Asparagus is a simple vegetable that is constantly overlooked - it is in fact, perhaps the most underrated vegetable of all time. It is incredibly healthy and delicious and easy to prepare.
Soak asparagus in a buttery garlic sauce, wrap them in aluminum foil, and then throw them in your oven or preferably, on your grill, and fifteen to twenty minutes later they are perfect. Asparagus really are a great BBQ vegetable to have with your honey mustard battered chicken wings or grilled steak tips.
They are great in cold salads and warm meaty soups. You do not really even need to cut them, just throw them in. Tossing freshly cooked asparagus with pasta, oil olive, and a variety of spices is another great way to enjoy asparagus.
Asparagus is known to be heart healthy. This is because it offers about 2/3rds of the amount of folate a person needs in a day, and folate has been linked to lowering rates of heart attacks. Folate deficiency is in fact, the most common vitamin deficiency in the world.
Asparagus has been used for decades to help those with urinary difficulties because it is a natural diuretic as well. Remarkably, one serving of asparagus contains 115% of the vitamin K a person needs daily. Vitamin K has been shown to be an effective buffer against the contraction of prostate cancer.
