Comments on: Artichokes: 10 Health Benefits you Didn’t Know

By: Mike Normandia

Mike Normandia — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:12:27 +0000

Agree that pressure cooking is the best (and fastest) way to tenderize artichokes, we do this very frequently and it is traditional to scrape the leaves upside down. The heart is the best part, of course.

Our family of immigrant Italians considers this a staple of our diets and a holiday certainty, and I’ve been eating them since a child (am now 65).. Usually the leaves are individually stuffed with a combination of lots of garlic, breadcrumbs (which I leave out as I avoid bread), cheese (Romano and Parmesan, typically), and olive oil (EVOO) and a little parsley. and pepper (no salt as the cheese is salty enough).

We then place water under a steamer basket in the pressure cooker (traditionally just on a stovetop), drizzle some EVOO on the top and cook for about 40 minutes give or take. No dipping required, everything built in.

We do add salt and pepper to the heart, once we’ve eaten all the leaves (sans fuzz).

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 22:09:51 +0000

The best way I have found to cook artichokes & retain their nutrients & flavor is to use a pressure cooker! They come out perfect every time once you figure out the best timing for your pressure cooker & the number of artichokes you are cooking.

By: Kay Recker

Kay Recker — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:18:23 +0000

I love artichokes. Do canned artichokes have any vitamin value in them?

By: Joan Mulhern

Joan Mulhern — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:54:53 +0000

Olive oil garlic bread crumbs parsely sea salt any cominatin ex 3 gloves of garlic or more or less 10 olives or less main ingredient bread crums stuff in articoke everywher big pot 2 inched of water covered and steam for 1 1/2 hrs or till tender eat the maltese way to eat them Joan

By: Joel Carlson

Joel Carlson — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 03:42:25 +0000

In reply to Adonna Wilkinson. Feel the same way! I have been lucky enough to live here on the Central Coast of California for the last 39 years. They are DELICIOUS right from the field!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Adonna Wilkinson

Adonna Wilkinson — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 14:07:23 +0000

I’ve been eating artichokes since I was a kid. Love them! Wish they were around all year. Raised my own kids on them when we lived in California. I saw a field of them growing near the ocean off HWY 101 and that was the first time I had seen them except in a grocery store. When I lost my front teeth as a child I used to turn the leaf upside down and scrape the “meat” off on my bottom teeth! I still eat them that way. Old habits die hard!

By: Tracy Pesicka

Tracy Pesicka — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 12:45:50 +0000

I love artichokes so much that I grow them and I live in South Dakota. They don’t get very big here since I mostly have to grow them as an annual. I did overwinter them last year and got 4 plants out of 30 that came back. I’ve never baked them, I’ll have to try that. I usually either steam them or boil them. They are delicious either way. I have even cooked them in the microwave, they are still good, but not as good. I used to dip them in butter, but now I just eat them plain. I don’t like anything to take away the flavor of them. I knew they are good nutrition wise but didn’t realize how good. Thank you for the great article. Keep up the good work.

By: Leonie Hildreth

Leonie Hildreth — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 11:29:55 +0000

Thanks for the Recepe. I like artichokes in my salad, it is so healthy. L