Last Sunday was a bitter cold one with lots of football on TV. I'm a sucker for a day filled with snacking! Give me a table full of appetizers and I'll set. This was how I was brought up. At holiday gatherings we always had a table FULL of little snacks. Most of the time we were all filled up on apps before dinner was served.
It was one of those days on Sunday with the final championship games on TV. I wanted to make it a special day but did not want to be bent over the stove all day cooking. Hmmmm....I looked in the fridge and saw asparagus that needed to be used. I remembered I had a package of bacon in the freezer too. Perfect! Bacon wrapped asparagus. It turned out amazing.
1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
2. Cut the ends off the asparagus
3. Lightly coat the asparagus with olive oil (I put mine in a bag and then drizzled the olive oil and mixed it up.
4. Sprinkle asparagus spears with freshly ground pepper.
5. Divide the amount of asparagus spears in 4. Wrap a bundle of asparagus with bacon strips.
Bake until bacon is crisp and done to your liking. I baked mine for about 20 minutes.
The asparagus was semi-healthy, but I love cut up veggies with some dip. Again, I had long carrots in the fridge that needed to be used up, so I peeled them and cut them into long strips. I also had a red and yellow pepper in the frige to cut up as well. The worst thing about a veggie tray? The dip! Just remember how much a tablespoon is. It's okay to indulge a little bit every once in awhile.
Of course we needed a "main" dish for our day of grazing. I had found a pork shoulder on sale at the grocery store earlier that day and thew it in the crockpot as soon as I got home. It shredded perfectly after about 4 hours on low. I have a very hot crockpot, even on the low setting. I bought some freshly made kiaser rolls from the grocery store bakery and sliced them up.
It was a fabulous day! The Broncos won and the Seahawks won. I doubt it had anything to do with my cooking though. Now to start planning for the Super Bowl!
It was one of those days on Sunday with the final championship games on TV. I wanted to make it a special day but did not want to be bent over the stove all day cooking. Hmmmm....I looked in the fridge and saw asparagus that needed to be used. I remembered I had a package of bacon in the freezer too. Perfect! Bacon wrapped asparagus. It turned out amazing.
1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
2. Cut the ends off the asparagus
3. Lightly coat the asparagus with olive oil (I put mine in a bag and then drizzled the olive oil and mixed it up.
4. Sprinkle asparagus spears with freshly ground pepper.
5. Divide the amount of asparagus spears in 4. Wrap a bundle of asparagus with bacon strips.
Bake until bacon is crisp and done to your liking. I baked mine for about 20 minutes.
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| Bacon Wrapped Asparagus |
Of course we needed a "main" dish for our day of grazing. I had found a pork shoulder on sale at the grocery store earlier that day and thew it in the crockpot as soon as I got home. It shredded perfectly after about 4 hours on low. I have a very hot crockpot, even on the low setting. I bought some freshly made kiaser rolls from the grocery store bakery and sliced them up.
It was a fabulous day! The Broncos won and the Seahawks won. I doubt it had anything to do with my cooking though. Now to start planning for the Super Bowl!
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