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Easy Baked Asparagus is for Dinner.

Easy Baked Asparagus takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Easy Baked Asparagus takes 15 minutes to cook.

Easy Baked Asparagus makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Easy Baked Asparagus are:

4 cups fresh asparagus, with tough ends cut off
2 tbsp butter or butter substitute (calculations are done with real butter)
Dash of Salt
Dash of Course Black Pepper

Here is how you make Easy Baked Asparagus:

Wash asparagus and cut off tough ends. Lay in single layer in oven safe casserole dish. Melt 2 tbsp. butter or butter subtitute and drizzle over asparagus. Sprinkle with a dash of salt and dash of coarse black pepper. Cover tightly with aluminum foil. Bake at 450 for 15 minutes (I like mine tender crisp, if you like it a little more done- try 20 minutes). Voila- healthy, yummy side dish for dinner - or sometimes main course for lunch! Allows for 4 - 1 cup servings. Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PAMELA143.

The nutritional information for Easy Baked Asparagus is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 98.1

• Total Fat: 7.2 g
• Cholesterol: 18.3 mg
• Sodium: 98.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 7.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.4 g
• Protein: 3.7 g