Side Dish

This is a quick easy dish from Cooking Light.

Roasted Asparagus with Balsamic Browned Butter

Finish the asparagus just before serving dinner. Cooking the butter until it browns slightly gives the dish a nutty flavor; watch carefully, though, since it can burn easily.

Yield

8 servings (serving size: 5 spears)

Ingredients

• 40  asparagus spears, trimmed (about 2 pounds)
• Cooking spray
• 1/4  teaspoon  kosher salt
• 1/8  teaspoon  black pepper
• 2  tablespoons  butter
• 2  teaspoons  low-sodium soy sauce
• 1  teaspoon  balsamic vinegar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400°.

Arrange asparagus in a single layer on baking sheet; coat with cooking spray. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake at 400° for 12 minutes or until tender.

Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat; cook for 3 minutes or until lightly browned, shaking pan occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in soy sauce and vinegar. Drizzle over the asparagus, tossing well to coat. Serve immediately.

I Am Thankful

for blessings beyond measure.

Martin J. Nystrom – As the Deer by Ziyulu

Birding is Better

in winter.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

 

is looking for water melted on the pond.

 

 

American Goldfinches in subtle winter coats feed just outside my window.

Ready for Thanksgiving?

 

It is budding and I’m thinking it will be ready for Thanksgiving.

Do you know the difference between Thanksgiving and Christmas cactus? Did you know that they bloom twice a year? How about Easter cactus?

Holiday Cactus

 

Easter Cactus

Also, there are botanical synonyms and a many hybrids.

So which is which?

 

 

 

 

 Answer is in Comments.

November GB Bloom Day in Tennessee

is no longer about the straggly left over flowers

or the the beautiful fall color,

but the evergreens

Golden Threadleaf Cypress

 

the berries

Nandina

 

 

the budded shrubs

Andromeda/Pieris

 

 

 

the hardy ferns, broadleaf shrubs, perennials

Autumn Fern, Holly, and Aspidistra

 

hardy, colorful, vegetables

kale

 

 

and flowering everytime the weather breaks, 

pansies.

 

But mostly, it is about cleaning up all these leaves 

before guests come for the holidays. It will not be today, however, for it is cold and wet.  This garden definitely needs one of those lovely Camellia sasanquas like Tina of In the Garden. 

GBBD genesis is May Dreams Garden.