Asparagus with pine nuts, cranberries and feta

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  • Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
1 bunch of Asparagus (about 2 C cleaned and chopped)1/3 C pine nuts2T olive oil1/3 C Craisins (dried cranberries)pinch of sea salt to taste1/4 C Feta Cheese crumbles
Directions
1.Break off or trim the woody ends from the asparagus and discard. Set the spears aside.
2.Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the pine nuts, cranberries, and salt. Cook and stir until the pine nuts start to look translucent, 5 to 6 minutes. Add the asparagus spears and cook, adding a little more olive oil if needed, until stalks are bright green and tender, about 5 to 8 minutes. Serve on a platter with the cranberries and nuts spooned over the top of the asparagus.


Serving Size: makes about 4 1/2 cup servings

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KSUGIRL93.

Servings Per Recipe: 4
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 201.1
  • Total Fat: 15.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 8.3 mg
  • Sodium: 145.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 13.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.5 g
  • Protein: 4.3 g

Member Reviews
  • NASFKAB
    Great idea - 7/4/20
  • GEORGE815
    Nice recipe - 1/22/20
  • ROSSYFLOSSY
    Delicious dish. - 1/22/20
  • CD6913562
    Delicious! - 1/22/20
  • PWILLOW1
    DELICIOUS NEWWAY TO EAT ASPARAGUS. - 12/15/19
  • MUGABI123
    Love asparagus and this recipe looks unique, thanks! - 10/27/19
  • NELLJONES
    I used raisins, really tasty! - 9/3/18
  • RO2BENT
    seems like a lot of olive oil, and i'd skip the craisins (too much sugar) - 2/21/18
  • NANCYPAT1
    Interesting flavor combination - 1/25/18
  • PATRICIAANN46
    Absolutely delicious.................... - 7/30/17
  • CD2693807
    looks very good
    - 3/29/17
  • BWOTX46
    This was awesome! I've already been instructed that I'm to bring this to all future family meals! One of our diners said this was the best asparagus she had ever eaten! And it was so easy! - 7/12/15