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Miso Adds Great Flavor to Spring Vegetables

Miso gives our familiar vegetables an Asian twist.
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Miso Adds Great Flavor to Spring Vegetables
Enjoy a medley of veggies including asparagus, shitake mushrooms, flageolet beans, and leeks. JeanMarie Brownson/TCA
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Seeing the local, bright-green fresh asparagus at the market makes my heart beat faster (and healthier). Pencil-slim or thick and sturdy, it’s all good.

After eating our fill of gently steamed and lightly salted spears, I look for swankier cooking methods and flavor additions. Roasting vegetables proves a perfect technique for medium-thick spears. Seasoning the spears before roasting with the salty, umami punch of white miso produces an awesome flavor.

JeanMarie Brownson
JeanMarie Brownson
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JeanMarie Brownson is a James Beard Award-winning author and the recipient of the IACP Cookbook Award for her latest cookbook, “Dinner at Home.” JeanMarie, a chef and authority on home cooking, Mexican cooking and specialty food, is one of the founding partners of Frontera Foods. She co-authored three cookbooks with chef Rick Bayless, including “Mexico: One Plate at a Time.” JeanMarie has enjoyed developing recipes and writing about food, travel and dining for more than four decades. ©2022 JeanMarie Brownson. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.