Easy Gourmet Dinners: Recipes

Artichokes with Dill Dip

          Preparation and cooking time:  45 minutes
     The artichokes take about 45 minutes to steam. This can be done anytime and the artichokes can be served warm or cold. Have a small, sharp knife handy so that when you get all of the leaves off and are at the fuzzy choke you can cut it off and enjoy the bottom.... And an extra bowl on the table for the 'used' leaves.

 Instructions:

• 2 globe artichokes, 400gr,  .14oz
• 1 tbs lemon juice, 15gr,  .53oz
• Dill Dip 

 Ingredients:

• Cut off bottoms of artichokes and remove any tough lower leaves.  Dip in water to which a tbs of lemon juice has been added (to prevent discoloration). 
• For a nicer presentation cut off the tips of the bottom half of the leaves - using a scissors. 
• Cut the top 1/3rd of the artichoke off and discard.  Don't worry about the choke (fuzzy hairs inside) 
• Put in steamer and steam 35 - 45 minutes. 
• Serve artichokes with small dipping bowl of Dill Dip, pulling the leaves off, dipping and scraping the edible flesh off of the tough leaf with your teeth.  Have a bowl for the discarded leaves and have a small, sharp knife handy so that when you get all of the leaves off and are at the fuzzy choke you can cut it off and enjoy the artichoke bottom.

Dill Dip

• 1/4 cup Greek or plain yogurt, 75gr,  2.64oz
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise, 59gr, 2oz
• 1 tsp dill weed (dill leaves)
• 1 tsp snipped fresh chives
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp soy sauce

 

• Mix all ingredients in small bowl.  Best if made at least 30 minutes in advance.  Serve.

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Nutrition Information                        Dill Dip Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:  321 / 160.5 Total Carbohydrates:  18 / 9           Dietary Fiber:  0 / 0 Total Fat:  204 / 102          Saturated Fat:  5 / 2.5 Cholesterol:  31 / 15.5 Protein:  4 / 2 Calcium:  121 / 60.5 Sodium:  420 / 210

Nutrition Information             Artichokes with Dip Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:  512 / 256 Total Carbohydrates:  60 / 30           Dietary Fiber: 22 / 11 Total Fat: 204 / 102          Saturated Fat: 5 / 2.5 Cholesterol: 31 / 15.5 Protein:  18 / 9 Calcium:  297 / 148.5 Sodium:   800 / 400

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements in this color are actual measurements used for calculation.  If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/