Clean Eating Baked Almond Asparagus

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This dish was part of my planned Valentine’s Day menu. I love the way the roasted nuts compliment the flavor of the asparagus. It’s a fabulous combination.

I’ve been roasting vegetables in the oven for some time now. It’s one of my favorite ways to eat veggies. Something about it just brings out the flavor of a vegetable like nothing else can (except maybe grilling).

So I knew I wanted to roast my V-day asparagus. But I didn’t want it to be plain the way I normally cook it. So I improvised.

Clean Eating Baked Almond Asparagus
(Makes 2 servings)

Ingredients
1/2 lb. asparagus
1/4 cup almonds
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
2 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. garlic powder

Directions

Step 1 – Place all ingredients except the asparagus into a food processor and blend.

Step 2 – Clean your asparagus the way you usually do and spread it on a parchment lined baking sheet in a single layer.

Step 3 – Spray the asparagus with a very light coating of olive oil using a non-aerosol oil sprayer.

Step 4 – Sprinkle your asparagus with the nut mixture. Use all of it. It will seem like to much, but trust me. Use all of it.

Step 5 – Bake at 350 degrees F. until it reaches your preferred level of “done-ness” (Is that a word? I don’t think so. But we’ll pretend it is for now.)

Step 6 – Plate your food and sprinkle liberally with the roasted almond mixture.

Nutritional Content
(1 serving = half the recipe)

Calories: 150
Total Fat: 10 gm
Saturated Fats: 3 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 11 gm
Sodium: 194 mg
Carbohydrates: 9 gm
Dietary fiber: 4 gm
Sugars: 3 gm
Protein: 10 gm
Estimated Glycemic Load: 3

Nutritional Information estimated at Nutritiondata.com. Data may not be accurate.

Munchkin Helpers:

If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).

Little ones can add the ingredients to the food processor, they can lay out the asparagus on the baking sheet and even sprinkle it with the mixture.

Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).

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