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Grilled asparagus with lemon

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

A super quick, easy, healthy recipe that takes less than 10 minutes.  It’s so easy, we almost didn’t post it!

Total Time: < 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • asparagus spears (6-8 per person)
  • fresh lemon
  • sea salt
  • black pepper
  • olive oil spray

Instructions

  • Preheat the grill, low-medium heat (you’ll need to experiment with the temperature for your own grill).  Or you can use a grill pan indoors.
  • Wash the asparagus spears and slice (or hand snap) off the tough ends of the spears.
  • Put them on a plate and season with salt and pepper.
  • Spray with olive oil to coat; then using a fork, roll the spears over so some of the uncoated side shows; then spray again.
  • Put them on the grill for around 4 minutes, then roll the spears over with your tongs, and let them grill for another 4 minutes.  This should give you spears that are cooked but still slightly crisp.
  • Plate the spears and squeeze lemon juice on them.  DONE!

You may have to try this a couple times to get the heat and cooking time right on your own grill.   If you have lemon salt, that could be a good alternative if you don’t have a lemon handy; although we haven’t tried that yet.