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Yeah, so I haven't posted in a while. Sorry 'bout that. I know you were missing me and hearing about my cats all the time.

Ok, Anna, think of something to write about . . .

ASPARAGUS! (I'm reaching here. Give me some time to warm up.)
I'm in love with this vegetable and having been eating lots of it in the past week. You want proof? Go sniff in there after I . . . Oh wait, that's probably not appropriate. Anyway, I discovered my love for these little green sticks a few years ago and much to my husband's dismay, I like to cook it at our house as often as I can. My favorite way is to bake them in the oven after I drizzle them with olive oil, garlic, salt & pepa. Delish! I tried something new tonight and boiled them for about 3 minutes and then put lemon juice, butter & parmesan cheese on them and that was great too. Now I just need to convince Alan to get over his lifetime hatred of asparagus. I already sold him on brussel sprouts which was a satisfying feat!

Growing up my family always had fresh vegetables in our house due to my parent's huge garden every year. I didn't understand the coolness of that when I was younger, but now I'm wishing I had that luxury every day because I often crave the zucchini, squash, corn, butter beans, tomatoes, and all of that other good-for-you stuff. The HORROR that I sometimes eat it out of a can. Sorry, Mom and Dad!

B T Dub, my profile picture on this blog is me enjoying some asparagus ;-)