Asparagus Recipes and Information

Learn all about asparagus, from how to buy it to how to eat it (fingers anyone?).

Asparagus is most often steamed, but it can be grilled, stir-fried, and cooked a bunch of ways with great success. Find quick and easy ways to cook asparagus here.

Snapping is a quick and easy way to get asparagus ready to cook.

Peeling asparagus spears is easy and makes much more of the asparagus edible. See how here.

Omlets make nutritious breakfasts and quick, casual dinners. This one is an excellent way to highlight the taste of fresh asparagus.

Asparagus and morels - two harbingers of spring eating - are delicious simply sauteed together in a bit of butter in this easy recipe.

Asparagus and butter lettuce are tossed with a lemony vinaigrette and topped with mozzarella and pistachios in this very green, springy salad.

Quickly bake this asparagus gratin with a topping of parmesan cheese (and a squirt of lemon) for an easy, fun way to serve spring's favorite vegetable.

This Asparagus Pasta can be made with rotini, penne, or large pieces of lasagna noodles layered in the ricotta and Parmesan cheese. It's a fresh, delicious spring pasta dinner.

Asparagus Pork Brown Rice Bowl is an easy, super nutritious, and mega delicious dinner to pull together.

Fresh spring asparagus soup is silky smooth, thickened with chickpeas, and flavored with garlicky gremolata.

Thin slices of asparagus with browned garlic and Chinese fermented or salted black beans make a quick and easy dish.

Lightly steamed asparagus spears are drizzled with a lemony vinaigrette and sprinkled with hard-cooked egg in this dressy but simple spring salad.

Farro - whole wheat kernels - is cooked and tossed with a light lemony dressing and plenty of spring vegetables (asparagus, peas, fava beans, and scallions) along with fresh herbs in this hearty and healthful spring salad.

Grilled asparagus is a quick and easy way to enjoy spring's favorite vegetable.

Get the delicious browned bits of roasted or grilled asparagus without heating up the oven or grill with pan-roasted asparagus.

Roasting asparagus may be the absolute easiest way to cook it. Just turn on the oven, put the asparagus in a pan, and 15 minutes later you have tender, grassy asparagus ready to eat.

Spring Vegetable Risotto is a cozy way to welcome in the tender vegetables of spring.

Charred cabbage and tender asparagus are topped with a bit of chopped hard cooked egg in the Warm Asparagus Cabbage Salad.

A lovely spring salad with fresh asparagus and wild ramps.