{"id":9838,"date":"2026-02-15T19:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T19:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:00:48","slug":"fresh-asparagus-in-butter-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/fresh-asparagus-in-butter-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Asparagus In Butter Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>2 doz. fresh, thin asparagus spears<br \/>\n1 C. butter<br \/>\n2 fresh cloves garlic<br \/>\n2 tsp. lemon juice<br \/>\n1 tsp. parsley flakes<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. grated lemon rind<br \/>\nparsley sprigs<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Wash spears and snap off white ends, Cut spears into bias-sliced chunks about 2&#8243; long. In a wok or frying pan, melt butter. Press garlic through a press and add with lemon juice and parsley flakes to butter. Heat over medium-high heat. Add asparagus and stir constantly until vegetables are crisp-tender. Remove asparagus to warm serving dish. Add lemon rind to butter sauce in pan. Heat until bubbly and pour over asparagus. Garnish with parsley sprigs and serve immediately. Serves 4.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body.&quot; (Matthew 26:26)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sides<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/fresh-asparagus-in-butter-sauce\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sides"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}