Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus with Lemon Butter Sauce recipe

Does your child not like veggies? Wrap them in bacon! Okay, maybe that isn't the best advice, sorry! Luckily, my little boy likes vegetables so I don't really need to mask them for him to eat veggies. He even gets compliments from people at restaurants when they see him eating my salad. I'm so proud of him! :)

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Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus with Lemon Butter Sauce

For the Asparagus
ingredients:
• 15-30 asparagus spears
• 5-10 bacon strips, preferably thick cut
• olive oil
• kosher salt

instructions:
1)  Preheat oven to 400° F. Line a sheet pan with foil for easy clean up. Trim off the tough ends of the asparagus (about 2-inches off the bottom).
2)  Grab 3 asparagus and wrap it in 1 strip of bacon, from bottom to the top. Place the wrapped asparagus on the sheet pan, seam side down. Repeat process for the rest of the asparagus, and make sure the bundles are not touching each other on the sheet pan.
3)  Lightly drizzle the bundles of asparagus with olive oil. Bake for 25 minutes. Meanwhile, make the sauce (recipe follows).
4)  Sprinkle a little bit of salt over the top as soon as the asparagus comes out of the oven. Transfer wrapped asparagus to a platter.

For the Lemon Butter Sauce
ingredients:
• 4 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 garlic clove, grated
• 2 tbsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• 1½ tsp Dijon mustard
• ¼ tsp kosher salt
• freshly ground black pepper

instructions:
1)  Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Add garlic and give it a stir. Turn the heat off once garlic becomes very fragrant, about 1 minute.
2)  Whisk in Dijon mustard, lemon juice, salt, and pepper until sauce is smooth.
3)  Pour sauce in a bowl for dipping, or drizzle sauce over the asparagus.