Remember the other day when I told you about that fun Monday play-date filled with gingerbread people making, yummy snacks, silly kids, and fun mummies? Here's the quick and easy snack I served. Are you thinking this looks complicated and fancy? Not kid food? Well, my sweet friends, this is a simple 5 ingredient recipe. Kids love this asparagus because it's sweet and tastes like raspberries. My friends Holley and Ronda make a similar raspberry asparagus side dish that is incredibly delicious. Here I've turned it into finger food and simplified things by replacing the raspberry sauce with store-bought raspberry vinaigrette.
Wouldn't these make beautiful fresh New Year's Eve hors d'oeuvres?
Raspberry Asparagus Endive Boats
printer friendly recipe
makes about 15
2 Endives
1 bunch asparagus
2 Tablespoons raspberry vinaigrette
1 1/2 pint fresh raspberries
1/2 cup candied pecans, chopped
Trim one inch off the bottoms of the endives. Separate, rinse, and dry leaves.
Trim tough bottoms off asparagus and discard. Cut asparagus into approximately 2.5" pieces.
In a medium sized skillet over medium-high heat, heat one tablespoon olive oil. Add asparagus and a pinch of salt and pepper and cook just until tender crisp, about 5 minutes. Stir in raspberry vinaigrette and remove from heat. Place asparagus in a bowl and cool completely in refrigerator. Carefully fold in raspberries and place raspberry asparagus mixture into endives. Sprinkle with pecans.
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ReplyDeleteThese look delicious! A perfect festive appetizer for any holiday party!
ReplyDeleteI love this appetizer because it's healthy so you won't feel so guilty eating a few, plus your getting some veggies in at the same time. My son loves raspberry vinaigrette on his spinach so he would definitely be a fan of this.
ReplyDeleteThe colors are also amazing and festive and remind me of your cranberry brie bites!
Jackie :)
What a delicious and healthy looking little snack! I am always so impressed with the delicious things that you come up with.
ReplyDeleteI am starving right now. What was I thinking clicking this post? This is amazing. The recipe and the pics.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to like it here!
These look so pretty and yummy, thanks for the recipe!
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Petchie
http://itsallofthelittlethings.blogspot.com
Love this! I make an asparagus dish with raspberries and pecans each year. This year I have to try this fancy presentation. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a fresh and tasty idea! I absolutely adore this :)
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS as usual! You blow me away
ReplyDeleteBeautiful...and so festive looking!
ReplyDeletei love aparagus specially now winter is here. but i never eat with raspberry... i should try this i'm sure i would love it :)
ReplyDeletexoxo, Haus of Gala
I LOVE the colors! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteWhoa, love this!! I'm so making this tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteThat looks beautiful! I bought each of those ingredients (except the endive) yesterday and put them all in a romain salad..yum!
ReplyDeleteHow beautful! I love this little appetizer, perfect for a holiday color and having the red and green combinations in colors is genius!
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ReplyDeleteYou are so sweet. Can I sound like a dork (haha! My iPhone thought I wanted to write "fork"...very appropriate) and say... My heart skipped a little beat when I read it and that you're following my blog. Seriously. I did an invisible happy dance. Lol. I take that as I giant compliment....'cuz you're kind of spectacular! ;)
Total side note: what do you shoot with...what lens? (Probably the one on my wish list. ;)
pretty please can I come to your play dates?
ReplyDeleteoh these look sooooo good. i love it when a healthy recipe is so darn beautiful too.
ReplyDeletestop it! I can't stand it anymore, every post is just pure gorgeousness! These look so amazing and yummy!
ReplyDeleteHeather
These look amazing!
ReplyDeleteI would never have thought to put these together! Sounds and looks incredible!
ReplyDeleteMarina, these are just the most elegant appetizers! they are perfect for the holidays with their jewel colors. Delicious and gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious! :) YUM!
ReplyDeleteSuperb for the festive season. I luv photographing raspberries as much as I luv eating them. Gr8 recipe and lovely presentation
ReplyDeleteThis looks wonderful, so nice to me you I have just found your lovely blog, so happy I did you have so much here thank you for sharing. I'm now following to I can visit often hope you find a minute to visit me sometime follow back if you like nice to meet new friends. Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteAlways Wendy
How pretty!! You never cease to amaze me with your dishes, these are beautiful! :)
ReplyDeleteSo simple and sooooo beautiful. Your photography is gorg, Marina!
ReplyDeleteI'm hosting the Christmas Tree theme of a Blogging Around the Christmas Tree linky party tomorrow and would love for you to stop by and share your tree!
Oh, and I'm your newest follower!
~Abbie (www.fivedaysfiveways.com)
I'm going to make this for our New Year's Eve party. I needed another easy pretty recipe and knew you would have one. Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteMarina, your blog is beautiful! I'm following from bloggy moms, and thank you for entering my contest :) I absolutely love your photography.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous presentation!
ReplyDeleteLOVE your blog! Might just have to serve these for my party tomorrow! Thanx for all your wonderful recipes, will definitely be trying them :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful presentation, pleasing in every sense and healthy. I had some time to cruise around your blog and saw so many things I liked. I share your passion for canning jars, I use them for so many things. Love their durability, and simple, practical elegance. Your recipe for s'mores is amazing, I can't wait to try it! Happy Holidays, xo ebh
ReplyDeleteabsolutely breathtakingly fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous and elegant!~
ReplyDeleteHealthful yet scrumptious - I'm loving! I hope you don't mind but I'm so inspired I've included this post in my Friday Food Fetish roundup. Thanks for sharing and MOAR please :)
ReplyDeleteHi, I'm having some ladies and kids over to make gingerbread houses on Sunday and making this. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHi Marina! These look so pretty and very yummy...
ReplyDeletei giggle because i'm having a cocoa bar tomorrow night and i thought i was all fancy. and then i come here and i am always floored by the amazing food you post!
ReplyDeleteYUM! This sounds perfect
ReplyDeleteI am just speechless here. These are brilliant. You are a goddess Marina!
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ReplyDeleteThese are lovely! They are almost too pretty to eat!
ReplyDeleteI am new to your blog site and already in love with it. I love how pretty and elegant your dishes are. You are truly talented. Thank you for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteI love how this recipe not only contains 5 simple ingredients, but also that the finished product is so pretty and colorful! Great idea.
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness!! THIS I am making!! What an incredibly combination! Who would've thought?!
ReplyDeleteI love how you think outside the box and make gorgeous scrumptious combinations. You inspire me.
ReplyDeletethese are so festive but healthy at the same time! great photos, and lovely presentation, marina. hope you have a happy holidays!
ReplyDeletejasmine
Marina, can you make the asparagus a day ahead?
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