Recipe: Garlic Butter Asparagus

I am not a fan of asparagus, I've tried. Really. I think it's such an elegant, fancy dish... but I just am not a fan of the veggie. I even tried to make it "better" by sauteing it with garlic, thinking that would help me. I wasn't overly impressed, but my family scarfed it down, so I figured I should probably put it down "on paper" before I forget how I did it.

Garlic Butter Asparagus

Ingredients
1 bunch of Asparagus (14-18 spears)
3 tablespoons of butter
3 generous tablespoons of minced garlic

Instructions:
Rinse asparagus and cut spears down to fit the size of saute pan. In large saute pan combine butter and garlic over medium high heat, cook until garlic begins to brown. Add asparagus spears to the pan, making sure not to stack them on one another. cover pan with lid and let cool on medium-low heat until the spears are tender (about 10 minutes). You may have to batch the spears into two groups, do not take out the garlic, just add more butter (1-2 more tablespoons) and saute the second batch of spears. Plate the asparagus and use the garlic butter from the pan as a sauce over the asparagus before serving.

Snow White movie Menu (updated photos)

I'm not going to recap the entire first movie meal ever, but I recently recreated the meal for mother's day. My mom requested it and I was more than happy to oblige as it's one of my favorite meals I've ever made. We didn't watch the movie to go along with the meal, but I wanted to share the recipe again and encourage readers.

Cranberry & Apple Jelly Glazed Pork Loin - Recipe Link

As fancy as the recipe sounds, it is actually really easy and fun. And your kitchen will smell amazing. The glaze is super tasty, but I personally do not like the flavor thyme has, so I tried halfing what the recipe calls for and it was still too much for me. I don't think the glaze *needs* it, so if you're like me, I'd just not put it in at all. Next time I'll try that.

The hardest part of the dish is waiting for it to cook! It smells so good, and the basting every 10 minutes of cook time at least gives you something to do while you die of hunger.

Even if you don't want to watch Snow White, this is a fantastic meal option and I highly recommend you try it. And there are several versions of Snow White to choose from, you don't *have* to watch the first feature length animated film. Or you could check out the first six seasons of ABC's Once Upon A Time, as I think the most perfect Snow White ever is Ginnifer Goodwin.

To round out the meal I cooked up some wild rice (I cheated and used Uncle Ben's boxed rice), and I also tried my hands at sauteed asparagus (a veggie I try so hard to like because it looks so elegant, but I can't). I sauteed the spears with butter and garlic, it was the perfect finisher for the meal.