How to choose and prepare asparagus
Food • Vegetables
A remarkably nutritious vegetable, asparagus comes in several varieties and can be cooked many different ways. Learn how to introduce asparagus into your diet and get all of the benefits from this delicious food. Here is how you will find asparagus at most grocery stores. Look for straight, green, rounded stalks. See that the tips are small, closed and dark green or purple color. First wash the spears thoroughly. Next, cut off the bottoms with either a knife, or by snapping them. Asparagus can be steamed, boiled or microwaved.
