Asparagus growing

Asparagus is healthy in itself and in combination with lemon it is even better

# Preparation time: 15 min
# Energy value: 70 kcal / 291 kJ

Nutritive value:

Protein 5 g
Vit. A 35%
Vit. C 25%
Ca 6%
Fe 25%

Ingredients for 4 people:

* 1 kg asparagus
* 2 teaspoons olive oil
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Preparation:

Asparagus should be cooked over steam - in a basket over a pot of boiling water. Cover them and steam for 5 minutes or until they become soft (in the length of steaming is the difference between cultivated and wild asparagus). Rinse them with cold water and carefully dry them. Mix oil and lemon juice and pour it over the asparagus. Put pepper and salt on it if desired, and serve at room temperature.

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Try this easy to prepare recipe for quick, healthy and refreshing asparagus salad with ham.

Ingredients

asparagus (1,1 lb)
3 tomatoes
3 hard boiled eggs
ham (5 oz)
an onion
salt
vinegar
lemon rind
teaspoon of sugar
6-7 tablespoons of light mayonnaise
chives
parsley

Preparation

Wash asparagus and cut them into pieces 1 inch long. Boil them in water containing salt, sugar, vinegar and lemon rind.
Squash the eggs with a fork (leave 3 slices for decoration), slice the ham, onion, parsley and chives, then mix it altogether with mayonnaise.
Carefully stir cooked and chilled asparagus into this mix and put it all in a bowl.
Decorate the salad with slices of hard boiled eggs and chill it well before serving.

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