salad of the season

In season and ready to be picked and enjoyed are:  asparagus, lettuce, spinach and green onions.

These fresh spring greens made a wonderful salad today.

Roasted Asparagus Salad

Asparagus
Penne pasta
green onions diced
vinaigrette (olive oil, vinegar, soy sauce, mustard)
Salt & pepper
spinach and/or lettuce
cashews
Parmesan cheese grated 1/3 cup

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wash and lay asparagus in oven pan and cover with a bit of olive oil
and salt and pepper and the diced green onions to Roast for 15-20 minutes until tender.
Cook the penne pasta. Add 1/2 cup of olive oil vinaigrette to the pasta. Cut the roasted asparagus
into smaller pieces.  Layer the greens, pasta, asparagus, Parmesan cheese and cashews.





A tasty nutritious main course salad

In May's Lick, Kentucky, a gentleman planted 3 1/2 acres of asparagus many years ago.
Today his great-grand kids sell asparagus from their Asparagus Shed on the farm from April to May.
The rest is donated to the annual Asparagus Festival May 19th.
Besides eating lots of asparagus, there is also an art show, live music and a parade.
Also, they have a fund raiser for a Women's Crises Center, which includes a stiletto obstacle course
(yes, stilettos).
http://www.burrwalsbest.com/