Among the great protagonists of winter tables, artichokes triumph. However you prepare them, roasted, stuffed, stewed or in a pan, the result will always be delicious. The tastiest part to eat and cook is undoubtedly the heart, but to get it you need to remove a lot of leaves. A real waste of food and economic considering that when you buy them, you pay for them in full.
There is a solution to take advantage of the investment and it is not necessarily culinary! In fact, even if there are spoiled cooking recipes to recycle artichoke waste, we will propose them on another occasion.
Today we want to invite readers to treat themselves to a cuddle. In fact, here is how to use artichoke waste as precious allies for health and beauty.
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A miraculous mask with artichoke waste
In the jug of an immersion blender we will put a handful of artichoke leaves, previously washed, a teaspoon of honey, a tablespoon of milk and one of coconut oil and mix everything.
If we want to make the mask more fragrant, we could add a drop or two of lavender essential oil. Then we will mix the ingredients again with the blender and leave it to rest in the fridge for an hour.
The mask obtained will be perfect both for the face, in particular for oily, tired and stressed skin, and for the hair. After a deep and delicate rinse, we will immediately notice both much more hydrated and luminous.
And finally a purifying decoction
The artichoke is a vegetable extraordinary, a mine of nutrients, in the form of decoction it is possible to exploit in particular its draining and purifying properties. With the addition of a little lemon it can also be a valuable aid to digest and used to wash the face it has a purifying and toning effect. But let’s see how to prepare it.
About twenty leaves will be needed. We will put a saucepan on the stove, pour 200 ml of cold water and add the artichoke leaves. We will let it boil over low heat for about ten minutes, covering the saucepan with a lid and when the decoction is ready we will filter it with a sieve and sweeten to taste.
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