Since I started this blog, I’ve had some great feedback from everyone. Thank you all for your input, support, ideas and criticisms. Everyone is really helping me define what and how I want post. With that said, I’ve had a lot of questions about what kind of sides can be made to accompany my meat recipes. So look forward to not only how I rub it on my meat, but how I rub my veggies, snacks and, if I feel bold, some desserts.

One of my favorite sides of all time is asparagus and I find it to be the perfect accompaniment to any meal. Sometimes I’ll snack on it raw when I’m cooking, I like it that much. Normally I’ll steam my asparagus but, for the blog, I thought I would spice it up a notch. So, I went out researching and found some really great recipes.

After a week I found a recipe for Roasted Asparagus by the very talented Elise Bauer which I thought was great and modified it just a bit. I stuck to the basic method but changed out the seasonings for my go to spice. So, if you get a chance, go check out Elise’s website, she really is an inspiration to my cooking and a great chef.

Roasted Asparagus

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Ingredients:

• Arty’s Party Rub
• 1lb Asparagus spears
• 1-2Tbsp olive oil
• Lemon Juice

Tools:

• Baking Sheet
• Tin Foil

Steps:

1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees
2. Snap or cut off unwanted ends on asparagus.
3. Line the baking sheet with the tin foil.
4. Place the asparagus on the sheet in a single row making sure none are overlapping.
5. Drizzle the olive oil over the asparagus and rub the spears all over to completely coat them.
6. Sprinkle Arty’s Party Rub on the spears.
7. Depending on your oven and how thick the spears are, place them in the oven for 10-20 min or until the spears are lightly brown and are tender when pierced with a fork.

Thanks again to all of you for your great feedback, keep it coming! And another thanks to the very talented Elise Bauer for her recipe and efforts to her blog SimplyRecipes.com!