My family and I recently took a trip to Costco, and you know Costco, everything comes in bulk. We decided to purchase a four pack of artichokes. They make great healthy, and more importantly quick meals for us.
I, once again, searched Pinterest for a unique way of cooking artichokes, we usually steam them on the stove for about forty minutes. We just wanted to try something new. Here's what I found:
http://www.theproducemom.com/2012/03/11/crock-pot-artichokes/
I loved the idea of sticking the artichokes in the crock-pot and calling it a day. Especially when we had errands to do last night, and I wasn't able to watch them steam on the stove. Crock-pot meals are great. So I was really intrigued.
I followed the recipe to a tee, except I didn't rub a lemon on top to keep it from browning. It was the one ingredient we were lacking. No biggy.
Four hours later, dinner was ready and they smelled great! Here are my notes on the meal.
The recipe called for oil to be drizzled on top. If I were to make these again, I would forgo the oil, save the calories, and especially if you plan on dipping the leaves in butter, you don't need the extra fat. The oil also left the leaves greasy, and they were hard to grip onto. So that's one thing I would change.
When we got down to the heart of the artichoke, our favorite, we were very disappointed. The heart was left mushy and not appealing at all. It became mushy most likely from sitting in two inches of water for four hours. Real bummer.
All in all, would I make this recipe again? Probably not. I wasn't a fan of putting them in the crock-pot at the end of all this. So we'll continue to steam them on the stove as usual, and look for good sauce recipes to dip the leaves into.
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