Zesty Asparagus & Broccoli

As I confessed Monday, I am a lazy cook. I remind you of this as a way to explain how dinner went down last night.

I got home from work and was giddy. Giddy I tell you!  Why?  Grocery delivery night!  I opened the refrigerator to move things around to make room for the fresh food. Um. Oops.  I forgot the asparagus and broccoli I purchased last week!  Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Zesty Asparagus & Broccoli

by JL goes Vegan: Food & Fitness with a side of Kale

Keywords: vegan

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch asparagus
  • 1 head broccoli
  • Olive oil
  • 4 cloves of garlic (yes, 4!), minced
  • Fresh ginger, grated
  • Pinch of iodized sea salt
  • Fresh ground pepper

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375F.

Snap the woody ends off the asparagus and cut the broccoli florets from the stem. (Save the asparagus ends and broccoli stem for vegetable stock!)

Rinse and drain the veggies and place in a large mixing bowl. Drizzle olive oil (truthfully, I barely used 1 teaspoon) over the vegetables and toss with minced garlic and grated ginger. Add a pinch of salt (seriously, a pinch is all you need) and fresh ground pepper.

Wrap up the mix in foil and bake for 25 minutes.

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Oh. Baby. The ginger-garlic combo = ZEST! My omnivore husband devoured a plate full of veggies!

Me?  Well, I did say I was a lazy cook.  My grocery delivery arrived while the veggies were baking and one of the new items I ordered was a prepared meal:  THAI CASHEW & TEMPEH CURRY.

Let’s just say my zesty veggies and prepared meal were a match made in heaven.

While I was snapping the asparagus and placing the woody stems in my gallon freezer bag I wondered if I bought asparagus because I wanted to eat it….or because I wanted the scraps for a veggie stock.  Hard to say. But I ate the zesty asparagus and I have scraps for stock. Win!

14 thoughts on “Zesty Asparagus & Broccoli”

  1. That zest asparagas and broccoli sounds divine.  I really like the addition of the ginger and just baked.  I am going to try that.

  2. Looks like a balanced meal–nutrition-wise and cooking-wise.  A great reminder that we need to give ourselves a break sometimes.  

    Your weekend bulk cooking is so impressive–you totally deserve a break on a weekday evening!

  3. Hi JL,

    I’ve never roasted either of these veggies, but I do enjoy eating them.  I know this is quite tasty, indeed.  I’ll have to try this.  

    Take care,

    Evelyn

    P.S.  I tagged you in this post.  http://evelynparham.com/2012/02/10/11-things-evelyn-tag/ Have a great day!

  4. Yay for stock scraps! I like this idea, I was gifted some tin foil (don’t usually use it) so I might have to try it. What is the flavor like compared to another method?

    1. I think the difference here isn’t flavor, it’s texture. It’s steamed but with some serious crunch (which is how I like my veggies)

  5. I also love Fresh Direct-there vegies are top quality.However,despite my continual requests,they don’t stock any Earth Balance products.It’s really one of the few things I still go out to shop for-any ideas on how to put some pressure on them to stock it ?

    1.  I’ve noticed that, too! I have to go to my local health food store for EB.  I’ll tweet them right now to see how we can make requests.

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