New Easter Dishes: Shaved Asparagus Salad [Video]

Kick off the Spring season with a fresh and healthy recipe and add a new dish to your Easter table. This seasonal salad recipe is inspired by what’s growing right now: asparagus! Here, tender asparagus is shaved and tossed with a light dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, and parmesan cheese then topped with crunchy pine nuts.

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It’s nutritious, easy to throw together, and beautiful. Watch the video for additional tips on getting the most flavor out of your Spring produce from lifestyle expert Evette Rios. And check out this bonus recipe for baked hasbrown potato nests with asparagus scrambled eggs. Use up your spring asparagus side in a whole new dish! 

Evette Ríos is a Puerto Rican-born television host, lifestyle expert, cook, writer, and Director of Development at Latina Media Ventures. A former field correspondent on ABC’s The Chew and design contributor on Rachael Ray, Evette now hosts CBS’ Recipe Rehab, wherein she and other celebrity chefs provide healthy alternatives to popular dishes. Her Puerto Rican roots, love of travel, and fond memories of home-cooked meals with her family inspire her culinary interests. She lives in New York with her husband, Stephen, and their dog, cats, and pet dove.