Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Asparagus pasta

Prep time: 10 min with Cuisinart to chop asparagus, otherwise ~20 min. Total time: about 30 min. Serves 2 people, or more if you go heavy on the pasta. 
1lb asparagus Chop into thin circles, about 1/8th of an inch or thinner.  A Cuisinart makes this a snap!
3 T olive oil (or Butter) Sauté in pan with oil until asparagus is tender. Butter tastes better than olive oil. Start the pasta 
2 cloves crushed garlic
2 T lemon juice
1 T Worcestershire sauce
0.5t pepper
1 t salt

angle hair pasta (cooked volume of pasta should roughly equal the volume of the asparagus)

Once all ingredients are mixed in (including pasta) it's ready to serve. 

Worcestershire sauce is important to the taste, but soy sauce could be subbed if needed. 

salt to taste - 1t is the bare minimum amount 

I like to go easy on the pasta - you could easily add more than I suggest here.

You can make it more filling by adding in 1lb of ground turkey. 

(T = table spoon, t = teaspoon)

(c) 2009

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