Creative Cooking for the Health Conscious Gourmet
Low-Calorie | Low-Carbohydrate | Low-Fat | High-Fiber
Healthy Grilled Asparagus
This grilled asparagus recipe is appropriate for low calorie, high fiber, low fat, and low cholesterol diet regimens. This vegetable is also, obviously vegan and vegetarian.
Asparagus is a spring vegetable with lots of health benefits. It is a rich source of folate, antioxidants, B-complex vitamins, vitamin K, copper, iron, and it provides some dietary fiber, and much more.
Ingredients:
1 lb fresh asparagus, trimmed
0.125 tsp ground black pepper
0.125 tsp salt
1 tbsp olive oil
Directions:
Preheat oven to 450° F. Place asparagus in a 2-quart baking dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle with olive oil, tossing lightly to coat. Roast, uncovered, about 15 minutes or until crisp-tender, lightly tossing twice during roasting. Transfer asparagus to a warm serving platter.
Nutritional Information
Servings: 4
Per serving:
Calories: 53
Total fat: 3.6 g
Saturated fat: 0.6 g
Trans fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 76 mg
Potassium: 230 mg
Total carbohydrates: 4.5 g
Dietary fiber: 2.4 g
Sugars: 2.1 g
Protein: 2.5 g
Chef and Author: Justin Gillette
Medically Reviewed by FibonacciMD editors.
This vegetable recipe compliments any bbq meal along with our turkey burger recipe and our mango and tomato salad.