Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar

A bookstore that serves wine - genius!

Plenty of places to crawl up and read for a bit.

The Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar

Asheville, NC

http://www.batteryparkbookexchange.com/

Crème D'asperges (Asparagus Soup)

One of my favorite soups and healthy to boot. You're thinking lots of cream is involved, right? {Mais non!} This is a broth-based soup and is loaded with ingredients that are oh-so-good for you.  And it could not be easier to make. 

You only need 6 ingredients:

1.      Green asparagus (easy to find a 2 lb bag at Costco)

2.      A large onion (this onion chopper makes things so much easier)

3.      Unsalted butter

4.      Chicken broth (low sodium is best)

5.      Crème fraîche or heavy cream (half & half works just as well in a pinch)

6.      Fresh lemon juice

Plus salt & pepper to taste. 

Optional: a dollop of sour cream on top or greek yogurt if you want to be good

Get the full recipe here 

Tips: If you don’t have an immersion blender, you can peel the stems of the asparagus a bit to help get rid of any strands. That’s when the larger asparagus is more ideal than the skinny ones. I use just a regular blender to whip this up. But a word of advice – let the soup cool down before blending in a blender.  If you don’t, you will end up with soup flying everywhere and it will end up in locations of your house that you wouldn’t believe. I speak from experience.