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It’s Monday, and guess what that means? Another awesome installment of This Week’s Cravings.
Our theme this week is Christmas Appetizers & Party Platters.
I’m proud to be co-hosting This Week’s Cravings along with Tina over at MOMS CRAZY COOKING, Kristen from From My Tiny Kitchen, Angie from Big Bear’s Wife & Kristi from Veggie Converter.
So have you made any Christmas Appetizers or Party Platters? Want to link up? Yes, you – if you have a recipe that follows our theme, link up down there at the bottom in the linky. It will be awesome. (make sure you read the simple rules first). And make sure it’s for only Christmas Appetizers & Party Platters.
Now, onto my yummy recipe.
I love Asparagus in ways that people love bacon. I know, it’s weird. Btw: I love bacon too. But Asparagus is just so healthy and wonderful and I love it in all sorts of things – my Rigatoni with Bacon & Asparagus is a pretty popular recipe on The Daily Dish and it’s one of my favorite dinners. I also realized I don’t have a lot of Asparagus recipes on my blog and that’s messed up because we make it all the time, so I’m going to start changing that and its all beginning with this little blast from the archive files. I’ve seen a lot of versions of this particular recipe and by far this is still the best one I’ve found.
Ham Asparagus Roll-ups
- 16 fresh asparagus spears, trimmed
- 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 tube of crescent rolls, 8 ct.
- 16 thin slices fully cooked ham
- Olive Oil
- Sea Salt
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
In a large skillet, cook asparagus in a small amount of water until crisp-tender, about 6-8 minutes; drain well.
While those are cooking, open the tube of crescent rolls and unroll them into triangles and lay them on a baking sheet. Spread a thin layer of Dijon mustard on each crescent triangle.
Cut the asparagus into 3-4″ pieces starting from the asparagus head. Take two thin slices of ham and wrap them around 2 asparagus spears. Place the ham and aspargus roll at the larger end of the crescent roll triangle and roll into shape.
Return the entire crescent roll up to the baking sheets. Now, what we do, is to coat the ends that are sticking out with a little bit of Extra Virgin Olive oil and a shake of sea salt. You can do this or skip this step and then bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
These are SOOOO good! They taste like they have cheese in them and are incredibly addicting but if you want to add swiss cheese, go for it. I got my son who is not an asparagus fan to eat these and he loved them. haha They are just that good.
Participate in upcoming linky parties:
- 12/19/2011 Week # 60 Christmas Dinners & Holiday Food Traditions
- 12/26/2011 Week # 61 Macaroni & Cheese
- 1/2/2012 Week # 62 Let’s Get Healthy… Healthy Meals & Snacks
- 1/9/2012 Week # 63 COMFORT FOOD: Soups & Casseroles
- 1/16/2012 Week # 64 CHEESE LOVER DAY… YUMMY Cheese recipes
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A bit of a twist on the original Ham and Asparagus Roll Up. Soft, warm and full of delicious flavor.
Ingredients
- 16 fresh asparagus spears, trimmed
- 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 tube of crescent rolls, 8 ct.
- 16 thin slices fully cooked ham
- Olive Oil
- Sea Salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
In a large skillet, cook asparagus in a small amount of water until crisp-tender, about 6-8 minutes; drain well.
While those are cooking, open the tube of crescent rolls and unroll them into triangles and lay them on a baking sheet. Spread a thin layer of Dijon mustard on each crescent triangle.
Cut the asparagus into 3-4″ pieces starting from the asparagus head. Take two thin slices of ham and wrap them around 2 asparagus spears. Place the ham and aspargus roll at the larger end of the crescent roll triangle and roll into shape.
Return the entire crescent roll up to the baking sheets. Now, what we do, is to coat the ends that are sticking out with a little bit of Extra Virgin Olive oil and a shake of sea salt. You can do this or skip this step and then bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Serve
http://dailydishrecipes.com/ham-and-asparagus-roll-ups-recipe/This post is linked to: Melt in Your Mouth Monday, Motivate Me Monday, Made By You Monday, Makin’ You Crave Mondays, Mouthwatering Mondays
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A very delicious dish. I tried your recipe and made my family happy. Thanks. An addition to my recipe book.
This looks good, I love asparagus! I just wanted to say I really enjoy all the links you post on your Twitter Feed. Good stuff all around. I linked a festive Christmas recipe for This Week’s Craving, too, looks like a nice little roundup. PLease let me know if I didn’t do it right!
Thanks for the sweet words Eninah, I am so pleased your family enjoyed it!
I can’t believe I missed these comments, I’m so sorry! Renee, thank you for the sweet and kind words … makes me feel good about what I share, especially when I know someone is enjoying them so much!
You did great with the This Week’s Cravings- it’s every Monday, so come back and join us any Monday – our themes change but you can see the upcoming themes by clicking on the link at the top on the Navigational Menu. Thanks again!!