Asparagus With Low Fat Orange Sauce

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup plain nonfat yogurt
• 2 tablespoons light mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 teaspoon orange peel (grated)
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 1/2 lb asparagus (soaked clean)
• 4 slices oranges, halved into half moons (for garnish)

Recipe

• 1 combine yogurt, mayonnaise, orange juice, orange peel, and cayenne. let chill for 2 hours in refrigerator.
• 2 soak asparagus in water for 10 minutes. break off woody ends (ends can be used to make a vegetable stock). purists scrape off the bud triangles on the stalk (i am not a purist.).
• 3 set a round wire cooling rack (for cake pans or cookies) in a large frying pan. pour water up to 1/4-inch below the cooling rack. place asparagus on top of cooling rack. if necessary, form a second layer at a 90-degree angle to the first layer. cover.
• 4 heat frying pan on medium-high heat to steam asparagus for 7 minutes.
• 5 place steamed asparagus spears on plates and top with a dollop of orange sauce. garnish each serving with 2 half moons of orange slices.