Ok, you might know that I love asparagus. And I love it roasted. Well, even though we live in San Jose and seems like we can get great fruits and veggies all year round sometimes we buy asparagus and it is huge. Usually when it is that big in order to get to the good stuff you basically have to cut off a lot of it. Otherwise you are left with really woodsy-impossible-to-chew asparagus. Well, I don’t wanna give up that much of my yummy veggie, so I peel it. I cut off a little bit—like I normally would and then I peel the bottom portion. This does a few things:
1) it enables me to eat more of the vegetable,
2) it gets rid of the hard to chew part,
3) it reveals the soft insides of the stalk
Yay! I don’t have to get rid of half my asparagus.
Yes, I know that I am getting rid of the green, but I leave the top portion. You can try it yourself and see what works for you. Of course, you don’t have to be having roasted asparagus for this to work out, you can do it with whatever method you best enjoy your asparagus.
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