{"id":782,"date":"2003-02-01T22:55:51","date_gmt":"2003-02-02T05:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=782"},"modified":"2003-02-01T22:55:51","modified_gmt":"2003-02-02T05:55:51","slug":"asparagus-and-blue-cheese-bacon-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=782","title":{"rendered":"Asparagus and Blue Cheese-Bacon Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1 tsp. salt<br \/>\n2 pounds asparagus spears, trimmed<br \/>\n3\/4 C. (3 oz.) bleu cheese, crumbled<br \/>\n1\/4 C. fat-free mayonnaise<br \/>\n1 tsp. lemon juice<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper<br \/>\n2 bacon slices, cooked and crumbled (drained)<br \/>\n1\/4 C. fat-free milk<\/p>\n<p>Bring 1 gallon water and salt to a boil in a Dutch oven; add asparagus. Cook 2 minutes or until crisp tender. Drain and rinse with cold water. Pat dry with paper towels; chill. Combine bleu cheese, mayonnaise, juice, pepper, and bacon in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add milk, 1 T. at a time, stirring until smooth.  Arrange asparagus on a platter; drizzle with sauce.  8 servings (serving size: about 1\/4 pound asparagus and 1 1\/2 T. sauce), calories 69, fat 3g, fiber 2g<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 tsp. salt 2 pounds asparagus spears, trimmed 3\/4 C. (3 oz.) bleu cheese, crumbled 1\/4 C. fat-free mayonnaise 1 tsp. lemon juice 1\/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper 2 bacon slices, cooked and crumbled (drained) 1\/4 C. fat-free milk Bring 1 gallon water and salt to a boil in a Dutch oven; add asparagus. Cook 2 minutes or until crisp tender. Drain and rinse with cold water. Pat dry with paper towels; chill. Combine bleu cheese, mayonnaise, juice, pepper,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=782\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegetables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}