Asparagus Salad With Feta I Made It Ii

Asparagus Salad with Feta

chuckieb 7 years ago
Made
Asparagus Salad With Feta/saved
for the May IMI11 Challenge and as a side to our grilled shishkebob dinner last night.
This was super good.

I found the instructions a little vague at times. The recipe says that it serves 46 which puzzled me initially but then I realized that Grinchgirl must have meant 4-6 people. LOL! The recipe called for 2 bunches of asparagus and that's always a tricky thing as 'bunches' tend to come in a lot of different sizes. However....I was just making this for hubby and I, so cleaned and steamed perhaps 12 stalks of asparagus. I cooked the asparagus in the microwave for one minute. I pretty much just halved the dressing ingredients.

I used about a half tsp. of minced garlic, and I minced half of a small shallot. I used 1/2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar and 1 tbsp. white vinegar and grainy mustard. The mustard I used is from a local company called Mrs. McGarrigle's Mustard. "Chipotle Lime" was the flavour.
The recipe didn't say how much olive oil to add so I poured in about 2-3 tbsp. along with the salt and pepper. Cut some cherry tomatoes in half and crumbled a wee bit of feta.

Both hubby and I really liked this. My favourite part was the mustard seeds in the dressing. They sort of pop when you crunch them up in a bite with the asparagus and it's a fun texture.

Will totally add this to my "Made and Loved" file. Thanks Grinchgirl for a yummy new salad recipe.
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LindaLMT 7 years ago said:

Awesome picture Janet! Recipe looks ideal too for summer. 46 people! LOL! 😂

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mommyluvs2cook 7 years ago said:

OMG, this looks SO good Janet!! Lol at 46 people, yeah, I'm also thinking she meant 4-6 :P
Definitely bookmarked this one!

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Cosmicmother 7 years ago said:

Great photo Janet!
I'm not an asparagus fan but this looks so delicious! And the dressing sounds great! :)

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chuckieb 7 years ago said:

Thanks guys. I hated asparagus growing up Shona but that's because my Mom had only served me it out of a can. Bleck. Shudder. When I finally tasted 'real' asparagus it was a whole new experience. Now it's probably my favourite veg....after tomatoes.

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