serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • olive oil
  • diagonally cut asparagus
  • sliced mushrooms
  • finely chopped fresh parsley
  • grated lemon rind
  • coarse ground pepper
ready in about 25 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • asparagus
  • olive oil
ready in about 25 minutes; serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • asparagus
  • olive oil

To prepare the asparagus for this salad, we found that broiling concentrates the flavor of the asparagus and lightly caramelizes the peel. We prefer to use thin (under 5/8-inch) asparagus under the broiler-this lets us skip the peeling step and allows the spears to cook more evenly.

ready in about 25 minutes; serves 6
You might need to buy:
  • olive oil
  • Table salt and ground black pepper
  • minced red onion
  • balsamic vinegar
  • minced fresh parsley leaves
  • extra-virgin olive oil
  • Table salt and ground black pepper