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The first time I ate asparagus wasn’t very long ago.  I think it may have been within the last year or two.  I liked it…but not enough to really seek it out at the store and make it at home.  Now that I’m trying to focus more on veggies and eating locally grown produce, I took into account that it is asparagus season (or is it about to end now?).  I found some from a local-ish farm (less than 100 miles away) at Open Harvest–this really great grocery store that has a lot of locally produced food.

The asparagus I purchased was really big–not like those tiny, flimsy spears you see bunched up at the store.  They looked amazing.  I brought them home and followed James Peterson’s “recipe” to roast them.

After peeling the stems, I coated them with olive oil, sprinkled them with salt and pepper, and roasted them in a 400 degree oven for 15 minutes.

YUM.