nothin' like grandma's home cookin'...

..from her homemade pasta sauce and meatballs, and breaded chicken to her stuffed artichokes. good italian cooking. but oh the artichokes. i never used to touch those things. and neither did my dad. he would come home the odd time with a few for my mom and she loved it because neither of us ate them, so she got them all to herself! not sure why i was so against it, there's nothing i don't like in them. eventually, me and my dad both gave in, and now we love em!

 ready to go...

stuffing away

 pre-cooking

i don't know the exact recipe, but i know that sliced garlic, salt, pepper, parmesan cheese, and bread crumbs all get mixed together, then add some extra virgin olive oil. then you whack the artichokes to open them up a bit, and just start stuffing. then they get put in a pot with a lil but of water and put on the stove to steam with a lid for about an hour and a half. i believe with about an hour left, a bit of extra virgin olive oil gets put on top of each one (i'm sure there's variations of this recipe online). mm mm mm. i mean, you're not even eating the artichoke. you're basically using it as a spoon to scrape off the goodness with your teeth. and now i want one.