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Our New Favorite Artichoke Recipes

We show a little love to our favorite member of the thistle family.

We know we have a little time before artichoke season is in full swing, but we just can't help ourselves. We love artichokes so much that we'll eat them in just about every meal. We love artichokes so much that one of our former editors has one tattooed on her arm. We love artichokes so much that we found you 30 of our favorite artichoke recipes to try out.

If you've never cooked an artichoke before, don't be scared! Check out our guide to prepping and cooking these lovely and thorny flowers. Even the most novice cook can make these things delicious. Aside from being fun to eat, beautiful to look at and crazy delicious, artichokes are high in fiber, folic acid and vitamin C. Delicious and nutritious is pretty hard to beat. Especially when you're talking about an ingredient we're inclined to dip in drawn butter.

How do you enjoy our favorite member of the thistle family? Let us know in the comments!

1.

Artichoke Soup

Simply Recipes
Get the Artichoke Soup recipe from Simply Recipes
2.

Baby Purple Artichokes Fried In Olive Oil

Food52
Get the Baby Purple Artichokes Fried in Olive Oil recipe from SippitySup via Food52
3.

Artichoke Lemon Dip

Simply Recipes
Get the Artichoke Lemon Dip recipe from Simply Recipes
4.

Avocado And Artichoke Salad

TASTE
5.

Orecchiette With Lemon Basil Pesto, Cherry Tomatoes & Artichokes

Nicole Franzen
6.

Tortellini Soup With Artichokes

Foodie Crush
Get the Tortellini Soup with Artichokes recipe from Foodie Crush
7.

Grilled Artichokes With Garlic Butter

Foodie Crush
8.

Sun Dried Tomato, Artichoke And Goat's Milk Brie Tart

Giggles/Food52
9.

Herb Gorgonzola Artichokes With Parmesan Hollandaise

How Sweet It Is
10.

Warm Chickpea And Artichoke Paté

TASTE
11.

Springtime Barley Pilaf With Spring Peas, Asparagus And Artichokes

TheWimpyVegetarian/Food52
12.

Spinach And Artichoke Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Foodie Crush
13.

Oil-Poached Artichoke Heart Salad

Simply Recipes
Get the Oil-Poached Artichoke Heart Salad recipe from Simply Recipes
14.

Artichoke Mac And Cheese Cups

Bev Cooks
15.

Artichoke And Pancetta Italian Skillet

Valentina Solfrini/Food52
Get the Artichoke and Pancetta Italian Skillet recipe from Valentina Solfrini via Food52
16.

Spinach, Feta And Artichoke Dip

Mark Weinberg/Food52
Get the Spinach, Feta, and Artichoke Dip recipe from Oui, Chef via Food52
17.

Pan Fried Artichokes In Lemon Garlic Brown Butter

Nicole Franzen/Food52
Get the Pan Fried Artichokes in Lemon Garlic Brown Butter recipe from Nicole Franzen via Food52
18.

Cheesy Artichoke French Breads

How Sweet It Is
19.

Fried Baby Artichokes

Steamy Kitchen
20.

Stuffed Artichokes

Macheesmo
21.

Pan-Fried Artichokes, Fennel And Chorizo Tagliatelle

TASTE
22.

Baby Artichokes With Garlic And Tomato

Steamy Kitchen
23.

Roasted Red Pepper Aioli And Steamed Artichokes

A Spicy Perspective
24.

Barley Pilaf With Artichoke Hearts

Beau Gustafson
25.

Braised Artichokes With Lemon Vinaigrette

Ray Kachatorian
26.

Cod With Artichokes And Chickpeas

Kana Okada
27.

Grilled Artichokes With Green Olive Dip

Sunset
28.

Parmesan Baked Artichokes

How Sweet It Is
Get the Parmesan Baked Artichokes recipe from How Sweet It Is
29.

Spinach Artichoke Orzo

Macheesmo
Get the Spinach Artichoke Orzo recipe from Macheesmo

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