asparagus

I like asparagus and feel that eating it is a good, healthy thing to do. I like it when it has been cooked until the spears are just a little bit crunchy. My most favorite asparagus are the thin ones.

While I enjoy and feel good about eating asparagus, I could do without the immediate side effect that follows. If there were a way to have the fun of eating asparagus without the side effect, the vegetable would be at the top of my list for good foods.

With respect to vegetables in general, I have always been a fan of most of them. When I was a kid (until I was about 22 or so and still a little bit now) I did not appreciate tomatoes. I thought they were awful, without even having to taste them. I could not see the appeal. I liked beans, potatoes, broccoli, spinach (due to Popeye's influence), cauliflower and brussel sprouts.

My feelings on tomatoes have softened to the point where I like tomatoes if they are part of a cheeseburger or if they are of the cherry tomato variety and are in a salad covered with Ranch dressing. I know they are good for me, but I still do not like them by themselves.

Other vegetables I have grown to appreciate are: mushrooms - when fresh and on a salad; onions - fresh on cheeseburgers, cooked on quite a wide variety of foods, particularly roast beef and potatoes.

Today, as part of the complementary lunch for a bunch of my colleagues and I, after completing a morning of Junior Achievement, we were served a chicken cordon bleu with asparagus (which was tasty).

This weekend and in the coming week, I hope to eat some healthy food that is good tasting. I hope you do too.

Have a good one. KipK