copper into our diet these days….

Benefits of Allicin in Indian-style Liver with Onions and Garlic

March 6, 2018 By Janine Farzin 6 Comments

We recently had a skin infection on two of my munchkins that responded well to a compound within garlic called allicin. Since then, I confess that I’ve been on a bit of a garlic craze! Allicin is responsible for the antimicrobial benefits of garlic. We’ll choose, store and prepare garlic to maximize allicin production and it’s myriad benefits.

I love this recipe for Indian-style liver and onions and indeed it does benefit from the addition of just a bit more garlic. I’ve adapted it from a recipe I found years ago in At Home with Madhur Jaffrey.

Beneficial properties of garlic

The compound allicin is responsible for a wide range of anti-microbial benefits in garlic. It has been shown to be antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, antiviral and even anticancer….