Asparagus Steamed
From All-Creatures.org Vegan Recipe Book: How Mary and Frank and Friends Eat

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Ingredients

Asparagus

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Preparation

Asparagus steamed is a quick and easy vegan recipe that takes only 10 minutes to prepare and cooks in about 5 to 10 minutes in the microwave oven. Every spring, we find asparagus on sale in the supermarkets in our town and in the surrounding communities where we shop. They have large displays of rubber banded bunches of about 1 pound each standing in aluminum or plastic pans containing about a half inch of water to keep the spears fresh.

We look for the smaller and most tender spears, but even then, we have found that in almost every bunch, there will be one or two spears that are a little "woody" in the bottom portion of the stem.  If the spear does have some "woody" portion, it is usually in the white part at the bottom of the spear, which can be seen on three spears in the picture above, but it is not always the case; the white portion can also be tender, so we usually don't throw this portion away.

Before removing the rubber bands, cut off the bottom 1/2 inch of the spears. Then the rubber bands are removed and the spears are soaked in a sink of cold water while the cleaning process continues.  Individually inspect each spear and remove any dirt or sand that remains.  Place the spears in a vegetable steamer or in a covered microwave baking dish.

Cooking time is generally under 5 minutes per pound in a microwave set on "high".  Cook until tender (as pictured above).  If the spears get long creases they are being overcooked. 

Enjoy!  We enjoy asparagus as a main course served with a salad, or as a side dish.

Ingredients Information

Asparagus

Utensils and Equipment Information

Dish, Ceramic Baking

Knives

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The above recipe is in keeping with God's creation intent (Genesis 1:29-31): 'Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-- everything that has the breath of life in it-- I give every green plant for food." And it was so. God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.' (NIV) Let no animal suffer or die that we may live!