Sophie's favorite vegetable is asparagus, which is great except for the fact that its only in season here for a relatively short period of time, and that time does not fall around her birthday.  Sometimes out of season vegetables can be really short of flavor or have a bad texture, and that is particularly true with asparagus.  Regardless, I picked some up at the store and tried a new recipe.  The result was delicious, tender and very easy.

I used a recipe for roasted asparagus by Ina Garten, and made just a few changes.  I used only one pound instead of the two called for in the recipe, cut the roasting time down to 10 minutes, and let the asparagus sit (covered with foil) for 20 minutes while our other food finished in the oven.  It turned out just fine and made it possible for me to use the oven for two dishes in one meal.  I'll definitely try it this way again.

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