Grilled Asparagus with Cilantro Lemon Butter

My newfound taste for asparagus has given me something new to create with. Here is one of the first, a great side with any meal!

Step: 1

Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat, and place a sheet of aluminum foil on the grate.

Step: 2

While grill is heating, bring a large pot of water to a boil.

Step: 3

Drop asparagus spears into boiling water and stir gently; cook until the asparagus are bright green but still crisp, 2 to 3 minutes.

Step: 4

Drain the asparagus and cool quickly under a stream of cold water.

Step: 5

Place asparagus into a bowl and toss with olive oil, salt, and black pepper.

Step: 6

Place asparagus onto the foil-lined grill grate and cook until tender, 7 to 10 minutes. Turn spears over several times with tongs.

Step: 7

Transfer grilled asparagus to a serving platter.

Step: 8

Stir cilantro, light butter, fat-free sour cream, and lemon juice together in a bowl; drizzle over asparagus to serve.

Per Serving: 98 calories; protein 3.7g; carbohydrates 8.6g; fat 6.5g; cholesterol 10.2mg; sodium 64.5mg.

One of most obvious way to pick a side dish is to caught at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and pick something different. When you’re making pasta, go for a simple healthy dish . Made steak? Go for more light. If you’re making stir-fry with rice, it must not a best idea to adjust with make a rice salad.

One make sure is also can make to cooking process . You don’t want to overcommit your oven by making to do list three dishes at once in there, or be rounding four pans on the stovetop . But sometimes you can made a dish do double-duty .