asparagus

Grilled is my favorite. Brush with oil & soy sauce mixed .....mmmmm

sauteed with olive oil or you can even put some butter/olive oil on top and microwave it. Top it with cheese?

A little bit of butter (or pam) minced garlic and some onions......saute for about 10-15 minutes!

Drizzled with olive oil and a little Montreal Steak Seasoning then put it under the broiler for about 10 minutes. Once it comes out, squeeze some fresh lemon juice over it. Perfection!

Broil it in the toaster oven. Not to long...

Roasted! Drizzle with olive oil and a sprinkle of salt (if you aren't restricting sodium). Roast at 450 until it's bright green and tender yet a little crisp. Make sure you clean it properly. If you don't take enough off of the stem end, it will be tough and nasty. I usually just grab one end in each hand and bend each piece until it snaps. There is a lot of waste that way, but you also won't get that nasty stuff that you can't chew. Enjoy!!!

Raw! Lol

I do actually...

I sautee it on medium high heat with garlic and olive oil. When I first put it in, i also add about quarter cup of water and put a cover on the pan for the few first minutes until the stalks turn bright green. Then, I remove the lid and allow the water to boil away so it is just sauteeing in the remaining olive oil. I just sautee it a few minutes to get a nice crust on one side of the spears. Then, I serve in a bowl and garnish with grated parmesan cheese.

sauteed in olive oil over a fairly hot flame so it slightly scorches. yum! I don't grill much, but it is great grilled to. Steamed is good too. NEVER boil it or it turns to mush.

Just as an interesting, even if a bit gross tidbit of info...

The microscopic particles in Asparagus that your kidneys flush into your urine look exactly like a bacterial infection in your urine the next day, when viewed under a microscope.

How do I know this crazy fact: When you're learning to do lab work as a hospital corpsman, the easiest samples to learn on, when there aren't others available, are your own samples. I TOTALLY peed in a cup to run all the possible urine tests I had to learn about on it. The pathologist mentioned that offhand, and out of curiosity, scientist nature that I am, went home, ate asparagus, and did it again the next day *LOL* ITS TRUE! NOT JUST SOMETHING YOU HEAR I got the chance to try it!

take a few stalks, wrap em in bacon and bake them @ 350 for a while good stuff!

Grilled after it's tossed with a little olive oil and sea salt is my fav!! (and cracked pepper after grilled).

I also love it steamed - I put it vertical in a coffee mug with water in the bottom and microwave that for a couple minutes; that way the thicker part gets cooked more Then I eat it as is, or anywhere I would put broccoli - on baked potato, in pastas, with rice, in stir frys, etc.

Before I went vegan I used to steam asparagus part way and then put it in the oven with a little parmesan (or other funky hard cheese) until melted. YUM!

*edit - I've never timed how long I grill them, and it varies depending on how thick they are. I just do it until I can poke them and they seem the right texture ...less than 10 min. for sure on med. heat

boiled/steamed i find icky and was the only way i had tried it for years...
but now i love it! i do it in a griddle pan with salt, pepper and lemon juice drizzled over it mmmm!
wish we were other end of the year and it was back in season
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Cook in a pan - melt a tiny bit of butter, add the juice of half a lemon, and cook for about 10 mins.

Steam, for plain and simple - about 10 minutes.

Stirfry, with other veg.

Added raw to a risotto, and cooked for 10 mins or so.

In a quiche - added raw and baked.

Or my fave - wrap bundles (3-5 spears) in a slice of parma/serrano ham, brush with lemon, walnut or sesame oil, and roast about 15 mins.

It's only in season here for about 6 weeks, but I eat it pretty much every day of that time!