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Lazy Gourmet: Friday Asparagus and Eggs & Saturday Crepes

So here’s what you might could maybe do tonight. Stop by the grocery store on the way home and buy some asparagus. It’s in season right now—although according to Barbara Kingsolver the French don’t celebrate it’s arrival until Father’s Day, when all the bistros make wonderful dishes out of the lovely green spears. Regardless, if the French make a holiday out of it, don’t you think you should eat it? Yes, me too, loves.

Okay, so get the asparagus, and maybe a little carton of chevre (goat cheese), and carton of eggs (two if you’re cooking for more than one), and if they have ‘em, a mostly ripe avocado. Get twice as much asaparagus as you think you need, kay?

Now go home, snap off the ends of the asparagus, roll them in olive oil and salt. If you are really ambitious you can peel the bottom inch or two to make them less stringy, but I never sweat it. Now throw them on a baking sheet and roast them in the oven at about 450⁰. Check ‘em in ten minutes and then every so often after that because they can get away from you pretty fast.

Now scramble some eggs and voila! Dinner! I promise you will feel very French – especially if you sip some nice white wine. (Or cheap white wine – honestly, darling, it really doesn’t matter to moi, being the good, cocktail drinking maman that I am!)

Right about now, you’re asking, “What’s with the other stuff, and all the leftover asparagus?” Well, here’s the genius bit. See, tomorrow is Saturday, so you can make crepes! Then you can stuff said crepes full of leftover asparagus, chevre, and avacado. I know. It’s brilliant, and don’t you feel oh-so-smug about your healthy, healthy breakfast? (Or possibly brunch? Lunch? Oh, you must not have children if you’re not cooking anything until lunch. We will try not to hate you, really we will.)

After you eat that nice veggie-full crepe, you can sprinkle one with powdered sugar and stuff it with that slightly too soft banana you have over there in your fruit bowl. Yummmm…‘dessert’ without regrets.

Go on; get delicious on your weekend!

If this inspired you about asparagus: you can get fancy about it with some of these great recipes from BlogHer food editor Kayln Denny.

Read more about the wonders of asparagus and other locally-grown goodness: try Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

This entry was posted on Friday, March 28th, 2008 at 6:43 am and is filed under Advice Girl, Magpie Girl, Rachelle Mee-Chapman.
Tags: Advice Girl, lazy gourmet, Magpie Reviews, recipes



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