Oven Roasted Asparagus
photo by lazyme
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 1 lb asparagus spear, washed and prepared
- coarse salt
- cooking spray, olive oil flavored
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Wash asparagus spears and cut off the tough ends.
- Lay the spears on paper towels to soak up excess water.
- Gently spray a large flat baking pan with olive oil flavored cooking spray. (I use a 9"X13" in metal or glass pan).
- Lay the asparagus spears in the pan. Preferably all laying flat on the bottom of the pan.
- Generously spray the spears with cooking spray, any flavor--olive oil is good as well as butter flavored spray.
- Place the pan in the oven on a rack above center, but not on the top rack.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until roasted and slightly brown.
- If baked for 25 minutes and the spears are not as brown as desired, broil for two or three minutes.
- Remove from oven, sprinkle with coarse ground salt and serve immediately.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Stoblogger
Allen, TX
I come from a very large family which attributed to my mother spending a great deal of her time in the kitchen cooking, cleaning, and preparing. I was fascinated at how she prepared wonderful dishes (especially desserts) without using a cookbook. We grew many of our own fruits and vegetables and my summers were spent washing jars and preparing fruit and vegetables for canning. I dreaded the mountains of green beans, tomatoes, peaches, etc., etc. that had to be picked, washed, peeled, snapped.... More than anything, I hated spending my summer washing jars!
But now, I wouldn't trade that kind of upbringing for anything. I'm glad I learned how to do all those things because it's becoming a lost art. It really was a simpler time then and I'm a much better person for knowing how to do all those 'old fashioned' things.
In my early years of learning to cook, I watched Julia Child on PBS every chance I got. I was so thrilled when I was about 11, my mother let me prepare Julia's Pastry Tarts. If I remember correctly they didn't turn out so well but it didn't matter.
Oddly, today, I enjoy reading cookbooks and recipes even more than actually cooking.
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