How bout chopping and freezing with olive oil? Then you can pop a little garlic OO out of the freezer and be set!
Nancy

I raise quite a bit of garlic, and found quite a few ways to preserve it.

One way that I've found to be very helpful - is to put some cloves in the blender along with some olive oil, mix well, then freeze in small-size freezer trays. They are then stored in the top part of my fridge/freezer, handy for use in cooking. I especially like them for sauteing and in making stir-fries, adding to spaghetti sauces, etc.

We also like garlic salt - which can be made easily, by grinding in the blender, along with some salt - to make a thick paste. This is spread out on a plate and dehydrated. It needs to be stirred from time-to-time in the blender, until dry enough to pass through a salt shaker.

It can also be dried in small chunks, wrapped in a baggie and frozen - for immediate use - no need to take time to peel, chop - etc. fresh garlic.

I find these to be real time savers in the kitchen.

You could also dry the garlic scapes, then use them to season soups, sauces, etc.

Bejay

I love roasted garlic, and came up with a way to make ahead and freeze. I toss peeled cloves with olive oil, roast at 350 until done, then freeze in ice cube trays, and pop 'em into ziplocs. Really handy to have on hand.