Grilled Sangria Artichoke with Balsamic Dressing

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I have posted a grilled artichoke recipe before HERE but this version was so delicious – it warranted its own post. I found these beautiful Sangria artichokes at the supermarket & couldn’t resist them.

They are green and maroon & huge. The sign at the store said they had “more meat & a bigger heart.” What lady could walk away from that? 🙂

As it turns out, they really do have more meat, a bigger heart & a very tiny choke (the hairy part). <insert second sexually charged joke here>

So easy to make & delicious & healthy & bizarrely filling. I had 1 1/2 last night for dinner & I was stuffed. I went and bought three more today. These are FAR superior to the run of the mill, every day green artichokes.

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Grilled Sangria Artichoke with Balsamic Dressing

Ingredients

Sangria artichokes

Olive oil

Garlic

Parmesan

Parsley

Easy Homemade Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

3/4 cup olive oil

2 garlic cloves – minced

2 TBS honey

1 TBS Dijon mustard

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper

DIRECTIONS

Whisk together.

DIRECTIONS

Bring 2-3 inches of water to a boil in a pot fitted with a steamer insert. Trim the tiny, loose leaves from around the stem. Place the artichokes in the steamer – stems UP. If you have no steamer – just place the artichokes in the pan stems down. Cover the pan & steam for about 30 minutes or until a knife slides easily into the stem.

Cool & then cut them in half. Pour a little olive oil on a plate & put some minced garlic in it. Coat the artichokes in the garlic oil & then simply grill – on a grill or a grill pan or even in a frying pan – for about two minutes. Flip for another two. Serve drizzled with balsamic dressing, grated Parmesan & chopped parsley.

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