Artichokes have many health benefits, which I intended to write up, but this comprehensive handout has done the work for me, so I’ll simply link and upload it for you! What’s the point of rewriting it? Somebody else already did a great job!
Unlike asparagus, artichokes have a mild flavor, so they can go into many dishes. Click here to get the healthy artichoke recipes I’ll also post below👇, courtesy of Oregon State University. It may be easier to read online, but I’m posting it here in case it disappears from the internet. Click to enlarge the recipes.
Although I've eaten fresh artichokes in restaurants, I always buy them frozen when making them at home. It’s a vegetable that survives freezing without losing taste, texture, or nutrients. Frozen eliminates the work of washing and cutting them up! Frozen is usually a better value than buying them fresh. You can cook and grill them without defrosting them first, a great convenience! Add this vegetable to your regular diet. I’m sure you’ll like it!
The part of the artichoke we eat is not technically a vegetable but a flower bud, a variety of the thistle family. By its strange looks, you have to wonder who first thought of eating them. Did they try roses and daisies and dandelions also?🌳
Never saw an artichoke until I was in my twenties. I grew up (in the 50's) with frozen veggies. I've since bought them jarred, but I'll have to try them frozen. Frozen veggies are so much better than they used to be!
ReplyDeleteSame here, Barbara. My mother was a good cook, but a home cook of more common vegetables
DeleteItaly and Spain are big articoke producers and I bet they were expensive to buy years ago. Nowadays California, Washington, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas and Florida grow them, but a lesser quantity than does Europe, some sources say.