- Hi, I'm Ari.
I love artichokes,
but there's a lot of parts of them
that you can't really eat.
So not only am I going to be making nachos today,
I'm going to show you how to transform those scraps
into something very valuable.
Usually I steam the artichoke before taking off the petals,
but this recipe, by Lindsay-Jean Hard
calls for taking the petals off first.
The scientific name for the artichoke
is cynara cardunculus.
Legend has it, that Zeus created the artichoke
because he found a beautiful woman bathing on the beach
named Sonara.
And he decided to take her to Mount Olympus
and make her a goddess.
But she was sad because she missed her family
and she'd go and visit them.
And Zeus became very jealous about this.
And he cast her down from Mount Olympus
and turned her into an artichoke.
You know, as you do when you like someone
and they want to spend time with their family
instead of you.
This fuzzy bit is the choke because you can choke on it.
And we're going to scoop this out, cause this is not edible.
This is the heart of the artichoke.
And then I'm gonna peel the stem of the heart,
because then you can eat it.
I sorted out all the petals for my nachos
and then all the artichoke scraps.
Artichokes are actually fiscals
and they are essentially flower buds
that haven't bloomed yet.
Now we're going to steam the petals and the hearts.
Let it steam until the tips are tender, about 10 minutes.
Now for the toppings.
First, we're going to cut up some cilantro,
some Serrano chilies, and now I'm going to make an aioli.
I'm going to start with a garlic clove.
Mincing and then add salt,
and chop some more
and you got to smash it.
Then you put it in the bowl.
Now I'm going to squeeze in some lemon
and then a third cup of vegan mayonnaise.
I'm going to stir it.
And I'm going to crumble some vegan feta
that has olives in it.
- Do you spend those precious bedtime moments
thinking about your food waste
and how it's off gassing methane in our landfills
leading to complete global catastrophe?
I know I don't.
So today I'm going to take the food scraps we created
and I'm just going to put them right in,
put them right in the blender, take the food scraps,
put them in the blender.
Then we're going to add a little bit of blend juice.
In this case,
we have all this great liquid from steaming our artichokes.
There we go.
Perfect.
This is going to become worm food.
So this is our compost tumbler.
- To make compost you add your greens, in this case,
food scraps.
- And you add your browns like leafs and twigs and stuff.
And then give it a nice spin, another nice spin,
and another nice spin and you're done for the day.
- When the compost is done it looks like chocolate cake.
- That's a worm.
- And then we use it to grow food.
Waste becomes food as nature intended.
I'm going to preheat the oven to 375.
Now we're going to assemble the nachos.
I don't even know if they could be called nachos.
Nachos were invented in 1943 by Ignacio Anaya or 'Nacho'
in Piedras Negras, a small Mexican city.
I'm not sure what Nacho would think of these nachos,
but hopefully they're good.
Now I'm going to crumble the feta
on to our little artichokes.
Now we're going to bake these for three minutes.
It definitely doesn't taste like nachos,
but I think it is a dressed up version
of your normal artichoke.
If you like olives,
I think you'll like this cause it's very salty.
Our remaining food waste for the compost.
And eventually I'll have the trash from these,
but I'm not done with them yet.
(screaming)
That really is a lot of flavor.
- I like it.
- You do?
- It's good.
- And obviously don't forget to eat the hearts.
Dip 'em in butter, that's the best part.