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You have to eat your vegetables. One of the most nutritious, affordable and delicious vegetables is broccoli. It’s loaded with vitamins A, C and K, a good source of fiber. It’s a boon to your immune system and and beneficial for the prevention of heart disease. Another positive for broccoli is that it’s available in most markets all year ’round, it’s affordable and it’s listed as one of those vegetables where you don’t have splurge on the “organic” variety.

I do love a good cream of broccoli soup or a gratin but my favourite way to enjoy broccoli is simply to steam it until fork-tender, season with coarse sea salt and drizzle with Greek extra-virgin olive oil. I’ve been enjoying the Kalikori olive oil of late. Squeeze some fresh lemon juice, gently toss the broccoli to dress it thoroughly and you’ll have one of the most enjoyable warm salads/side dishes ever! Really.

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17 Responses

  1. I have come to realize late in life that I will love most foods if they are prepared in such a way as I will enjoy them…take for example my loathing for brussel spouts…very nice shredded and sauteed.

  2. …and since I have a ton of broccoli I will heed your post; a great one I might add. All too often we do so much to change our foods, rather than enjoy each ones flavorful simplicity. ;-)

  3. I love my brocolli like this too Petah! For a variation, I slap it on a hot grill for a few minutes each side to get a char grilled flavour! YUM!!

  4. So green and beautiful! I had a starter at a fancy restaurant recently that consisted of steamed broccoli in a well-flavoured shallot vinaigrette. It was so delicious!

  5. I am completely, madly in love with broccoli, and I cannot understand why people hate it so much. I agree with you that lemon juice and olive oil poured over fresh broccoli is just the perfect dish. My three kids were very reluctant to eat broccoli until I added a little dash of Kikkoman soy sauce to the lemon-juice and olive oil dressing: now they love it and they eat it every day. Regards, Juno.

  6. Peter, I am not exactly sure why I never thought of drizzling olive oil on broccoli, but that’s brilliant! I love it stir fried with some mushrooms and green onions MMMMMMM!

    I am reaching out to my fellow foodies today to see if they on my Food Bloggers Discussion List. If you are not we would love to have you! Email me amanda AT amandascookin.com

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