Tony's Table: Asparagus Side Dish

NEW YORK (CBS 2) - Need a great go-to side dish? CBS 2's Tony Tantillo with a tasty asparagus dish that goes with just about everything.

Asparagus Side Dish
1 lb asparagus

3 marinated long stem artichoke hearts

3 plum tomatoes

3 cloves garlic

1/4 cup olive oil

salt & pepper to taste

*recipe may vary by amount of ingredients and cooking time/temperature

in a pan on low heat add half your olive oil and all garlic

cook until garlic turns translucent or clear

add asparagus, salt & pepper

cover the pan and rotate the asparagus every 2 -3 minutes... cooking for 5 - 8 minutes

add tomatoes

on low heat let asparagus & tomatoes cook

when moisture from tomatoes is released, remove from heat, dress with remaining olive oil and serve