Oven Roasted Asparagus

This thin asparagus is a wonderful spring side dish.  The nutritional yeast adds a fun, nutty flavor and compliments the asparagus well.

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Ingredients:
2 bunches of thin asparagus, bottoms trimmed
zest of 1 lemon
juice of one lemon
1/4 cup olive oil
pinch of salt
1 tsp fresh ground black pepper
1 tbls nutritional yeast

Preheat oven to 375


Trim the ends off of the asparagus and set aside. Stir zest, olive oil, salt and pepper together in a bowl, add asparagus, and toss together.

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Arrange asparagus on a lined baking sheet and sprinkle with nutritional yeast.

Roast the asparagus on the middle oven rack for 20 minutes.

Squirt the lemon juice over the asparagus and serve.

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