Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

Hell yeah, BACON! 

Lets admit it, you can wrap just about anything in bacon and, in most cases, it will be pretty good.  However, the combination of thick cut bacon and asparagus goes beyond “good” and is a perfect marriage of two flavors…like peanut butter and jelly or Flowers and Sanchie (awww).  Truly, it is two great tastes that taste good together.

I highly suggest using thick cut bacon (thicker is better (insert snarky comment here)) and asparagus spears that aren’t so thick (thinner spears are more tender). 

The beauty of this dish is in its simplicity: three ingredients and almost no prep.  It’s so easy to make…even after finishing an intense WOD, like “Strange,” you can still have the energy left over to make this dish.

Lastly, left overs (hahahaha…..like that is going to happen) can be used for breakfast in an egg scramble…yum!

Ingredients:

Thick Cut Bacon (uncured)

Asparagus

Fresh Cracked Pepper

Look at this fine specimen! 

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Take a strip of thick cut bacon and wrap bacon around three spears of asparagus and then place on a cookie sheet.  Crack a light smattering of pepper on bacon wrapped asparagus.

Bake for approximately 20 min, then turn oven temperature to broil (to make bacon crispy) for and broil for an additional 5-8 min or until bacon is crispy.