Asparagus flatbread smothered in flavorful white bean puree to show spring you are ready to rock! Healthy and so flavorful with all the added fun toppings!
This Asparagus Flatbread Screams Spring!
Anyone else as excited about spring?! This asparagus flatbread SO screams spring to me. It has the light and tangy white bean puree as a base, then toppings like fresh mint, pine nuts and red pepper flakes to add that extra oomph. I ate it for days!
And my one year old devoured the white bean puree like it was going out of style. And it is super easy to make. Fresh and filling, it's the perfect lunch or dinner! This amazing asparagus flatbread recipe comes from the incredible new cookbook by Love and Lemons author Jeanine Donofrio.
And as a super awesome extra bonus, you get to enter to win your own copy! How much do you love me?
This is probably one of the most beautiful cookbooks I've seen. I love the style of it, it goes perfectly with my kitchen with all it's yellow accents! It's so stylish and cute, I just want to use it as decor...and that's just the outside.
When you open the book, the awesomeness just continues. It's just so happy and bright. I get excited just looking at it! The book itself is vegetarian, but it has loads of vegan options and each recipe tells you how to make it vegan (and gluten free) if possible, if it isn't already.
Organization makes me happy
My favorite part is how she organizes it. Organization makes me happy. It calms me. And this book is a Type A's dream. The chapters are broken up by ingredient. I mean, GENIUS right?! Oh hey, I have this sad little eggplant about to go bad. BOOM. Chapter 14. It's fabulous!
I went straight to the asparagus chapter when this book arrived and there is when I knew asparagus flatbread was a must make. I also love that she has a section on how to cook with what you have. I hate waste and this is just perfect for those veggies you don't know what to do with!
She also has a section on what to make if you have a bunch of vegetables in your fridge, and to get those of you who aren't naturals in the kitchen started, she has lists of things you should have at all times. Jeanine and I would be good friends if we lived near each other!
Each chapter also tells you the season that the ingredient is from. Again, GENIUS. And she includes tips and tricks throughout the book. Are you excited yet?! If not, this may put you over the edge.
At the end of the book, she has a few sections with some of my favorite things and multiple ways to make them. When I saw this section, I pretty much wanted to kiss her. She has charts on pesto, hummus, guacamole, smoothies and SALSA!! All things Salsa!!
So let's just get to it. I am so excited that I can actually share the recipe for this amazing asparagus flatbread with you.
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Flatbread with White Bean Puree and Asparagus Ribbons
Ingredients
- 4 pieces pita bread or naan
- Extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling
- 1 bunch of asparagus tough ends removed
- ½ teaspoon 2 mL fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup crumbled feta cheese (remove for vegan)
- Small bunch of fresh mint
- ¼ cup pine nuts, toasted (page 285)
- ¼ teaspoon 1 mL lemon zest
- Pinch of red pepper flakes
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
WHITE BEAN PUREE
- 11/2 cups cooked cannellini beans, drained and rinsed (page 285)
- 2 tablespoons 30mL extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons 45mL fresh lemon juice
- 1 small garlic clove
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Make the white bean puree: In a food processor, combine the cannellini beans, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and a few generous pinches of salt and pepper. Season to taste. Chill until ready to use.
- Use a peeler to shave the asparagus into ribbons. Toss them in a bowl with a drizzle of olive oil, the lemon juice, and pinches of salt and pepper.
- Spread the white bean puree onto the flatbreads and top each with a few asparagus ribbons, the cheese, mint, pine nuts, lemon zest, and red pepper flakes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Notes
- On a side note, I also made this recipe sans oil. It was easy to do, subbed veggie broth in for the called for oil in the white bean puree.
- Vegan: Skip the cheese.
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Nutrition
Nutrition and metric information should be considered an estimate.
Natalia M
I love broccoli and beets, and would love some fresh ideas to work with those. Although they're my favorite, I run into times of needing more inspiration on ways to cook with the two. At the same time, I love all sorts of veggies, so some fresh new ideas from the book would be so lovey! I love the idea of organizing the book by vegetables, many times I cook based on what's in my fridge or what needs to be used first, such a useful idea!
veggiesdontbite
Isn't it an awesome way to organize a book?!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Such a lovely spring meal. Light and fresh, just like spring!
veggiesdontbite
It's such a great fresh tasting meal!
Kim B
My favorite is spinach. 🙂
veggiesdontbite
That's one of mine too!
Terri Cole
I like to say that I never met a vegetable I didn't like, but there is a special place in my heart for home-grown tomatoes! I think this book could help me find some new and interesting ways to enjoy my veggies. Thanks for the giveaway!
veggiesdontbite
Oooh! Home grown anything really! But tomatoes right of the vine are so yummy sweet!
Krissy Richards
As a plant-based eater, I do a pretty good job of eating a lot of vegetables, but can sometimes get into a rut as to how to prepare them. I recently decided to select a completely new vegetable each month to experiment with. This month--radicchio!
veggiesdontbite
That's awesome Krissy!! Have you seen my pesto with radicchio? I stuff portobellos with it. Take a look! https://www.veggiesdontbite.com/italian-farro-stuffed-portobello-mushrooms-with-pesto-and-balsamic-sauce/
DJ Harper
Tomatoes and onions top my list! Yummy fresh picked or sautéed or "souped" up!
veggiesdontbite
All those sound great!
Kim Henrichs
Broccol is my favorite! I'm trying to find more creative veggie recipes.
veggiesdontbite
My son's favorite too!!
Michelle L
Avocados are my favorite and I would love to find new ways to use them besides the usual guac recipes.
veggiesdontbite
I LOVE avos!! SO many great ways to use them!
Ann
This looks like such a beautiful new book. We love broccoli . . . well, the whole cruciferous family!
veggiesdontbite
It's so pretty!! That's a great one to love!
Laura
Cucumbers are my favorite! Fresh, crunchy and perfect in salads.
veggiesdontbite
Yum! Such a great fresh veggie!!
Emily
My favorite vegetable is broccoli, which my husband does not like. I would love to have this book and make new recipes that would help convince him broccoli is delicious!
veggiesdontbite
Great idea!! Trick him into it!
Kristen
Shaved asparagus? Beautiful! I struggle to come up with sauces and spreads, but that bean puree looks to be a game changer. Thanks for sharing!
veggiesdontbite
Shaved asparagus is awesome! The puree is amazing. So good! Have you checked out my sauces on my site? I have SO many as they are my favorite thing to make! Here's a link for you: https://www.veggiesdontbite.com/category/sauces-fillers-toppings/
DeanneO
I love all vegetables but potatoes would have to be my favorite. This book would help me with new ideas for vegetables I don't eat as regularly as potatoes.
veggiesdontbite
I love potatoes too!!
Monica
Oh...favorite vegetable? Hard to choose as I love them all! If I had to choose it would be zucchini mostly for it's versatility. And the cookbook would spark my creativity. I love diving in to a new cookbook and leaving many dog-eared pages of recipes to try.
veggiesdontbite
This book would definitely spark your creativity!! It's great!
Liz
I absolutely adore cauliflower! I'd love to find new ways to use vegetables I don't use often--- like asparagus, beets, etc. This looks incredible!
veggiesdontbite
It's the perfect book for that!!