I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I did pretty well this year and did not feel like I wanted to burst after it was all said and done. This year my husband and I went over to his moms house and for the first time in the 4 years we have been married she called and asked me to bring something. It was a big deal for me and I wanted to make sure to bring something super YUMMY. So I browsed through my Pinterest boards and was inspired by...baked asparagus I thought that would be the perfect thing and that it would look vibrant next to all the orange and brown foods.. you know carrots, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes stuffing's.
Unfortunately I was in such a hurry Thanksgiving morning and so strapped for time that I TOTALLY spaced taking pictures and everything. So I am SO sorry but you will just have to take my word for it. The pictures used are not my own here but still they are exactly what I did.
Before getting started I looked at a few different versions of this recipe. The one I have posted on Pinterest says bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes. I ended up doing 425 degrees for 6 minutes. Like I said I was on a time crunch and every minute counted!
I bought the thinnest bunch that I could find because I personally do not like thick asparagus. I washed it then chopped off the bottoms and then placed them in a Ziploc bag.
Some of the recipes say to just drizzle but I wanted to coat mine in my seasonings. I used a gallon size bag and I prefer the slider bag like this picture is of. I just feel it is more secure. I placed the asparagus inside then I poured in some olive oil, minced garlic then salt and pepper. I sealed the bag and then placed it on my counter and rolled my hand over it, making the asparagus roll around in the seasonings.
Then I unzipped my bag and spread the asparagus evenly on my cookie sheet with parchment paper ( this is a must , it made clean up so much easier). Then of course I popped it in the oven.
at minute 5 I opened my over pulled out the tray and sprinkled parmesan cheese over the asparagus then popped it back in for another minute.
And even though this is not my picture I can honestly say that they really did look this green and delicious!
Actually mine looked yummier than this.. they were a very bright green. And when I took it over to my mother in laws it was a hit with almost every spear eaten and people were wanting to know the recipe.
Usually making asparagus is hard for me, I always over cook it so it is droopy and soggy but this recipe was amazing because I finally cooked a perfect textured asparagus. They still had a nice crunch but were not raw and they tasted great! I would recommend this to everybody!
