To cook asparagus quickly so they're just right and still bright green, bring several inches of water to a boil in a deep skillet. Lacking that, use any shallow pot. The spears should be submerged in ...

Asparagus is a very healthy vegetable that’s useable in so many dishes, from appetizers to main courses. It can be eaten raw or cooked; is perfect for a crudité platter dipped in your favorite ...

In this cheesy baked asparagus recipe, asparagus spears are roasted whole smothered in a creamy, cheesy garlic sauce. This low-carb side dish is a great way to entice picky eaters to eat their veggies ...

Skinny, fat, green, white or purple, all asparagus spears are delicious. Choose based on whether you will use it as an ingredient or the main vegetable. Boil or steam thick, jumbo asparagus work best ...

The French classic asparagus mimosa, which shows off the spring bounty, combines lightly cooked spears with a zippy vinaigrette, garnished with finely chopped hard-cooked eggs. Instead of a ...

This creamy, salty, cheesy quiche is topped with fresh, tender asparagus and baked in a hearty crust, perfect for brunch, supper or occasions like Mother’s Day. This Asparagus and Gruyere Quiche is ...

10 fresh asparagus spears, trimmed 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease a baking sheet with cooking spray. Lightly spray asparagus with cooking ...

When asparagus is abundant and fresh, all you want to do is cook tons of it. Here are some amazing ways to do just that. It’s much easier now to find good asparagus year-round than ten years ago when ...

FOR A LONG TIME, cooking asparagus any way other than the very simplest seemed like gilding the spear to me. Blanching it in boiling water for just a few minutes until just tender and bright green ...

I admit that for much of my life I was ambivalent about green asparagus. Often, the spears I ate were stringy and thin. Sometimes they were downright tough. Then there was the aspara-pee. Not worth it ...

Spring is my favorite time of year — the world turns from gray and brown to myriad colors, temperatures warm (but not too much), and some of my favorite vegetables, rhubarb, spring peas and asparagus, ...