352 Day Nutritional Challenge: Recipe #31 - Lemon Asparagus

I am an asparagus-lover. You can make this recipe as a side dish or just eat it as a main dish, which is what I did. It's super easy to prepare. 

The real challenge is to find a wonderful produce stand that sells it right from farm to fork -- that is, if you want the succulent kind that you see in this picture. Most markets sell mass produced and often thin sticks of asparagus. Near where I live I found these beautiful spears from the local Pedrick's produce stand. 

I was walking through the aisle and spotted these succulent-looking spears, and even though I wasn't in the market to buy asparagus, I purchased them anyway. They looked too good to pass up. If you're not lucky enough to have a produce stand, then the regular market variety will do. 

INGREDIENTS

ASPARAGUS (AS MUCH AS YOU WANT TO EAT)

1/4 CUP OLIVE OIL

1/2 FRESH LEMON

2 TBSP GARLIC AND HERB SPICES

BLACK PEPPER

SALT

1. Take a large frying pan and coat it with olive oil. 

2. Cut off sinewy bottoms of asparagus. 

3. Place frying pan over medium heat. Take spears and place them in the pan. Then coat them with garlic and herb spices on one side. Let cook for 2 minutes.

4. Turn over spears and coat them with more garlic and herb spices. Now take your lemon and squeeze it right over the spears. Now add black pepper and salt to taste. Let cook another 2 minutes.

And that's how you make Lemon Asparagus.