3/14/2007

Celebrating An Early Spring


Fresh Grilled Halibut with tarragon butter
Steamed Asparagus
New Potatoes with chives

Now that almost all produce is available year round, we can get spoiled and forget to eat seasonally. Asparagus is one vegetable that I chose not to eat except in the spring. Tender, young shoots replace the woody stalks of winter asparagus and with 70 degree weather in Colorado yesterday, it really felt like spring. This time of year the garden seems to wake up and although traditionally there will be another freeze, it's almost time to plant sweet peas (flowers) and sweet peas (vegetable). One of my favorite ways to eat asparagus is simply grilled with olive oil or oven roasted with sweet butter.