Asparagus Salad
From floridiangourmet 14 years ago
- 2 minutes to make
- Serves 4
An incredibly simple refreshing side
Ingredients
- 1 LB fresh asparagus one inch of the bottoms trimmed off shopping list
- 1 cup of Sicilian olives or kalamata shopping list
- 1 cup of cubed feta cheese shopping list
- 1 med red onion sliced thin shopping list
- 1 TBS aged balsamic shopping list
- 1/4 cup of greek olive oil shopping list
- This requires no seasoning but to each their own. shopping list
- I also use tomatoes when in season shopping list
How to make it
- Lay asparagus out after washing and with a knife cut the entire bunch into thirds.
- Bring a pot with 4 cups of water to a boil
- Add the lower part of the asparagus first to the pot of boiling water and wait 30 seconds.
- Add the middle bunch to the pan and wait another 30 seconds.
- Add the tops to the pan of boiling water and wait 30 seconds.
- Drain in a colander and run under cold water to stop the cooking process ( or shock them in an ice water bath)
- Set aside in the colander and allow to drain.
- In a nice dish add the aparagus, onion and olives along with the balsamic and olive oil and toss with hands.
- Add the feta and toss a few times.
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I love every indredient in this recipe. Thanks for the post. Merry Christmas to you and those precious boys on your avatar. Enjoy every minute with them; one day you will turn around and they will be men. Time passes so quickly.
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WOW!!! What a super recipe!!! Dang, I sure could eat this now!! Can u ship this fed EX? puleeeezzzzz LOL HIGH FIVE FORKS!! Getting ready for 'snow' folks:(
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