The bunches of asparagus were half price in our local supermarket this weekend so I couldn't resist buying a bunch. Used for centuries as a vegetable and medicine, asparagus can be traced back to the Ancient Egyptians and a recipe for cooking it is in the oldest surviving recipe book written in the third century. Asparagus is extremely nutritious. It is the highest vegetable provider of folic acid and an excellent source of vitamins A, B,C and K as well as calcium.
