Hipper, Hotter Artichoke

I’ve been off the blogging rocker for the past couple days.  Yesterday I showed up at Cassis in St. Pete to meet up with Greg & Grant of SippitySup and Gina of Zest Foodie and her husband with a dead camera.  So you are correct in assuming that I have zero documentation of meeting one of my very first blog crushes.  I’m still kicking myself in the toosh.

And tonight as I sat down to eat a whole choke, I realized that I didn’t have any pictures to document this meal either.  I was so focused on footage for the next FoodFash Mash…

Luckily you can take screen captures of videos in Picasa.

Fuzzy, non-DSLR screen captures.

FoodFash’s Hipper, Hotter Artichokes

1 Large Artichoke, Trimmed

2 TBSP Earth Balance

3 Cloves Garlic, Crushed

2 TBSP Lemon Juice

1/2 TBSP Red Pepper Flakes

Salt To Taste

Boil the artichoke for 30 minutes or until you can easily pull a leaf from the stem. While the artichoke is cooling, simmer Earth Balance and garlic until the garlic is slightly browned.  Mix in the lemon juice, red pepper flakes, and salt.  Peel the leaves from the stem, toss the leaves in the Earth Balance mix, and enjoy!