May 29, 2012

Cooked asparagus side dish

asparagus side dish
1 bunch asparagus
2" water
1/2 tsp salt to preference
1/2 tbsp butter
1/4 tsp pepper optional

Remove the woody bottom of the asparagus it will snap easily or we can peel the tough part of the  asparagus stalk using a vegetable peeler.  

Put the asparagus in boiling salted water.  When it is cooked to preference drain it out of the water.  Place it in a serving dish with butter, put more salt and pepper if needed and serve.

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23 comments:

  1. Always great to have the basics on these. And a great time to buy fresh asparagus! Great post

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  2. your asparagus looks really tempting. I am salivating here.

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  3. This looks delicious! We have been adding more greens to our diet this year!

    Jenna Em (@SnyMed)

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  4. One of my favorite veggies.
    Florence C

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  5. I love asparagus,but I have never tried to make them before.

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  6. I love Asparagus! Plus it is good for you!

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  7. So simple but so delicious! My fav!

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  8. I love asparagus. I wish I could get my family to like it too.

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  9. A simple way to cook asparagus, but so good.

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  10. We love asparagus but we can't always get it fresh - then we cook the tinned asparagus topped with a cheese sauce

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  11. I love asparagus but no one else in the family will eat it

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  12. There is nothing better than fresh asparagus.

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  13. My mom never made asparagus. In fact I thought is was just something fancy restaurants served when I was young. This is very useful for those of us not familiar but love this veggie.

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  14. Asparagus in one of my faves - yummy!

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  15. Yum,your asparagus looks really tasty!

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  16. We love aspargus, and we get our fill while it's still in season!

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  17. I love to serve aspargus with ham.

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  18. We love asparagus and I have never use salted water to cook them or any veggies.

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  19. I rarely cook this, I love this but my family doesn't

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  20. Asparagus is one of my favorite veggies I will try your recipe it looks very delicious

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