This is very simple but delicious. Artichokes are super foods for the liver and can reduce cholesterol. They contain cynarin and silymarin. (For more on the health benefits of artichokes click here.)

There is no need to be too precise with any of these ingredients

Comhábhair do 2

200g (7 oz) of wholewheat penne

240g (8 agus 1/2 unsa) canned artichokes, roughly sliced

a handful (faoi 10) sun dried tomatoes (ans some of the oil from the jar)

a handful of pine nuts, toasted

a handful of olives

2 clóibh de garlic, mionfheoil

dornán de piseanna reoite

ola olóige

salann agus piobar

half to a teaspoon of dried chilli flakes

leath teaspoon oregano triomaithe

duilleoga sailéad chun freastal (roghnach)

Modh

Add the pasta to boiling salted water and cook for 9 nóiméad (nó de réir na dtreoracha a thugtar ar an bpaicéad). Is féidir leat breathnú ar an canner brú is fearr anseo chun ceann a fháil a chabhróidh leat sa phróiseas seo. Add the frozen peas to the pasta water for the last 4 nóiméad

In the meantime add a splash of olive oil (there will be more from the sun dried tomatoes) and begin to heat gently.

Add the sliced artichokes, the chilli flakes and oregano and season with salt and pepper. Corraigh go cóta

Using scissors snip in the sun dried tomatoes (so that the oil goes in too) and add a splash more oil from the jar

Add the garlic, being careful not to burn it. Once everything is sizzling add some of the pasta cooking water (just a couple of tablespoons full at first) to the artichoke and sun dried tomato pan to stop it browning

Add the olives to the artichokes

When the pasta is cooked until al dente, drain and add the pasta and peas to the artichoke pan

Stir everything to coat, adding a little more oil if necessary

Add the pine nuts

Serve immediately with salad leaves (roghnach)

For more information on the health benefits of artichokes click here

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