22 colorful asparagus Recipes

lite olive oil, butter, turkey sausage (out of casing), shallot (fine sliced ), garlic cloves (crushed and fine sliced ), whole coriander seed (fresh crushed ), whole fennel seed (fresh crushed ), whole tri-colored pepper (fresh crushed ), flour, chicken stock, starchy pasta cooking water, fresh basil (or 1/8 cup. dry basil), fusilli, broccoli , cut into flowerets (or asparagus 1 1/2 in. long), grape tomatoes (sliced in half )

uncooked long grain brown rice, reduced-sodium chicken broth or 1 1/4 cups vegetable broth, for veg. version, bell peppers (any color ) or 2 large bell peppers, low-fat parmesan cheese or 3 oz romano cheese, asparagus, cubed cooked chicken or 1 cup extra firm tofu, for vegetarian version, sliced onion, low-fat plain yogurt, pine nuts or 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, salt and pepper