I've found that most vegetables are improved by simply roasting or grilling them. Toss with some extra virgin olive oil, sprinkle with a little salt and pepper and stick in a hot oven until tender. It concentrates the flavors rather than diluting them as boiling or steaming tend to do. Asparagus becomes ethereally delicious, as do onions, especially sweet ones. We recently tried beets this way. Yummy!!

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