Everyone has a secret weapon recipe that has been passed down, generation to generation, mother to daughter, grandmother to granddaughter, aunt to niece, kept hidden in the back of their personal repertoire of successful secret weapon recipes. It’s usually brought out for our special occasions, met with lots of oohs and ahs, and is requested every year by its loyal fans. (Someday, maybe one of these flatbread recipes will be one of those closely guarded treasures, in fact, maybe this one…)

The historian in me celebrates these special recipes as a beautiful, time worn way families, especially women, pass down their history through the years. But the spy in me wants to know ALL the secret recipes, from every family ever, and put them in a big book. I simply must have all the recipes! What a cookbook that would make!

Well, because ya’ gotta give to get, I’m sharing one of my secret weapon recipes with you, adapted, of course, for using my favorite flatbread. These are modern times, after all, and in modern times, we don’t lean as heavily on mayonnaise (or scotch) as we used to. This recipe for warm gooey artichoke dip is too delicious to change, so the flatbread chips level the dietary playing field a bit, allowing you to celebrate your new secret weapon recipe with a minimum of guilt. Furthermore, I’m giving you the full authority to name this artichoke dip after anyone you care deeply about. And, well, I wouldn’t say no if you decided to share one of your own recipes, either.

When you make your dear Aunt Sally’s/Dinah’s/Carol’s dip, be sure to make some extra flatbread chips, too, so that your guests can scrape every last bit up. They’re easy, quick, and are the perfect thing to scoop up every tender morsel of artichoke.

Amy at Flatout