Recipe: Fresh Vegetable of the Week -- Asparagus

Looking for an easy way to cook fresh asparagus?

Ingredients

1 -2 pounds fresh asparagus (trim off the ends)

2 teaspoons olive oil

dash of salt

dash of pepper

3 TBS Parmesan cheese

½ lemon (juiced)

3 TBS balsamic vinegar

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Put the asparagus in a 13 x 9 pan.  Sprinkle the asparagus with oil, salt and pepper, mix to coat the asparagus. Bake, uncovered for  10.  Remove from oven, sprinkle with parmesan cheese and drizzle with balsamic vinegar.  Broil for an additional 3 minutes.  Enjoy!