Topic: asparagus

Brunch-Off: Creamy Asparagus Soup With Herbed Goat Cheese And Asparagus Risotto Cakes

Brunch-Off: Creamy Asparagus Soup With Herbed Goat Cheese And Asparagus Risotto Cakes

We’re at Brunch-Off number nine, and we hope you’re enjoying our column devoted to brunch recipes as much as we are. farmer’s market, I know warm weather is well and truly on its way. It’s also one of the easiest spring veggies to cook with: flavorful but not overpowering, full of folate and other vitamins. Today, talented food bloggers Anjali of The Picky Eater and Ann Marie of Let’s Give Peas A Chance show us some delicious ways to prepare asparagus (beyond just steaming the stalks and puttin’ em on a plate!)
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Eat Your Vegetables: Make Nigel Slater’s Asparagus Pilaf Recipe From His New Cookbook, Tender

Eat Your Vegetables: Make Nigel Slater's Asparagus Pilaf Recipe From His New Cookbook, Tender

British food may not spring to mind when you’re conjuring healthy meals, but thanks to a new generation of chefs like Nigel Slater and Jamie Oliver, that stereotype is changing. Nigel Slater, who’s been a food columnist at The Observer for 18 years and is a presenter on BBC, is known for simple home cooking, and promotes the idea that making your own food (and eating your vegetables) isn’t just healthy, but can actually make you happier, too. His latest cookbook, Tender: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch, was just released in the U.S. and tells the story of his impressive home garden, with over 400 recipes for the 29 vegetables that he grows in his back yard. More »