This is for all you great dad’s out there secure enough in your manhood to sing to The Little Mermaid for your little girls.
Tasty Tuesday – Lemon and Parmesan Asparagus
Last weekend was the first in a while that the weather has been dry and nice enough, and I haven’t been sick, for me to get out in to the garden. Both days a lovely chunk of time was spent digging in the dirt getting all the bed prepared for planting. Mission accomplished.
On Sunday as I was weeding the herb bed where the tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths are currently providing me with beautiful perfume and color I started thinking about dinner. My husband was doing a spring cleaning of the grill, I had chicken out that I was going to bake, hmmm what vegetable did I want to have. Spring means asparagus of course. And since the grill would be nice and clean how about grilling instead of baking. Oh yes, dinner was coming together nicely.
Given that I’m a big citrus fan I though Lemon Pepper Grilled Chicken, Red Potato Salad and asparagus – oh yes – Lemon and Parmesan Asparagus. My daughter loves cheese, but asparagus not so much… but if I put cheese on it….a win for the mom column.
When I posted about what I was making for dinner on Facebook (sorry for making you all hungry – again) I got a few request for the asparagus recipe. So…..here ya go.
Lemon and Parmesan Asparagus
1 bunch asparagus, ends trimmed
pinch of salt
a few grinds of black pepper
zest of 1/2 lemon
olive oil – enough to coat the asparagus
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat asparagus with olive oil and then sprinkle with the salt, pepper and lemon zest. Gently toss together. Spread the asparagus on a baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove baking sheet from oven and sprinkle the Parmesan over the asparagus. Place back in the over for another 5 minutes or so or until the cheese is melted and turning golden brown.
Serves 4-6
Side note: Since making this I’ve found a few recipes online that are very similar. So while I came up with on my own – I don’t dare say it’s my recipe as it seems this delicious combination of springtime flavors have been around for a while. Guess this just means I have good taste. 
Midcoast Maine
WordPress has this great feature called “Press It” where you can share post from other WordPress loggers. I’ve never used this feature before but I came upon this great article on the Midcoast area and I wanted you all to see it too. Since it’s on WordPress with just a click of the button I’m able to re-post it easy breezy to you. Just click the link and it will bring you straight to the article.
Sunday Smiles
To get us going again (been down with the dumb flu for the last week) here is a fun Sunday Smiles post for you. Thought it was pretty perfect given we have the AFC and NFC playoff games on this afternoon.
Sunday Smiles
My husband and daughter showed me this video yesterday and I laughed and laughed. Today I read that it’s basically gone viral – even being shown on the Today show. Hope you get a chuckle out of it as well.
Photo a Day – Week 1 Favorite
It’s the first week of the Photo-A-Day challenge and I’m pleased to say I did it. Woo hoo – a whole 7 days and I didn’t miss a one! Small feat I know but still…I’m putting this in the win column.
Out of the first seven topics (today, something new, heart, the view from here, movement, mine, street) I went with a pretty straight forward approach of doing exactly what the topic was. The only one I got a little creative on was the “mine” photo where I held my husband’s hand and took a photo of his wedding ring. It didn’t turn out to be my favorite photo of the week but it was kinda cute (in the if you know me sorta way). What was my favorite photo of this week? Well the one of my daughter kicking butt on the basketball court of course.
“Motion”
Now Appearing In
I have two fun photography things to share with you today.
The first is… that the Maine Department of Environmental Protection has asked to use one of my photographs for the Maine Tourism Conference later this month. The photograph they will be using is one of the Maine Windjammer J&E Riggin, a certified member of their Environmental Leader program (since 2007).
The second is… I submitted a photo to Studio b., a creative venue, for their Lucky #13 New Years Camera Phone Event that featured pictures from around the world. The rules for submission were you must use a camera phone and shoot anytime during the 24 hours from midnight and midnight New Year’s Eve thru New Year’s Day. Colleen Duffley, who runs Studio b. posted the collection the other day for everyone to see. (Mine is on page 2, 2nd column, 3 photo down – it’s the same one I shared on this post).
P.S. – The photograph of the J&E Riggin is available as a print. If you are interested in more information email me at rockycoastphotgraphy at gmail dot com.
