Asparagus is one of our favorite spring veggies because it is so versatile. Roast it in the oven, saute it in a pan, or grill it for a healthy side dish. Fold it into stir-fries, pasta, or risotto, or turn it into a lovely soup. Shave it raw in a salad or on pizza—for a fresh spring bite! Easy to cook at home, here are our favorite ways to serve it up!
Table of Contents
- Healthy Asparagus Side dishes
- Asparagus Dinner recipes!
- Stir-fry Asparagus Recipes!
- Delicious Asparagus Salads
- Spring Pasta Salad with Asparagus & Mushrooms
- Asparagus for Breakfast? Yes!
- Asparagus FAQs
- How to Store Asparagus
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- 20 Best Asparagus Recipes: Oven Roasted Asparagus
Healthy Asparagus Side dishes
oven-Roasted AsparaguS Recipe
This baked asparagus recipe is our go-to. Drizzle asparagus spears with a little olive oil, salt, black pepper and lemon zest, and roast it in the oven until perfectly tender-crisp. Keep it vegan, or sprinkle it with parmesan cheese; it’s up to you! Fast and easy.
Sauteed Asparagus
Sauteed asparagus is a healthy easy side dish perfect for spring! Tender spears are cooked in olive oil with salt, pepper, and lemon. Simple yet vibrant! Vegan.
Grilled Asparagus
Grilled Asparagus is one of the easiest, fastest, and tastiest ways to cook asparagus in under 15 minutes! Serve it over a vegan hollandaise sauce with red pepper flakes!
Asparagus Dinner recipes!
In these dinner recipes, asparagus takes center stage! We love asparagus so much we often feature it in the main dish.
Salmon & Roasted Asparagus with Creamy Dill Sauce
Asparagus and Salmon just belong together, don’t they? They also take roughly the same amount of time to roast on a baking sheet- a total win! This Roasted Salmon with Asparagus and Dill Sauce is a simple, easy sheet-pan dinner that comes together in 30 minutes yet feels like a feast.
Tarragon Chicken with Baked Asparagus, Lemon and Leeks
Another favorite spring meal- weeknight dinners really don’t get any easier than this! This Tarragon Chicken with Roasted Asparagus, Lemon, and Leeks is fast, easy, and healthy with minimal clean-up.
Asparagus Risotto
OH MY GOODNESS! This Lemony Asparagus Risotto with leeks and basil is so flavorful! It’s light and creamy, with vibrant spring color. Top it with grilled mushrooms, fish or chicken for a delicious spring dinner!
Asparagus Risotto Video
Fennel Crusted Halibut with Creamy Asparagus Sauce
Ok, here’s a fancy dinner that is perfect for date night. Fennel Crusted Halibut is pan-seared then placed atop the most luscious, creamy Asparagus Sauce. The asparagus sauce can be made ahead! Serve it up with spring veggies.
Baked Cod with Asparagus, Lemon, Garlic & Thyme
Need a simple elegant one-pan dinner idea? This Baked Cod with Asparagus Stalks, Fennel and Leeks is simple and easy- perfect for busy nights! Serve it on its own or over a bowl of creamy polenta.
Charred Asparagus Pasta with Lemony Cannellini Beans
This healthy vegan pasta recipe comes together in less than 30 minutes! Charred Asparagus Kale Pasta with a creamy Cannellini Bean Leek Sauce- try it, we think you’ll love it!
Orzo Pasta with Asparagus, Lemon and Dill
Hello sunshine in a bowl! This Spring Orzo Pasta with Asparagus, Lemon and Dill – has all the flavors we crave in spring! Serve this warm as a quick flavorful entree or chilled as a side salad.
Asparagus Tart with Chives, Tarragon and Gruyere
This Asparagus Tart with tarragon, chives and gruyere may look fancy- but it is deceivingly simple! An easy elegant dish, serve it as lunch, appetizer, or call it a meal – perfect for a special occasion. Under 30 minutes of hands-on time!
Creamy Asparagus Soup
This vibrant green Creamy Asparagus soup with fennel and tarragon contains so much spring goodness! Plus, it just makes me happy, just looking at it. That color! A delicious start to a meal, or make it the meal! Vegan adaptable.
Stir-fry Asparagus Recipes!
Stir-fried Asparagus is such a quick and easy way to serve up our favorite spring veggie, and it takes just a few minutes! Asparagus gets perfectly tender yet remains snappy and crisp- retaining its beautiful vibrant spring color! Don’t have a wok? No problem- use a skillet!
Szechuan Asparagus with Garlic and Ginger
This Stir-fried Szechuan Asparagus is a flavor explosion! Made with Garlic and Ginger and a flavorful, authentic Szechuan Sauce– enjoy it as a healthy vegan side or add your choice of protein and make it a meal!
Lemony Shrimp and Asparagus Stir Fry
We love how fast and easy this Shrimp Asparagus Stir Fry is! Infused with Lemon and Basil -it is a delicious and healthy skillet meal that can be made in just 15-minutes! Low-carb and GF.
Asparagus Mushroom Stir-Fry
This simple, flavorful Asparagus Mushroom Stir-Fry is loaded up with vibrant spring veggies in a simple sauce, with your choice of protein. It can be made in 20 minutes flat! Keep it vegan with crispy tofu, or add chicken or shrimp!
Delicious Asparagus Salads
Fennel Asparagus Salad
Did you know that raw asparagus is one of the healthiest things we can feed our gut? This Fennel Asparagus Salad with Almonds and Lemony Leek Dressing is vegan, can be made ahead, and is a perfect side to fish, chicken or tofu. One of our fall-time favorite salads on the blog.
Spring Pasta Salad with Asparagus & Mushrooms
This Spring Pasta Salad with asparagus & mushrooms and Lemony parsley dressing is so tasty- perfect for spring gatherings or potlucks!
Quinoa Asparagus Salad (aka Spring Tabouli)
We’ve reinvented Tabouli to make it a little more spring friendly! This Spring Tabbouleh Salad with Quinoa and Asparagus can be made with your choice of spring veggies, infused with fresh dill, lemon, sliced almonds and crumbly goat or feta (optional). A healthy, flavorful side dish that can be made ahead- perfect for barbecues, potlucks and outdoor gatherings.
Asparagus Salad with olives, lemon and Israeli Couscous
Spring Asparagus Salad with Israeli Couscous, kalamata olives, pine nuts mint, and feta in a lemony dressing.
Asparagus for Breakfast? Yes!
Asparagus is perfect for brunch or breakfast, easily incorporated into frittata, quiche and scrambles.
Scrambled Eggs with Asparagus, Leeks, Chèvre and Dill
Scrambled eggs get enlivened with vibrant spring asparagus, goat cheese, dill and leeks. A delicious bowl of goodness!
Springy Vegan Asparagus Frittata
Stocked up with fresh herbs, leeks and asparagus, and a flavorful, creamy chickpea flour filling, this spring frittata is vegan, eggless and tasty!
Asparagus Toast with Poached Eggs
A simple yet elegant breakfast or brunch recipe-Asparagus toast is topped with a pillowy poached egg and warm bacon vinaigrette.
Baked Crepes with Asparagus
These savory crepes are made from scratch and stuffed with asparagus, mushrooms, leeks, and goat cheese—a tasty brunch recipe!
Asparagus FAQs
Asparagus is a tender veggie that cooks quickly. We find that short cooking methods work best to preserve asparagus’s color and crispness. Quick roasting, grilling, stir-frying, or lightly sauteeing until tender-crisp elevates asparagus.
Asparagus has a clean, green, grassy flavor that tastes of spring.
We love pairing asparagus with salmon, chicken and Asian flavors. Spring herbs like tarragon really elevate asparagus.
Don’t overcook asparagus or you will lose its lovely color, snappy texture and vibrancy. Don’t forget to remove the tough fibrous woody ends of the asparagus.
If asparagus seems limp or dry, with a sharp knife, cut off 1/2 inch of the root end, and submerge ends in a jar of cold water to revive and place this in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours. They will perk right up!
How to Store Asparagus
To preserve its crispness, either store it in an airtight container with a damp paper towel wrapped around the base or store asparagus in a mason jar with an inch of water in the fridge, covered.
Pick out a few Asparagus Recipes to try out when asparagus starts showing up in your local area- typically April- June!
Enjoy these let us know your favorites below!
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20 Best Asparagus Recipes: Oven Roasted Asparagus
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 22
- Total Time: 27 minutes
- Yield: 4
- Category: side dish, vegetables
- Method: roasted
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegan
Description
Asparagus is one of our favorite spring veggies! Roast it in the oven and serve it as a healthy side dish; fold it into stir-fries, sautees, or pasta; turn it into a lovely soup or risotto, or shave it raw into a salad—it is easy to cook at home! (Oven-baked asparagus
Ingredients
- 1 bunch asparagus
- lemon zest from one lemon
- 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
- 1–2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- Garnish: a squeeze of lemon, fresh herbs, optional parmesan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F
- Trim asparagus: Hold one spear of asparagus in your hand, and with your fingers snap off the rough end. Note where it naturally breaks. Use this as a guide to trim the remaining asparagus, laying it next to the others. Cut the remaining spears to match this length.
- Toss the trimmed asparagus in a bowl with olive oil, garlic, lemon zest, salt & pepper.
- Lay spears out in a single layer on a parchment-lined sheet pan.
- Roast until just tender (yet still vibrant green), about 15-25 minutes, depending on size and thickness, tossing halfway through.
- Once tender squeeze with lemon juice, and give a good toss. Taste for salt, adding more if needed.
- Place in a serving dish and garnish with any of the optional garnishes.
Notes
Serve the roasted asparagus as a side dish, or cut and add to salads, pasta salads, etc.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: with 2 tablespoons pine nuts
- Calories: 127
- Sugar: 3.5 g
- Sodium: 294.6 mg
- Fat: 10.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 8.3 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 4.5 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Hi! Love every single one of your recipes, I’ve been following and using them almost every week for years now and cannot tell you how grateful I am that they have helped me eat healthier.
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Thanks Caroline! I appreciate this. It sounds like maybe you need to update your browser? Or try a different browser. Safari doesnt not work well anymore with the site. Could you try Chrome? The ads on the site have not increased, they have decreased.
As always your recipes are easy to follow and delicious. I wondered if you also have recipes for white asparagus. In Europe they are very popular. Even that this kind requires more preparation time and skills (peeling) 😀
I will look for some! It is harder to find here…
Hi Sylvia,
I want to tell you that I love all your recipes and I am super grateful to receive them in my inbox. I have made so many of them and never am I disappointed. They are always fabulous. You are amazing and I am forever grateful!! Thank you for the asparagus recipes today – yum.
Thanks Maura!