Who can resist the snap of asparagus spears?!
Thank you Smitten Kitchen for the delicious Spring Vegetable dumplings featuring none other than minced asparagus.
After picking asparagus Wednesday morning at The Farm at St. Peter's we cooked them that night:
Toaster oven at 400
Toss trimmed asparagus in a roasting pan with olive oil, pepper and salt.
Squeeze 1/2 a lemon over the spears then place thinly sliced lemons over the top.
Heat in the oven 5-8 minutes. Watch that they just turn bright green, enjoy!