Good Friends Good Food: Artichokes

I think I finally have time to catch up on the Good Food Good Friends Salads. So Far I am three ingredients behind. This catch up is for the artichokes from May 7th – Donna’s choice.

I made a lemony artichoke salad.

The salad is from The Healthy Foodie

Ingredients

• 2 – 14oz cans quartered artichoke hearts drained
• 1 – 10oz can sliced mushrooms drained (I used fresh mushrooms
• 1 medium lemon supremed and chopped
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
• the juice of 1 medium lemon ( I cut this in half)

Place all the ingredients in a large bowl and toss delicately until well combined.

Refrigerate for about an hour and let the flavors blend together.

I have to admit I didn’t care much for this one. I thought I would because I like all the ingredients. Oh, well!

Check out the artichoke salads from

Kayte

Donna

Ulrike

Peggy

Ellen

 

Good Friends Good Food

This weeks veggie is EGGPLANT! My choice! I love eggplant but don’t get to use them that often in recipes as the Man is NOT a fan of this lovely purple fruit.

I thought about making Moussaka but I wanted to try something different so I found a new recipe for a Veggie Moroccan Tagine. But I wanted a dish I could use for a meal rather than just a side so added some chicken to it. That was a good choice as it made a great KETO meal. The recipe is from Essential Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet Cookbook gifted me by my great friend Kayte who is also in this group.

You can find the recipe here. Veggies include eggplant, cauliflower, zucchini, onions, garlic, green olives, and artichoke hearts.

I browned some seasoned (salt and pepper) chicken thighs in some EVOO until almost done. Then I simply added it to my dutch oven (sans skin) with the veggies and let it cook just a little longer to get the flavor into the chicken.

Absolutely delicious. The spices: ginger, cinnamon, cumin, and paprika added so much flavor to the vegetables. I wanted to just sit down and dig into the pot with a big spoon. I’m sure there will be some veggies left over. Maybe…I hope…

This serves 6 and (without the chicken) has; 309 calories, 21 grams fat, 24 grams carb (15 net) 9 grams fiber and 6 grams protein. Each chicken thigh adds

More Eggplant recipes from…

Kayte

Nancy

Ulrike

Peggy

Ellen

Donna

Our next Ingredient is corn

And then we start with some salads. Looking forward to that in mid-April.