asparagus
Asparagus is a spring wonder! Here are a number of favorite asparagus recipes in one list. Asparagus is a wonderfully versatile and easy ingredient to cook with. It is fantastic in everything from salads to soups. It can be cooked many different ways – braise, roast, steam, fry or grill.
Asparagus is also one of the richest sources of folate, a B vitamin critical for healthy pregnancies. Enjoy asparagus often when it is in season, and turn to other folate-rich foods, such as lentils, beans, and dark leafy greens, throughout the rest of the year, pregnant or not.
Spicy Sesame Coconut Rice
This recipe makes a pot of brown rice cooked In a thin sesame-coconut broth. It is showered with lemon zest and drizzled with chile oil if you like a bit of heat.
Avocado Asparagus Tartine
An excellent impromptu springtime lunch. Avocado smeared across toasted day-old slabs of sesame bread, layered with arugula and garlicky caraway asparagus + toasted pepitas.
A Simple Asparagus Soup
A simple asparagus soup - fresh asparagus, new potatoes, a bit of green curry paste, and coconut milk are pureed to make this spring favorite.
Turmeric Grilled Tofu Spring Rolls
The spring rolls we've been eating all summer. Grilled turmeric tofu, asparagus, herbs, and hot sauce.
Asparagus Panzanella
A simple asparagus panzanella - a quick, mustard buttermilk dressing accents good asparagus, alongside crusty shards of toasted bread, and a dusting of sesame seeds. Shred a hard boiled egg over the top and you've got an even more substantial meal.
Olive Oil Braised Spring Vegetables
Back in the late 90's Vogue Entertaining + Travel was the Australia-based magazine I splurged for any time I came across it on the news stand. Today's recipe for silky, tender olive oil-braised spring vegetables was inspired by paging through one of the cookbooks Vogue published in conjunction with the magazine.
Ginger Coconut Milk Soup
I posted a picture of my lunch the other day, and a few of you requested specifics - it was a spring soup made with a ginger & shallot coconut milk broth, spring vegetables, served over egg noodles.
Buttermilk Asparagus Salad
Simple side - asparagus tossed with a garlicky buttermilk dressing, perky radish sprouts, lots of fresh cilantro, and a handful of cooked posole.
Carrot Almond Salad
This particular salad came together on a whim - slender, barely-cooked asparagus and carrots alongside lots of deeply toasted almond slices, tossed with a jalapeno-cilantro drizzle.
Miso Vegetables & Tofu
A one-dish meal, inspired by a recipe in Harumi Kurihara's Everyday Harumi - asparagus, broccoli, and tofu tossed with a salty-sweet miso dressing.
