Yesterday I tried the Caramelized Garlic Spread on Toasts (pg 42). This ended up being my lunch, which was poor planning on my part. This spread consists of garlic, honey, cayenne, water, salt and pepper. I ate them with baguette slices I got from Farm Fresh (little ones). The spread is easy to make and doesn't take very long. However, I'm not sure how good of an appetizer it is. I mean, it tasted fine. The cooking of the garlic with the honey took some of the bite out of the garlic, and then you add your own bite with the cayenne. I used the least amount of cayenne recommended by the recipe and found it still too spicy. Also, the amount yielded by the recipe is strange. It makes enough to spread on 9 pieces of toast. So, if you want to serve this at a party (which I wouldn't recommend), you would have to quadruple the recipe at least. If it is just you and one other person, the amount is fine, but it lacks as an appetizer in my opinion. It's just ok. Nothing to write home about. If I had the choice between caramelized onions and caramelized garlic, I now know that I would choose the onions.
These are 2 points for each toast + 1 teaspoon of spread. Since it was my lunch and I was alone, I ate all of them so as to not waste any, and that was a bad decision. It really wasn't worth the 18 points (for non WW people; that is way too many points for one meal).
So if you are planning on having people over and want to serve low-calorie or somewhat healthy food, you can probably skip this one. Maybe it would be better, and less points, if served with cut up vegetables instead of toasts. And when it comes to appetizers and point values, and you are trying to lose weight, it's probably a good idea to limit yourself to 1 or 2 appetizers anyway. I wish I hadn't eaten 9.
I'm sad because Fabio got sent home from Top Chef. He's Italian, it's not his fault he doesn't know how to make a burger.
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