Category: Asparagus

• Asparagus forever

  Would you just eat asparagus for every meal? asked Stoic the Vast when we had so much growing in the yard that I could easily have had it three times a day. Yes, said I. Who wouldn’t? Well, evidently, himself for one. We’ve got a wee bit in our new yard but, mostly, I’ll be […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  May 2, 2022

  Asparagus, simple goodness

  cooking from garden, healthy eating, Vegetables

• A fine day for running off the rails; roasted asparagus with a college education

  This would be the day for going stark-raving, nutso, bat-crap, screaming like a banshee, inhaling everything in sight, edible and non-. The air is like damp, gray wool. I’m reading William Styron, the master of depressive darkness. It’s Daughter’s Day and one daughter won’t answer the phone, the other had her daughter answer rudely. I’m afraid […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  September 25, 2016

  Addiction, Asparagus, Building better habits, Emo eating, Mind games and weight loss, Roasting vegetables, Seasonal food, Seniors and weight loss, Weight Watchers

  binging, cheese, cooking from garden, healthy eating, obesity, Vegetables, why overeat

• Mother’s Day breakfast

  I’m not going to start in on Mother’s Day, oh well, maybe just a little. I talked to all of our daughters, heard some grandchildren screeching in the background; we took a small picnic and a big thermos of coffee to a park on the Yadkin River in Forsythe County; we came home and stretched […]

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  May 12, 2014

  Asparagus, Breakfast, Celebrations, vegetables

  eggs, healthy eating, Parmesan, White sauce