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    edited January 24 in Food and Nutrition
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    • Posts: 3,596 Member
      My favourite way is to steam it for about 4 minutes, so that it's more tender but not completely cooked, then blanch it in cold water. I then pat it dry, rub a tiny bit of oil on and put it on a hot griddle for a couple more minutes. Just before serving, I drizzle a little balsamic vinegar on it.
    • Posts: 463 Member
      Grilled on the George Foreman with a little PAM butter-flavored cooking spray, garlic powder, and pepper :)
    • Posts: 95 Member
      Add a small amount of olive oil and put in the oven at 350 for 15 min or so until crispy. So good.
    • Posts: 62 Member
      I squeeze a ton of fresh lemon juice on it and add salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste. I finish with a drizzle of olive oil and pop it in the oven at 350 for 15-20 minutes. It's also good chopped and added to stir fries. Sometimes I steam it with a clove or two of garlic. I blend that together with unsweetened almond milk, salt, pepper and nutritional yeast (presumably dairy milk and parm would work in place of the almond milk and nutritional yeast). I even eat it raw dipped in hummus but that might be an acquired taste.
    • Posts: 107 Member
      I roast it...toss it with some olive oil, cook at 425 for about 25 minutes (I like it a little crispy), then drizzle with a bit of balsamic! YUM!!!
    • Posts: 642 Member
      Drizzle with some olive oil, sea salt, and cracked black pepper. Then roast it.
    • Posts: 419 Member
      I've always loved steamed asparagus. That is until two days ago, when my husband served it up with chicken and mash... And a steamed caterpillar in a pool of greed fluid. Just about boked all over my plate!
      If its bug-free then steamed is best!
    • Posts: 24
      I saw a picture of grilled asparagus and it looked to die for! Yummo :) Great recipe idea!
    • Posts: 70 Member
      Either toss it in the pan with a little EVOO, sprinkle with pepper (or Mrs. Dash), or I do the same thing on the grill. Easy and tasty.
    • Posts: 3,832 Member
      Easiest way? Wash it so a little water is on it then nuke it in a covered bowl for about 2 minutes. If you have the calories to spare, add a pad of butter before putting it in the microwave. The boiling butter will foam up all over asparagus and make it yummy to the extreme.
    • Posts: 124 Member
      Mine have been mentioned already but they're delicious! I always roast or grill it. And it's awesome roasted with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
    • Posts: 2,835 Member
      Wrap in in BACON! :love:

      Cook bacon halfway, then wrap 1/2 a slice around a raw stalk each and broil it in the oven.
    • Posts: 123 Member
      Grilled....wrapped in parma ham.
    • Posts: 261 Member
      Add a small amount of olive oil and put in the oven at 350 for 15 min or so until crispy. So good.
      This is the way I like it too but ad a little lemon juice, salt and pepper and maybe a some parm cheese.
    • Posts: 10,560 Member
      Raw in a salad.
    • Posts: 27
      Wrap in in BACON! :love:

      Cook bacon halfway, then wrap 1/2 a slice around a raw stalk each and broil it in the oven.

      ^this...always this.
    • Posts: 311 Member
      Sea salt, garlic powder, and balsamic vinegar-roasted for about 12 minutes at 425. I also have a carmelized recipe but it is pretty heavy on butter and sugar so I don't make it very often.
    • Posts: 1,608 Member
      Roasted with lemon juice and parmesan on it
    • Posts: 423 Member
      Wrapped in parchment with some salmon or fresh tuna and other vegetables if you don't have "enough" asparagus. Drizzle a little olive oil and your favorite seasonings over the contents before wrapping it up and then bake for about 30 minutes.
    • Posts: 8,167 Member
      I second the posters who roast it. Have only done this with green asparagus, which doesn't need peeling.

      My technique is to break off the tough ends by hand. Start by trying to break about an inch away from the end, but move up the stalk if it is too tough to break there. Break wherever the stalk snaps easily. Spray with some olive oil and roast 10-12 minutes at 200C in a fan assisted oven. Sprinkle with rough salt afterwards. Some lemon, sherry vinegar or balsamic vinegar is optional.

      Roasted on a charcoal BBQ is also amazing.

      If it is too hot to turn the oven on, stir fry with some olive oil.
    • Posts: 1,794 Member
      Saw a "Good Eats" episode with a bit of oil, roast and top with lemon zest and nutmeg that looked good (but haven't tried). I usually steam it and eat it plain or with a mayo and soy sauce dipping sauce (probably not a particularly healthy sauce, but still yummy). I also recently saw a recipe for asparagus fries that looked very tasty.
    • Posts: 672
      Skinnytaste spring asparagus risotto has been my favorite all time way to eat asparagus.
    • Posts: 317 Member
      I have always loved it steamed and served with Hollandaise sauce....

      It is fantastic in stir fry.
    • Posts: 333 Member
      I put it in my stirfrys, or blanched and in a pasta salad with tomato and feta.
    • Posts: 257 Member
      I always eat it steamed . It tastes so good. But you can also put chopped asparagus in an omelette :)
    • Posts: 9
      You can also put it on a grill safe pan with some olive oil, salt, pepper and grill it until it starts to char slightly. This and the oven recipe are my fav two ways to cook asparagus!
    • Posts: 1,386 Member
      Put butter into a baking dish, place in 400 degree oven to melt, remove pan front oven, place trimmed asparagus in pan and coat with butter, add salt, bake till bright green.
    • Posts: 55 Member
      Roasted or grilled with a little olive oil, italian herbs, salt and pepper - parmesan cheese if youre feeling indulgent. I love it steamed just to bright green and then marinated in balsamic vinegar, a tbsp of honey and 2 cloves of chopped garlic.
    • Posts: 1,333 Member
      I like to toss in olive oil and minced garlic, salt and pepper to taste, then roast until a brown and crispy around the edges. Shake the pan about halfway through cooking to roll them around a little. So good!
    • Posts: 13
      wrap in prosciutto and grill on bbq
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