Lemon Pasta and Toasted Lemon Asparagus

I didn’t have a lot on hand this evening, and it was late, but I wanted to cook something delicious so I went for the staples, things I usually have on hand: a lemon, some fresh parsley and dry pasta.

I also happened to have some fresh asparagus I’d snatched up when I was buying my client meal ingredients for the week.

Timmy helped with the asparagus and Praline helped with the pasta.

It was a late and simple meal, but elegant and satisfying.

Lemon Pasta

Add a generous portion of lemon juice and snipped Italian (flat leaf) parsley to a batch of cooked pasta

Tear a few Kalamata olives into the mix

Give it a good drizzling of olive oil and a smattering of sea salt and red pepper flakes

Eat

Toasted Lemon Asparagus

Coat a good bunch of washed and trimmed asparagus with olive oil

Give it all a good sprinkling of sea or kosher salt and a squeeze of lemon

Spread it all out on a cookie sheet

Broil under a hot broiler until browned

Eat

Posted by: Cora

Tagged as: asparagus, family dinner, lemon pasta, lemons, toasted asparagus, vegan recipes