Spring asparagus season is short and sweet but its here! Beautiful green stems bursting with earthy flavours.
Welcome to #COOKBLOGSHARE 2020 Week 19 and a choice of delicious asparagus recipes.
#CookBlogShare is a weekly link party where recipes are shared, we comment on each other’s cooking creations and generally indulge in all things food related! If you’ve got a recipe to share then this is the place to show it off!
We host this link party, which runs every Tuesday with Jacqui at Recipes Made Easy and fellow guest bloggers.
Your host for next week will be over to Louise at A Strong Coffee so head over there next week to see more recipes.
If you are new to this link party then take a few minutes to read the guidelines below before joining us. You are welcome to share your old and new recipes as there is no specific theme and all recipes are welcome.
Thank you to everyone who contributed last week and shared their recipes with us. We were spoilt for choice with so many lovely dishes to add to our list of makes & bakes.
Whats happening at Lost in Food?
We still find ourselves in uncertain times. On a positive note, our website has continued to grow as people find themselves at home with more time to cook, plan and try new recipes.
We reached a milestone along the way as well, you will notice that there are now ads appearing on the site.
You might question why? In the simplest of terms, it means we can continue to keep the site updated with lots of new recipes and continue to ensure they are reaching you all for free. Just like a food magazine, adverts allow us to fund the website. A big thank you to all our readers for getting us to this point.
Adjusting to working apart
Like many others, we are attempting to home school our children, keep active and keep working.
While Lesley & I normally work from home on our website we also spend a great deal of time together cooking and photographing. Due to the current situation, we’ve been unable to do that recently, therefore we’ve had to adapt.
Sometimes there are challenges, rescheduling recipes, quickly making sure that we both have the same ingredients to hand to trial recipes and ultimately photograph them. We have tried to take it in our stride, but like all others, we are missing family and friends. As a result, it has forced us to cook differently and not take ingredients for granted.
Delicious and healthy grains
We are creatures of habit sometimes in our house and stick to potatoes, pasta and steamed rice with most meals.
Shopping less often has encouraged the use of more grains in our meals. My daughters are also cooking more and willing to try new ideas.
Our recent post for Bulgar Wheat Risotto with Asparagus, Pea and Pancetta was one of those recipes that forced us to work differently! It’s a delicious fresh change from a rice risotto. Its proving very popular on the site just now.
Lesley trialled the recipe, tweaked to her liking, then sent the instructions for me to make, test and photograph. Different working methods but job done and dinner in both houses!
This post from Feast Glorious Feast on how to cook couscous was perfect for sharing with my daughters as they want to learn more. Light and fluffy with detailed instructions its ideal to encourage anyone to use more grains.
Another recipe that popped out to me to encourage my daughters into the kitchen is this Spicy Prawn & Chorizo Rice from Farmersgirl Kitchen. I always have some frozen prawns and a package of chorizo in my fridge. My daughters both love these flavours so I have saved for them to make.
Spring Seasonal Asparagus
Asparagus season is very short lived. We are lucky in the North East to have a wonderful local availability of asparagus. The bold, earthy flavour not to mention the vibrancy epitomises spring on a plate for me.
I’m jealous of Midge’s inheritance of an asparagus bed. It takes time for an established crop and hers looks amazing this year. The Peachick Bakery brings us this gorgeous and seasonal Asparagus & Pea Spring Salad with Vegan Cheesy Toasts. This is spring on a plate and definitely worth a try.
A love for asparagus is shared by other foodie bloggers. Taste Botanical shares with us this tasty looking Asparagus Quiche. As readers will know I have my own chickens and always have a delicious supply of fresh eggs. This quiche will be perfect for an evening meal and leftover lunches.
Also on our site is this recipe for Potato, Asparagus & Bacon Salad. This warm salad uses new potatoes, perfect for Jersey Royal season. We’ve added chicken and bacon to turn this into an easy mid week meal either for lunch or dinner.
Some other posts your may find interesting
#COOKBLOGSHARE 2020 WEEK #18
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Your host next week will be Louise at A Strong Coffee.
Jenny Walters
What beautiful features! I could gladly eat them all!! I too am an Asparagus enthusiast. Big yums all round.
Lesley
Thank you Jenny, like you I love asparagus so this was a great roundup to push out. Lesley
Rosemary
Thank you for including my Asparagus Quiche in the round-up – I am feeling inspired by the other yummy asparagus recipes!
Lesley
You’re welcome Rosemary, it’s certainly a great roundup using one of my favourite vegetables. Lesley
Eb Gargano | Easy Peasy Foodie
Great theme! I love asparagus. All the recipes look delicious but my favourite is definitely your Bulgar Wheat Risotto as I am a huge fan of bulgar wheat too! Eb x
Lesley
Thank you Eb, like you I love asparagus and bulgur wheat. This is such a simple dish and makes the best of both ingredients. Lesley x
Cat | Curly's Cooking
Great choice of theme for your round up. There have been so many tasty cakes recently it’s nice to have some yummy and healthier dishes to look at (whilst I eat cake obviously).
Lesley
Thank you Cat, I couldn’t agree more. I love a slice of cake, but it’s nice to read a post highlighting this delicious seasonal vegetable. Lesley
Choclette
Absolutely adore asparagus, though I’m finding it a bit difficult to get hold of this year. We’ve had one bunch and that lasted no time at all. Would love to have enough to make that quiche, it looks splendid.
Lesley
I couldn’t agree more Choclette, asparagus never lasts long in our house either. Lesley x
Janice
It’s so good to start to eat fresh seasonal vegetables again. Lovely recipes, thanks for including my Prawn & Chorizo Rice.
Lesley
Thank you Janice, you are more than welcome. I do love to use vegetables when they are at their seasonal best. Asparagus season is a highlight in the food calendar. Lesley