How To Make Roasted Asparagus Salad with Goat Cheese
Smoky and crisp-tender asparagus, soft goat cheese, and crunchy bread crumbs are tossed in a tangy olive oil dressing to yield a tasteful asparagus salad!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1slicethick crusty bread,or 3 thick slices of baguette cut into ½-inch cubes
- 1lbasparagus spears
- 4tspextra-virgin olive oil
- sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1tbsplemon juice
- 3ozfresh goat cheese
- 1lemon,zested
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Arrange bread cubes in a single layer on a baking sheet.
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Toast, tossing halfway through, for about 5 minutes, until golden and crisp. Remove, cool, and chop into coarse crumbs; set aside.
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Wipe the sheet clean. Arrange asparagus on sheet. Drizzle with 2 teaspoons olive oil, and season to taste with sea salt and pepper. Toss to coat.
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Roast, rolling asparagus over once or twice, for 12 to 14 minutes, until just tender, then transfer to a large platter.
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Sprinkle lemon juice over the asparagus, then scatter bread crumbs on top. Drizzle the remaining olive oil; top with goat cheese and lemon zest. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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Serve immediately, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 144.23kcal
- Fat: 9.42g
- Saturated Fat: 3.84g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.35g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.76g
- Carbohydrates: 9.86g
- Fiber: 3.21g
- Sugar: 3.02g
- Protein: 7.43g
- Cholesterol: 9.78mg
- Sodium: 384.21mg
- Calcium: 73.01mg
- Potassium: 278.03mg
- Iron: 3.25mg
- Vitamin A: 104.60µg
- Vitamin C: 15.53mg
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