Our Family Food Favorites: Lemon Asparagus

Aug 28, 2015

Lemon Asparagus

This recipe is from The Cozy Apron.

Lemon Asparagus

12 oz. fresh asparagus
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1/4 tsp. sea salt
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
Pinch of fresh pepper
1/2 tsp. fresh lemon juice

Trim the asparagus, discard the hard bottoms. In a medium bowl, toss the asparagus with the remaining ingredients. Roast on a foil lined baking sheet for 10 minutes at 400 degrees.

Recipe shared by Robin.

"Saying Grace" by Norman Rockwell

This painting was created for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post’s 1951 Thanksgiving issue. It portrays a woman and a young boy saying grace in a crowded restaurant while the people around them glance in their direction. Rockwell was inspired to create this artwork by a reader of the magazine who saw a Mennonite family praying in a restaurant.

In 1955, the readers of The Saturday Evening Post voted Saying Grace as their favorite ever cover. The painting was sold for $46 million in an auction at Sotheby’s in December 2013. At that time, it set the record for the most expensive American painting ever sold at auction. The $46 million paid for Saying Grace remains the highest known price paid for a Norman Rockwell artwork.