You can easily use garlic powder in place of the garlic cloves if that's al you have on hand. Just stir in 1/8 teaspoon of garlic powder for each garlic clove it replaces. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYou can also omit garlic (cloves or powder) entirely and still get a crazy good side dish with just broccoli, oil, salt and pepper.