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Betsylife » Recipes » 30 Minutes or Less » 200th post!

200th post!

March 29, 2011 By betsy 4 Comments

Drumroll!…………. Actually, scratch that, I kind of choked on this milestone. I had a great plan this week to re-create some of Martha Stewart’s super awesome easter egg designs.  These eggs are the most unusual and beautiful easter eggs I have ever seen, and I really wanted to make them at home and impress my friends! Being a fairly accomplished easter egg decorator myself, I thought for sure I could pull it off. Well, as everyone knows (and I should have known better), Martha Stewart is sort of a super human robot when it comes to crafting, and these eggs turned out to be MUCH more difficult then I had thought. In fact, after multiple attempts, at several different techniques, the best I got was The Hubs saying, “what’s wrong with these eggs?”  My usual name-written-in-white-crayon design was a million times better than my tries at these fancy eggs. Sigh. You can’t win em all I guess.

Instead of impressing you with super fabulous, perfect looking easter eggs for my monumental 200th post, please enjoy a simple side dish recipe I prepared for dinner last night. I suppose this is more “Betsy” anyway. These balsamic drenched veggies were tasty and easy to prepare.  Give them a try for dinner tonight and meanwhile I’ll search the internet for easier easter egg ideas that hopefully I can share with you soon. I’m not a quitter!

Asparagus with Balsamic Tomatoes recipe from Cooking Light

  • 1  pound  asparagus, trimmed
  • 2  teaspoons  extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2  cups  halved grape tomatoes
  • 1/2  teaspoon  minced fresh garlic
  • 2  tablespoons  balsamic vinegar
  • 1/4  teaspoon  salt
  • 3  tablespoons  crumbled goat cheese (we skipped the cheese since we’re currently omitting dairy)
  • 1/2  teaspoon  black pepper

1. Cook asparagus in boiling water 2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain.

2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add tomatoes and garlic; cook 5 minutes. Stir in vinegar; cook 3 minutes. Stir in salt. Arrange asparagus on a platter; top with tomato mixture. Sprinkle with cheese and pepper.


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Filed Under: 30 Minutes or Less, Recipes, Side Dishes, Vegetarian/Health Food

Comments

  1. Marissa says

    March 31, 2011 at 1:47 am

    That looks really delicious and simple to make! I’ll look forward to seeing those eggs soon 🙂

    Reply
  2. michelle says

    April 5, 2011 at 12:06 pm

    on the menu for today!

    Reply
    • Boomer says

      August 14, 2011 at 2:46 pm

      I’m so glad that the ienntret allows free info like this!

      Reply
  3. Gurpreet says

    April 8, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    on the menu for me tooo

    Reply

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