Posted in asparagus, risotto, tagged asparagus, Pioneer woman recipes, risotto on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Enjoy Vivaldi’s Spring Concerto from the Four Seasons.
Spring is finally bursting free from the frosty fetters of winter here in Ohio. We welcome it with open arms. I know there will most likely be some cold days ahead. April is the cruelest month, after all. Last year, after 80 degrees the [...]
Posted in asparagus, easy dinners, ham, tagged asparagus, easy dinners, ham on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
People must love asparagus, or else they hate it and are desperately trying to find ways to cook asparagus that they will be able to stomach. I don’t know, but there must be some reason that so many people check my previous two posts on asparagus, “A is for Asparagus” and “A is for Asparagus [...]
Posted in asparagus, peas, soup, tagged asparagus, Soups, spring vegetables on January 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I know it’s not spring yet. Darn it. I keep telling myself that winter was invented in order for us all to really love spring.
Well, I really love spring. I eagerly anticipate the rebirth of flora, little green nubs pushing up through the still frigid ground, reaching for sunkissed warmth; swollen buds on branches of [...]
Posted in asparagus, risotto on April 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
After a big buffet party on April 1, we had leftovers galore! A delicious Honey Baked Ham provided many sandwiches through the past week and last night I decided to serve some of the slices for dinner.
I had some beautiful asparagus in the refrigerator and all the ingredients for risotto which seemed like [...]
Posted in asparagus on March 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
UPDATE: See new post on asparagus here.
Asparagus is a vegetable that we were served only occasionally when I was a child. Mother opened a can of asparagus spears and heated them on the stove with a couple of tablespoon of butter. I rather liked the funny-smelling, slimy little devils.
At some point I had fresh asparagus, [...]
