Experience Nutrition: Plant-Based Recipe: Quick & Simple Bamboo Steamer Asparagus. Basil Oil.

Within the Experience Nutrition Corporate Wellness Programs, we offer private online communities where we share healthy eating tips and recipes, and employees share their recipe creations and ask food and nutrition questions.

This week one of the participants wanted to know how to cook asparagus. While asparagus is not growing in season in Arizona right now, I shopped in a few different stores to find fresh organic asparagus.

Happy to share with you two ways to enjoy cooking and eating asparagus, starting with steaming asparagus in a bamboo steamer to enjoy as a side or in a fresh salad. And, the next recipe is Roasted Asparagus. Corn-on-the Cob. Heirloom Tomatoes. Turmeric Hummus.

Bamboo Steamer Asparagus Recipe

Use this simple bamboo steamer culinary technique to steam asparagus, as well as other fresh vegetables.

SIMPLE INGREDIENTS

• Bamboo Steamer Asparagus
  • 8-10 asparagus stems
  • Pinch sea salt
• Basil Finishing Oil
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 tbsp basil leaves

SIMPLE STEPS

Basil Oil

Since it only takes about 5 minutes to steam the asparagus  in the bamboo steamer, first prepare this very simple Basil Oil as a finishing dressing for the asparagus.

• Pour oil and basil into a small blender.
• Blend for about 2 minutes.
• Use the oil as a finishing oil for the asparagus.

 

Bamboo Steamer Asparagus

• Pour a few cups of water into a large pot.
• Place pot on the stove top and bring to a boil.
• Place asparagus stems onto bamboo steamer rack, spaced a part and not touching.
• Sprinkle asparagus with sea salt.

• Cover bamboo steamer.
• Place steamer on top of the pot of boiling water.

• Allow the steam to cook the asparagus for about 5 minutes.
• Test the asparagus for doneness.
• When the asparagus easily falls off the fork, it is cooked.

 

• Take the asparagus off the bamboo steamer.
• Drizzle the Basil Oil on the asparagus.

 

• Mindfully plate or enjoy the asparagus in a salad.