Creamy Cheese and Asparagus Toppers

What You Need:

• 12 asparagus spears
• 1 TBSP water
• 2 (3 oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 2.5 oz. (½ pkg.) Parmesan and Romano cheese, shredded
• 1 tsp. lemon juice
• Assorted crackers

How to Make It:

• Clean and trim the asparagus spears.
• Cut each spear into 1 in pieces.
• Place the asparagus in a microwave safe bowl.
• Add the water and cover.
• Microwave on high power for 4 minutes or until the asparagus is fork tender.
• Drain off any excess water.
• In a mixing bowl combine the cream cheese, shredded cheese and lemon juice.
• Mix together well.
• Spread the cheese mixture on the crackers.
• Top with the asparagus pieces.

To make this even easier use a flavored cream cheese such as chive, garden vegetable or roasted garlic and leave out the shredded cheese.

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