hey everybody out there I'm Christina Jackson natural food chef and holistic health coach I'm with you today showing you how to blanch fresh asparagus so we picked up this wonderful vegetable at our farmers market today and this is going to be super easy I already prepped some of our asparagus here and I'm going to show you how to do it as well at home grab your asparagus break it off where it breaks is the natural breaking point that will give you a good indicator as to where to cut the rest of the asparagus so I just line it right up next to the others and then give it a good chop because we're not going to want this white woody stocky part of it that's not going to be delicious so now that we have that all prepped I'm going to add this into our boiling water we already have a pot of water here I'm going just slip those right in be careful not to burn yourself there will be steam coming out so just slide those in now all this is going to need is about two to three minutes so while that's cooking go ahead and prepare an ice bath for these get some ice water ready in a big bowl big enough to hold your asparagus this is going to stop the cooking alright so let's check back on our asparagus it's been three minutes we're going to check in on our spera ghus depending on the size of the asparagus you're going to want to go longer shorter but it's been three minutes and it's looking bright green and gorgeous so I'm going to bring that out and stop that cooking process what this is going to do is going to make it al dente it's going to soften it up a little bit and allow you to incorporate that into some of your dishes or incorporate it as a crudité you can't eat it raw but like I said this is just going to solve it up a bit and I'm just going to let that soak in there all right now this is all chilled off I'm going to take it out and just set them right on there Pat them down a little bit dry them off and it's simple as that you have your delicious asparagus that you can eat just like this with a nice little dip or chop it up incorporate that into some salads and that is how you blanch Ross paragas enjoy thanks for watching be sure to catch all of our other videos here and don't forget to subscribe because that way we'll keep you updated on all the other healthy delicious videos will be putting out if you have any requests for me or any questions email me at requests at Mahalo calm you