For the Thanksgiving long weekend, I went back home to the mainland, where I ate a lot and slept a whole lot. It was so nice to have my mom’s home-cooked meals again after a month and going back to my double bed, it felt so big and comfortable compared to the twin bed I have in Victoria. For our family’s little Thanksgiving meal, I had the pleasure of contributing with bacon wrapped asparagus. It was so easy to make and so tasty that I’m tempted to make myself a whole batch here in Victoria, but my food budget does not have room for that at the moment so I’ll simply have to find joy in my memory of the dish.

I’ve really been loving all the food free inquiry projects and since mine has nothing to do with food, I thought I would take this opportunity to do a food post of my own.

Ingredients:

  • Asparagus spears
  • Bacon strips
  • Olive oil
  • Salt & pepper to taste

Cooking:

  • Preheat oven to 400ºC
  • Drizzle and coat asparagus with olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste
  • wrap 3-4 asparagus spears with a strip of bacon
  • Place the bundles on a baking tray and bake for 22 to 28 minutes.

The recipe I used was from Well Plated By Erin Clarke, but I adjusted the serving size to 12 because that’s how many bacon slices were in my package and also, there were 6 people to feed, which meant everyone got 2 bundles. The recipe is easily adaptable and I used it as more of a guideline for ingredients and cooking method. It was such a simple recipe to make and my whole family loved it so I would 100% recommend!

Overall, I had a great restful weekend and I’m already looking forward to the home-cooked meals that are coming when I go home again for reading break!