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Asparagus With Cheese Sauce

Asparagus With Cheese Sauce Ingredients: asparagus, raw butter, without salt wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched milk, fluid, 1% fat, without added vitamin a and vitamin d cheese, cheddar salt, table Direction...

Asparagus With Cheese Sauce

Ingredients:
asparagus, raw
butter, without salt
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
milk, fluid, 1% fat, without added vitamin a and vitamin d
cheese, cheddar
salt, table

Directions:
In a large micro-wave safe glass bowl, heat butter about 50 seconds on high, or until melted.
Whisk in the 2 tablespoons of flour and 1 cup of heated milk.
Add 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese.
Place in microwave and cook on high for 2 minutes, pausing to whisk thoroughly every 30 seconds.
Season to taste with salt and whisk again.
Set cheese sauce aside.
Bend asparagus until they break at a natural point; discard ends.
Place asparagus spears in a microwavable glass covered dish, with half the spears going one way, and half the spears going the other way.
Add 1/4 cup water to the dish.
Cook, covered, for 6-7 minutes on high, pausing to turn dish every 2 minutes and checking asparagus for doneness.
Reheat sauce for 1 minute on high before adding to asparagus, if necessary (you may not need all the sauce).