Quick side note.....What is supper? I have been asked before. Well, supper is the evening meal. I tend to use it interchangeably with dinner. I lived in the South for about 9 years - hence supper. Supper/dinner, tag/license plate, put things up/put things away.....I love the different words used between regions.
Anyways....made a yummy supper the other night. I grilled salmon and made chicken breasts using the Kraft Fresh Take product. I have made both of these before, so I won't repeat it. If you want to see more about these, you can search each dish using the search bar on the right of my blog page.
But artichokes.....'tis the season. They are SOOOO delicious and all our kids like them. Our oldest daughter even had a friend over (Hi Emily!) who ate them for the first time and said they were weird, but ok, as she pulled and scraped off a few more leafs. I'll take that. I love introducing kids to new foods!!!
Easy to make....you want to buy artichokes whose leafs are compact (not spread out). Use a serrated knife to cut it. Cut off the stem and the bottom few leaves with it. Then cut off about the top 1 inch of the globe (round part). In a steamer pan (you know....that insert with all the holes in it that came in the pot you just bought) - put about 3 inches of water in the pan, and the artichokes in the steamer pan. Cover and boil/steam. Watch the water to make sure it doesn't all boil off and burn the bottom of the pan and ruining your artichokes with the burned smoke. Gross.....
You know when your artichokes are ready when the leaves can pull off easily and a knife goes through the stem (heart) part easily. Just pull of the leave, scrape it between your teeth and yum. Then the gold at the end of the rainbow....the heart. When the leaves get too thin, pull them off the heart and use a spoon to pull off the thistley/hairy part. Then (the lights are shining and angels are singing) the heart is ready to eat.
The kids like to dip the leaves and heart into melted butter....I like it with nothing. Just pure artichoke.....pure pleasure with no guilt.
Worth it all....absolutely!!! Even our kids agree.....
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