Artichoke Dip
This dip is fast and easy to make. The kids mad it in camp and ate is up quickly. I love recipes that are simple and still taste good. we did the original recipe, but you can add spinach for a spinach artichoke dip.
Artichoke Dip
1 (12-14 oz.) can artichoke hearts, drained and coarsely chopped
8 oz. cream cheese, cubed
4 oz. shredded cheddar cheese
½ c. diced onion
¼ c. Italian dressing
Dash of hot sauce
Combine all ingredients in microwave safe dish and heat on high for 4-5 minutes. Stir and return to microwave, heating 2-4 minutes more. Serve with breads or crackers. You can also add a 10 oz. box of frozen spinach, thawed and drained well to make a spinach-artichoke dip.
Tortellini Artichoke Salad
Tortellini and Artichoke Salad
With warmer weather I wanted a dish that could be a side salad or a main dish and require little cooking. I came up with this tortellini and artichoke salad. I had some frozen cheese tortellini that only required 5 minutes of gentle simmering. I also had some garlic scapes and a large scallion I got at Blue Pike Farm the other day. Zest and juice from fresh limes added some extra zip.
Tortellini Artichoke Salad
1 lb. cheese tortellini, cooked and cooled
1 can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1/2 c. oil
1/2 c. chopped garlic scapes*
1/2 c. chopped green onion
zest of 1 lime
juice of 2 limes
1/4 c. chopped cilantro
hot sauce to taste – I used about 2 teaspoons
salt and pepper to taste
Combine tortellini and artichoke hearts and set aside. Heat oil in skillet and cook scapes and green onion until crispy- about 5 minutes. Pour skillet contents into tortellini mixture, including the oil. Add remaining ingredients. Adjust seasonings,. Chill at least a couple of hours. Serves 8 as a side dish, 4 as a main dish.
*garlic scapes are the stems of garlic plants that are cut off the garlic plants to produce bigger cloves. They taste like garlic and look like curly green onions. If you don’t have garlic scapes add extra green onion and some fresh minced garlic to the dish.
Garlic scapes and a scallion
