Ingredients
- 1/2 to 3/4 bunch asparagus
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- salt to taste
- 3/4 cup cooked rice
- handful of slivered almonds
Directions
This dish is terrific as a side dish
or as a quick, light, summertime meal.
Get your rice cookin'
then cut nasparagus spears (on the diagonal) ninto one-inch pieces.nnHeat the olive oil in a frying pan nover medium-high heat. Add asparagus nand stir once,then cover and allow to nsteam/saute. Peek,stir,and salt-to-ntaste every minute or so until spears nare bright green. Remove from heat & nadd lemon juice - I rather enjoy nadding a little lemon pulp,as well.nnIn serving bowl,combine asparagus + njuices,rice,and almonds. Celebrate!nnServes: 2 to 4nnPreparation time: 30 minutesnnn',