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- Asparagus is a very popular side now, as you know.
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You know, if you go to a restaurant,
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you're gonna get asparagus,
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you're gonna get Brussels sprouts
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and maybe some of them hard tail green beans
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(laughs) that's been run over a little bit of hot water.
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(laughs) So I'm gonna share with y'all an easy, easy way
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to cook your asparagus.
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Now, I've got 1/4 of a cup of water
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in my pan and I'm gonna add a little tad of salt.
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And I'm gonna add my asparagus.
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I had this hot a minute.
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So we're just gonna put our asparagus in there,
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cover it, and we'll almost like blanch it
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for three to five minutes.
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And while that's cooking,
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I'm gonna put that on like medium high.
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And while that's cooking, I have the zest
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of a lemon here in my bowl.
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And I'm gonna take, gosh, about a half a stick.
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Really depends on how many people you're cooking for
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as to how much thyme butter you would need.
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And here's our thyme.
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And it's going in the bowl
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and smells so good, y'all.
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This smells so, so good.
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So we've got the lemon zest, the thyme,
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and I'm gonna try to take my fork
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and break up that fresh thyme
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because by doing that, that'll just, woo,
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make it come to life.
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You're talking about quick and easy, y'all,
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don't bat your eyes because we'll be done. (laughs)
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All right, I'm gonna put a little,
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a little butter in here.
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Get a little bit of that flavor.
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Now you definitely don't want to overcook your asparagus
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- [Assistant] Seems to me it's ready the way it is.
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- Uh-huh, and this is.
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There's a few that might not be like even hot on the inside,
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but yeah, I mean, that's basically ready.
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And all we have to do at that point
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is put it on the platter, slather it with the thyme butter,
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a little salt, a little pepper.
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And it's amazing how simple
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and how good that asparagus can be.
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Just wanna let that melt all over our asparagus.
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I think I wanna use a coarse ground pepper.
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Perfectly beautiful, perfectly simple,
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This was supposed to be slathered, (laughs)
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so I'm gonna make sure we get it all.
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But you know, butter has no carbs,
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there's like no calories.
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I bet there's probably not 50 calories a serving,
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probably less than that.
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That's something for us to look up, right, Theresa?
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- [Theresa] Sounds good.
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- [Theresa] I like not knowing
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because I think it's a good vegetable for you.
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- Oh, it is, and I'll tell you,
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if you wanna take this one step further, we used
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to make this sandwich at the Lady and Sons.
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It was an asparagus sandwich.
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And we made it on pumpernickel bread
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with thousand island dressing, asparagus,
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purple onion, and a slab of cheese.
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And we grilled it and it was so good.
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So you'd be amazed, if you got some asparagus left over,
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try that asparagus sandwich.
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Love and best dishes, y'all.
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