Asparagus comes in a variety of colors such as green, white and purple. When purchasing asparagus, look for them to be displayed standing up in shallow water. The stems should be moist and firm.

Ingredients Needed to Cook Fresh Asparagus:

1-2 clusters of fresh asparagus
Butter
Sea Salt
Tony’s Creole Seasoning (optional)
1 cup water

Thoroughly rinse fresh asparagus in cold water leaving the bottom rubber band on. Asparagus can be sandy or gritty, so important to carefully rinse.

On a cutting board, cut the bottom 2-3 inches off the asparagus. Keeping the rubber band on helps to keep the ends from flying all over the place when you cut them off.

In a deep skillet, pour in one cup water and bring to a boil.

Place the asparagus in the skillet – spread out all in the same direction.

Place a few pats of butter over the shoots. Sprinkle a dash of Sea Salt and Tony’s Creole Seasoning. Lower the heat to medium-low (#3 or #4).

Cook about 5-7 minutes.

Serving Suggestions for Fresh Asparagus:

Carefully serve using a large serving fork or spatula.

Um Um it’s so good! We usually end up eating the asparagus before the steak.

Take a look at other healthy asparagus recipes

Grilled steaks and baked potatoes. The All-American meal, especially for the men! Well, All-American includes Cajun in my book! Cajuns love grilling steaks almost as much as boiling crawfish. The great thing about grilling steaks is that it is a year-round thing, whereas crawfish boils are seasonal. We have some grilling tips, plus we’ve included our “skin-eatin’ good” baked potato recipe because baked potatos go with grilled steak like white on rice.

We’re grilling a Porterhouse steak tonight, which is our favorite steak. A Porterhouse steak has the filet, or tenderloin, one one side and the New York strip on the other side, with the “T-bone” in between. A Porterhouse steak is similar to the T-bone steak, except that the filet (or tenderloin) side is much bigger. Usually we’ll buy the biggest Porterhouse in the market, and split it, with Beryl getting the filet side and Mike getting the New York strip side. (If you need some grilling tips, be looking for our Grilling Tips video that we’ll be posting in a few days.)

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For your complete recipe with video, go to:
How to Grill Steaks Recipe and Video
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