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Nov 9

Nov 9 Recipe. You Won't Want to Miss This!

Recipes, Donna Wetjen, Side Dishes, Thanksgiving

Stuffed Artichokes

When my brother married my sister-in-law, Joanne, she brought a whole new level of Italian to the traditional American Thanksgiving. Because of Joanne and her wonderful mother, Marie, I began to absolutely love Thanksgiving! Their Stuffed Artichokes are among my favorite Thanksgiving recipes.

6 artichokes (cleaned and stem cut off - peel the outside of the stem all around and cut up and put aside) Spread the leaves out and cut the spiny ends of each leaf with a scissor so that it's flat on top.

3 - 4 cups of bread crumbs (plain or seasoned - I use seasoned)

salt and pepper to taste

3 - 4 garlic cloves- chopped fine

grated cheese (about a handful)

Fresh flat leaf parsley (about 7 - 8 sprigs, chopped)

1 dozen or so black olives, chopped

water

olive oil

Mix all the ingredients except the artichokes, water and oil in mixing bowl.

Stuff each artichoke and place artichokes in large sauce pot on top of the stove. Put enough water in the pot to cover up the artichokes halfway.

Drizzle all the artichokes with olive oil. Lightly cover and boil on medium heat. Add the stem in the water to boil too. They are delicious!!

Continue checking and add water as needed until the artichokes are tender. The leaves will be soft and easy to move (about 45 min or so).

Serves 6

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Donna Wetjen

Donna grew up on Long Island, the youngest child of two deaf parents. Her childhood was somewhat of a role reversal as she was the person who communicated with the outside world and made sure her parents were okay and not being taken advantage of. Donna believes that witnessing and experiencing the cruelty and discrimination toward people who are “different” shaped her into the compassionate person she is today.

Starting in banking at 16, Donna worked her way up the corporate ladder from Bank Teller to Director of Branch Operations for an East End bank. This position allowed her to feed one of her passions - writing - as she managed many of the Bank’s policies and procedures. Banking did not however, do much for Donna’s other great passions – rescuing animals and cooking.

Feeling lost and alone after her mother passed away from breast and ovarian cancer, on a whim and in the throes of grief, she and her husband sold their LI home and moved to a little house on 17 acres in the rural mountains of North Carolina. Here Donna was able to begin to feed her other passions, as they started a small hobby farm with mostly rescued animals of every variety including sheep, mini-horses, chickens, dogs, cats and a blind chicken named Winky. Shortly after moving there, Donna was diagnosed with breast cancer. After a grueling year-long regimen of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, Donna is happily cancer-free, but forever changed. She now spends her time nourishing all of the things that make her soul happy. She has a small organic garden and has learned the fine art of canning. She spends a good deal of time making up, changing or combining recipes to test on her husband, with considerable success. Donna is currently in the process of writing 2 books based upon her experiences with both cancer and rescuing animals. Donna loves her volunteer work at the county shelter and rescue organization, and is proud of her lifetime of advocacy that began as a child in support of her parents and continues today through her rescue and volunteer work.