Creamy Italian Asparagus

Hi there, Sarah here! I'm Josephine's favorite daughter. 😉 I live in North Alabama with my husband Nick. We just recently celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. We have two beautiful daughters, Whitney is 5 years old and Sydney is 10 months old.

Since Whitney is getting to the age where she likes to help with everything, I've been putting her to work in the kitchen and doing chores around the house. She is my big helper especially when it comes to taking care of her baby sister. Helping me with laundry, cleaning her room, emptying the dishwasher. Learning how to cook has been a fun time as well! This evening we made Creamy Italian Asparagus! It was so delicious and she did such a good job.

Children are like sponges, they love to help, they love to learn, and they love to feel your appreciation. If you are looking for something fun to do with your littles, get in the kitchen, make some cookies, find an easy recipe like this one that they can help out with. They might even try the dreaded vegetable cause THEY helped make it!

Here is our fun recipe we made for supper.

Creamy Italian Asparagus ~

Here are the things you will need. Tip: I like to get everything out first then call Whitney into the kitchen so she isn't standing there losing interest while I gather ingredients.

I get her to work washing the asparagus and teach her the importance of cleaning the food first.

Then she got to work with the cheesy goodness sauce! This obviously takes great concentration!

For our Italian seasonings I love to use Tastefully Simple (I am not a distributor, I just love their products). So if you have never tried them, find someone you know who sells it and try some out! But really any Italian seasoning will work great.

We don't really measure this part, you can never put to much! Just eyeball it.

 

Next for specialty cheese, any brand of Asiago cheese will work but I really like this brand. I, of course, do the shredding of the cheese and she entertains herself with singing into the whisk her favorite Disney songs.

Mixing all the cheesy goodness together means it's almost time for this yummy dish to go into the oven!

The asparagus go into the baking dish and then smothered with cheese sauce!

This bad boy bakes for 20 minutes with it's ready to be gobbled up!

Yes, It's amazing! Go make it!

 Creamy Italian Asparagus
Prep time: 5 mins or double that if you have tiny hands helping

Cook time: 18 mins

Total time: 23 mins

Serves: Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

• About 1 lb (1 bunch) asparagus, small/medium thickness
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning
• Salt to taste
• Fresh cracked black pepper to taste
• ½ cup freshly grated Asiago cheese
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

    Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 400 and lightly grease a 1.5-2 quart baking pan. (8x8 baking pan should work too.)
2. Wash and dry the asparagus stalks. Trim off the white ends, if any. Place asparagus into the baking dish and spread them evenly.
3. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together heavy cream, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and grated Asiago cheese.
4. Pour heavy cream mixture all over the asparagus.
5. Spread mozzarella cheese over the top.
6. Bake for 18-20 minutes. (This is a good amount of time when using small to medium thickness of asparagus.   :-)
 

-Sarah