Oven Roasted Asparagus

This is easier than sin and you keep all of the nutrients in the vegetables by not boiling the life out of them.

What You Will Need:
Parchment Paper
Baking Sheet
Oven Mitts
Knife

Ingredients:
1-Bunch of Asparagus Spears
1-Teaspoon Sea Salt
1-Teaspoon Garlic Powder or Granulated Garlic
3-Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil **I have a pump sprayer which I really like.  You can get them anywhere that sells household items.  Just fill with the Olive Oil, pump and spray.**

Pre-heat your oven to 400-Degrees F.

What you will need:
A small baking sheet-tray lined with parchment paper. I find using parchment paper is so much easier for clean up. After all....who enjoys scrubbing pots and pans? Not me.

Directions:
Cut off the bottoms of your Asparagus Spears, usually about 2-inches from the bottom if they are thicker.  Or...you can hold each end of the Asparagus Spear, with one hand and gently bend it. It will break at the thicker part of the stalk,  thrown away the lower broken piece. This is fibrous-woody and you don't want it.

Lay the Asparagus Spears on to the parchment lined baking sheet-tray 
Spray or drizzle the olive oil over the Asparagus Spears
Lightly sprinkle the garlic powder or granulated garlic on each Asparagus Spear
Lightly sprinkle the sea salt on each Asparagus Spear

Bake in the oven for 15-minutes or so, depending on your oven.  The spears should be tender not mushy. 

This was for supper-dinner tonight.  Oven Baked Corn Flakes Chicken, Oven Roasted Asparagus and Buttermilk Onion Rings. The Onion Rings recipe is already listed here on my blog.  I'll be posting the Cornflakes Chicken soon.