Eating and living locally . . . mindfully . . . simply.
DH came up with this recipe after we saw something similar at a local restaurant. The challenge was a homebrew party where you had to either make something with beer or pair it with beer. This recipe did both, and won 3rd place (as judged by Michigan Beer Blog).
I picked up 3 pounds of asparagus at the farmer’s market on Saturday, intending to bring it to my Mom & Dad’s for Sunday lunch. I had forgotten that my Dad has it in his garden. Oops. So now DH and I have to figure out how to eat 3 pounds of asparagus, which won’t be hard. Tonight I made this main dish from The Food Matters Cookbook by Mark Bittman.
Asparagus season is tantalizingly close, so it’s time to dig out those asparagus recipes! Here are some of my favorite recipes with asparagus in them:
I really wanted to like this soup. It used all sorts of my spring vegetables and herbs. Alas, DH said it reminded him of vomit.
I have to admit I was getting a little panicky when I saw a sign that said this is the last week for asparagus season. I had one more recipe left in Simply in Season where asparagus was an absolute necessity. This is it. I decided to try a farm stand near me instead of [...]
This is a recipe from Simply in Season , and I was skeptical at first. Sugar in asparagus?
So far I’ve felt very lucky that I chose Simply in Season to cook through. Julie from Julie & Julia had much more complicated recipes and expensive ingredients. And then . . . the spring lamb recipes are here. Ironically enough, even though lamb is associated with spring, the farm where I usually get it [...]
This is one of my favorites from Simply in Season, and last year when my aunt had an abundance of asparagus I gave her this recipe. Her young boys LOVED it!
This is one of those recipes from Simply in Season that I made last year but it only rated an “OK.” I remember that it was kind of bland. (I know, a common theme in our household LOL). So I decided to kick it up a notch.
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