| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
|
|
|
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 |
lb |
Asparagus |
| 1/4 |
c |
Water |
| 1/4 |
ts |
Salt or sugar (I use both) |
INSTRUCTIONS
Peg asked for asparagus recipes. Was going to post to her privately, but it
dawned on me that I've not seen any microwave recipes for this (don't
laugh). Once I discovered how tasty and easy this is, it's the only way I
cook them anymore. This comes from Litton Microwave Cooking Step By Step
cookbook.
Pour water in 12 X 8 inch dish. Stir in salt and/or sugar. Snap off tough
ends from asparagus. Arrange asparagus spears in dish with buds toward
center. Cover with ventilated plastic wrap. Microwave on HIGH 4 minutes.
Rearrange so spears on outside of dish are brought to middle. Keep buds
toward center of dish. Cover. Microwave 2 1/2 to 5 minutes more until
tender.
*My note: I cook for 4 min.- rearrange and cook for 3 more minutes. Serve
"as is" or lightly drizzle with squeeze style Parkay (or similar)
"butter/marg." You can also drizzle them with the vinegar style pepper
sauce as when eating cooked greens. If used without the "butter" type
substitute, I don't know the numbers on it but seems like it would have to
be a good, low fat veggie dish. "Toothsome" Mike in Houston Posted to EAT-L
Digest 16 Mar 97 by MiKicks@AOL.COM on Mar 17, 1997
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