Here at The Organic Kitchen we take a favorite summer vegetable and make it even better. This Is The Organic Kitchen “Corn Off The Cob With Asparagus”..
Looks delicious right?
Corn is a heavily sprayed crop so organic is the only way to go. And if you can find non GMO corn, buy it. It’s getting harder and harder though…sigh.
I use my knife to shave the corn right off the cob and into a bowl. The bowl keeps the corn from spilling all over the counter.
We liven and health up our corn by adding asparagus, red onion, chives and red bell peppers…
I use non toxic, non stick ceramic pots and pans for a lot of my cooking. The white surface you see is ceramic. NOTHING sticks to it:) and it is chemical free and lighter than cast iron. The only downside to ceramic cookware is that it doesn’t brown well so I use cast iron for that:)
The Recipe: Corn Off The Cob With Asparagus
Here at The Organic Kitchen we take a favorite summer vegetable and make it even better. This Is The Organic Kitchen “Corn Off The Cob With Asparagus”..
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup diced red onion
- 1 small red bell pepper diced
- Kernels cut from 5 ears yellow or white corn 4 cups
- One bunch asparagus cut into 2" pieces
- Sea salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh chives
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Heat 2 T butter over medium heat in a large sauté pan. Add the onion and sauté for 5 minutes, until the onion is soft. Stir in the bell pepper and sauté for 2 more minutes.
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Add corn, asparagus, salt, and pepper and 2 T butter, stirring occasionally, for 5 to 7 minutes, until the corn just loses its starchiness. Season to taste with salt and pepper, gently stir in chives.
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Post tags: vegetarian, side dish, summer
Why did you say to use orange bell pepper in your recipe, when the title says to use red, and you’re clearly using red in the photos?
Simple typo:) But either would work perfectly.
This mixture of vegetables was absolutely delicious!
Definitely a keeper in the recipe file. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Lisa! I am so glad you liked it!
hahaha it’s healthy. with half a stick of butter
Hi a guy. Thanks for your comment. It sounds like you haven’t been keeping up the news about fat! Fat has always been healthy, yes that’s right, humans can not live without it for very long and fat feeds every cell in your body and brain. The media may have told people otherwise for decades but they were just doing what the media does, repeating what the food manufacturers, specially the artificial fat manufacturers wanted them to repeat. You know, those people that make nutrition-less fake fats like margarine, vegetable oils and worst of all hydrogenated oils like crisco that are now called ‘trans-fats’ and have been solidly proven to increase inflammation in the body and brain. Butter on the other hand is a healthy medium chain fatty acid and contains more than just saturated fat. People are often surprised to learn that about a third of the fat in butter is actually monounsaturated—the same sort of heart-healthy fat that’s in olive oil and avocado. Butter also contains a variety of nutrients. It’s a good source of vitamin A—which about 40% of Americans do not get enough of. It also contains modest amounts of vitamins D and E which can also be found in another healthy fat, olive oil! But butter also features a few nutrients that are not particularly widespread in the food supply, including CLA, MCTs, vitamin K2, choline, and butyrate. Choline is an essential nutrient that has many important functions in the body, including synthesizing neurotransmitters and protecting neurons. The average intake for this nutrient is only about half of what’s considered to be adequate.
And, finally, butyrate is a short-chain fatty acid that has anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects, especially in the gut. Butyrate is produced on site in the gut by your intestinal bacteria. So, one way to get more butyrate in your gut is to eat more fiber, which promotes the health of those bacteria. Another way is to eat foods that contain butyrate, including butter. I hope this wasn’t too long winded but I love sharing the health benefits of fat because many people just don’t know!