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Broccoli is good for you

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isnt it pity that it tastes like s........em its horrible ! The only way I could eat that stuff is in an IV while I sleep !! :mrgreen:
 
:mrgreen: TY pet, but the husband is the diabetic not me, so I can feed him it and smirk as I eat something else ! :mrgreen:
ok. I know. I'm BAD ! :twisted:
 
Ming.

I'm with you on this one. It's one of those 'foods' that I do not class as edible......urgh !! I'd rather eat a cardboard box. :(

Ken.
 
If cooking broccoli, make sure it;s in peak condition. Discard any where the blooms are opening, or changing colour. It needs to be clear green and young. Then it tastes lovely just broken into florets and steamed.
I was listening to the radio, where they said that Cauliflower had the same healthy properties as broccoli.
 
When I was young (before diagnosis) I HATED broccoli with a passion, and my sister didn't much like it either. So after steaming it my Mum used to drizzle a tiny bit of vinegar over it. OMG, what a transformation! I still do this sometimes even now, just try it - you might like it!
 
His BS is up today and at this rate he's going to have another heart attack with sheer rattyness. I will feed him full of broccoli and cauli if it will make him better. :evil:
 
Broccolli is pretty much a magic veg for Diabetics. Basically - the darker green something is, the better it is for us Diabetics...
 
:| It's in the oven. I have smothered it in cream and cheese and bacon to disguise it from myself.
I am quite scared to take it out.
 
A deliciously wicked way to eat cauliflower, is to batter it or breadcrumb it and deep fry. I haven't tried with broccoli, but it might work.
 
Hi folks, just to make the grown ups who hate broccolli with a passion cringe, i have a 10yr old that cant get enough of the stuff, especially covered in cheese sauce, or cheese sauce and pasta, eats at least 2 heads of broccolli a week, its his favourite vegetable.
Suzi x
 
Quick, Suzi, rush him to a psychiatrist. :lol: I must confess that to me eating broccoli is like sucking a wet sweater - except when it's prepared in the following manner, a recipe which I picked up in a delightful little farmhouse hotel near Avignon.
Drop the broccoli into salted, boiling water and cook until just tender. Then mash and add some single cream and lots of freshly ground black pepper until you have a firmish puree. That way it's delicious.
 
very :lol: Bill, I just make sure its cooked al dente, perfect everytime, but i must say your recipe sounds delicious. As for him turning green, Dipsy always was my favourite teletubby :lol:
Suzi x
 
BillB said:
Quick, Suzi, rush him to a psychiatrist. :lol: I must confess that to me eating broccoli is like sucking a wet sweater - except when it's prepared in the following manner, a recipe which I picked up in a delightful little farmhouse hotel near Avignon.
Drop the broccoli into salted, boiling water and cook until just tender. Then mash and add some single cream and lots of freshly ground black pepper until you have a firmish puree. That way it's delicious.
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Hi my Parisienne friends do this but they start off by boiling[gently ] the stalks of the broccoli with a little garlic, and a small waxy potato then carry on exactly as you do. Gives it a bit more body!
 
The real secret is in choosing broccoli in peak condition. Make sure the "flower buds" are still firmly closed and clear green. Any hint of colour change and the broccoli is "past it" and will never taste good. Then steam for 12 minutes if you like al dente or 15 minutes if you like it done.
Vegetables should be steamed rather than boiled to protect the vitamin and mineral content. It tends to dissolve away if they are in contact with water.
Steaming doesn't necessarily mean an expensice electricel device. There are loads of steamers which just sit on top of a pan on the hob. The chinese bamboo ones are inexpensive.
 
Hana, you are so right.

My steamer is a sieve that sits on top of a saucepan. I can't stand boiled calabrese, it's bitter and nasty, but steamed is just lovely. Smothered in best butter or cheese sauce, it's even better. And just to make you all feel sicker, my granddaughters munch on it raw. Just last week, they nicked some freshly picked runner beans and spent a delightful hour crunching on them. The eldest enjoyed picking out the raw beans and eating those. I hoovered up the remains.

wiflib
 
And..... (you may accuse me of crowing here but really, it's obligatory) I bought a big pot of garlic stuffed olives from the Tesco deli and found them squeezing the garlic out of each one, eating it, and throwing the olives away!

wiflib
 
Wiflib - I wouldn't know an olive if it jumped up and bit me. Nor how to cook/wot to do with them :mrgreen: ! I cautiously picked up a sweet potato in Asda but then put it back down again. SCAREY THINGS, VEGGIES :shock:
 
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