I’ve had greens on my mind quite a bit lately, and so it was only a matter of time that a vegetable not classified as a “green” but which is very green would surface.  Spring has exploded here, and it’s difficult to avoid the beautiful asparagus I’ve been seeing at the grocery store.  It’s a bit challenging to pass up a sale, so invariably a bundle is put in the basket even though it wasn’t on my list.  Unfortunately, the beautiful pencil thin stalks were pushed back in the vegetable drawer, and somewhat forgotten.  For a vegetable that has been referred to as the Food of the Kings, this is a sad state of affairs.

Often, recipes I’ve seen initiate a purchase, but in the case of the forgotten asparagus, it was the sale.  Once I’ve made the purchase, then a seed is planted in my brain and I head for the recipes.  Of course once I’d located a recipe, I realized I hadn’t seen the asparagus.  Had I really purchased it?  Not completely sure, I picked up another bunch  at the store, and when I went through the vegetable drawer, while putting the groceries away, I found the other bundle still wrapped in plastic and looking as fresh as ever.   Good thing we like asparagus because I now had quite a bit of it.

Soup was definitely in order.  Beautiful silky, creamy and very green Cream of Asparagus soup — quite different from the Campbell’s my mother used to purchase for me when I was growing up.

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