Need ideas for using broccoli

"Tracy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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zxcvbob wrote:
I buy 4 pound bags of broccoli florets at Sam's Club, but I need some

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other ideas how to use it before it goes bad. I like broccoli, but
remember, I'm the only one eating anything fresh. I've eaten a lot of
salads made mostly of finely chopped raw broc with a little lettuce,
onions, grated cheese, and reduced-fat dressing. I've eaten some of it
steamed with a little salt and butter. I've eaten a little just raw
straight from the bag as a snack. How else do you eat broccoli?

Thanks,
Bob

Have you ever tried it grilled? It is fantastic! Just sort of slice the
whole head lengthwise through the "trunk"; drizzle with olive oil, salt
and pepper and grill till done.
-Tracy

Wonder how that might taste done under an oven broiler?
Dee Dee

zxcvbob said:

I buy 4 pound bags of broccoli florets at Sam's Club, but I need some
other ideas how to use it before it goes bad. I like broccoli, but
remember, I'm the only one eating anything fresh. I've eaten a lot of
salads made mostly of finely chopped raw broc with a little lettuce,
onions, grated cheese, and reduced-fat dressing. I've eaten some of it
steamed with a little salt and butter. I've eaten a little just raw
straight from the bag as a snack. How else do you eat broccoli?

Raw or lightly blanched, dipped in low-fat ranch dressing or
sprinkled with vinegar.

It makes a nice side dish if lightly steamed with cauliflower, cut into
tiny florets, with ranch dressing or herbed sour cream.

In a casserole, with bechamel sauce, a bit of chopped onion and cubed
cooked chicken, topped with freshly grated cheese or buttered crumbs and
baked till hot and bubbly.

Cream of broccoli soup.

Remember, you can blanch half or more and freeze for later if you think
you won't finish it all before it spoils.

gloria p

"Puester" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Remember, you can blanch half or more and freeze for later if you think
you won't finish it all before it spoils.

That's what I thought because many ideas for leftovers
make for even more food, if you know what I mean.
There were a lot of good ideas for broccoli, I made a list.
Broccoli is about my favorite vegetable.

nancy

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:48:15 -0400, Goomba38 <[email hidden]>

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My favorite use of broccoli is actually the make an insalta cotto with
the diced leftover cooked broccoli, some finely minced garlic, halved
cherry or grape tomatoes, some minced onion (red preferred) and dressed
with lots of good olive oil, vinegar (Bal. or wine) and lots of salt and
pepper. Toss and set aside for a little while to meld flavors.
Served at room temp...but we're always digging into it early and
sometimes it doesn't last to the meal!

Oh, that sounds delicious.

I would use the broccoli in:

quiche
omelets
pizza
pasta salad
soup
in a casserole with chicken, cheese, and rice

Tara

zxcvbob <[email hidden]> wrote in news:5n76n0Fgj1kgU1
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How else do you eat broccoli?

Makes a great souffle. Don't have my recipe on me, sorry, but I'm sure you
can find/adapt one.

Enjoy all that broccoli 🙂

K

zxcvbob said:

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Wife and daughter are in a nothing-but-fastfood rut and I've found
myself influenced by it to where I'm not eating much better. A lot of
cold-sausage-and-a-hunk-of-bread meals. Or a piece of cake and 2 beers
for supper. Time to break out of my rut; maybe they will follow, maybe
not. They are not my problem.

I've started eating a bunch of fresh local apples (it's apple season
here.)

I bought 2 big packages of split chicken breasts on sale and made a big
pot of soup from the ribs, cartilage, and scraps. (then IQF's the
boneless breast portions with the skin still on)

I buy 4 pound bags of broccoli florets at Sam's Club, but I need some
other ideas how to use it before it goes bad. I like broccoli, but
remember, I'm the only one eating anything fresh. I've eaten a lot of
salads made mostly of finely chopped raw broc with a little lettuce,
onions, grated cheese, and reduced-fat dressing. I've eaten some of it
steamed with a little salt and butter. I've eaten a little just raw
straight from the bag as a snack. How else do you eat broccoli?

Thanks,
Bob

Stir-fried with a little garlic then dressed with a bit of oyster sauce
and/or soy sauce.

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:01:03 -0500, zxcvbob <[email hidden]>

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y 4 pound bags of broccoli florets at Sam's Club, but I need some

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other ideas how to use it before it goes bad. I like broccoli, but
remember, I'm the only one eating anything fresh. I've eaten a lot of
salads made mostly of finely chopped raw broc with a little lettuce,
onions, grated cheese, and reduced-fat dressing. I've eaten some of it
steamed with a little salt and butter. I've eaten a little just raw
straight from the bag as a snack. How else do you eat broccoli?

Thanks,
Bob

I made this recipe from "Real Simple Magazine- September 2007" last
week and loved it! I did want to share it somehow🙂.
*****************************
Creamy Rigatoni with Broccoli and Brie
(hands on time: 25 minutes/ serves 4)

1 pound dried rigatoni
1 head broccoli, florets and stalks
cut into 1/2 inch pieces and steamed
1/2 cup ( 2oz) toasted pine nuts
8 ounces Brie (with rind), cut into 1 inch pieces

Kosher salt and pepper

Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and
return pasta to the pot. Add the steamed broccoli, pine nuts,
Brie, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
Stir until cheese melts and serve.
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It was soooo good. It could use more than the head of broccoli I had.
Cut it up per directed- half inch pieces, so it scatters all over the
pasta etc. I will certainly make it again!

aloha,
beans
roast beans to kona to email
farmers of Pure Kona

Puester said:

zxcvbob said:

I buy 4 pound bags of broccoli florets at Sam's Club, but I need some
other ideas how to use it before it goes bad. I like broccoli, but
remember, I'm the only one eating anything fresh. I've eaten a lot
of salads made mostly of finely chopped raw broc with a little
lettuce, onions, grated cheese, and reduced-fat dressing. I've
eaten some of it steamed with a little salt and butter. I've eaten
a little just raw straight from the bag as a snack. How else do you
eat broccoli?

Raw or lightly blanched, dipped in low-fat ranch dressing or
sprinkled with vinegar.

It makes a nice side dish if lightly steamed with cauliflower, cut
into tiny florets, with ranch dressing or herbed sour cream.

In a casserole, with bechamel sauce, a bit of chopped onion and cubed
cooked chicken, topped with freshly grated cheese or buttered crumbs
and baked till hot and bubbly.

Cream of broccoli soup.

Remember, you can blanch half or more and freeze for later if you
think you won't finish it all before it spoils.

gloria p

We bought one of those perforated wok pans for the grill. Get one of those
heated up on the grill and dump a load of olive oiled, salt and peppered
broccoli or cauliflower or asparagus (or all together) in and if you don't
over cook it you're in for some good, crunchy, smokey veggies.

zxcvbob said:

I buy 4 pound bags of broccoli florets at Sam's Club, but I need some
other ideas how to use it before it goes bad. I like broccoli, but
remember, I'm the only one eating anything fresh. I've eaten a lot of
salads made mostly of finely chopped raw broc with a little lettuce,
onions, grated cheese, and reduced-fat dressing. I've eaten some of it
steamed with a little salt and butter. I've eaten a little just raw
straight from the bag as a snack. How else do you eat broccoli?

1) Roasted -- toss with a little olive oil and salt; roast in a 400F
oven until the edgest begin to brown

2) Soup -- sautee an onion in butter/oil; add broccoli and cook in
good stock until soft enough to mash with a fork; blend or don't.
Add cream and/or cheese or don't. Thicken or don't.

3) Stir-fry with onions and carrots, then toss with oyster sauce. Yummy!

Serene
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:01:03 -0500, zxcvbob <[email hidden]>
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Quoted message said:

I buy 4 pound bags of broccoli florets at Sam's Club, but I need some
other ideas how to use it before it goes bad. I like broccoli, but
remember, I'm the only one eating anything fresh. I've eaten a lot of
salads made mostly of finely chopped raw broc with a little lettuce,
onions, grated cheese, and reduced-fat dressing. I've eaten some of it
steamed with a little salt and butter. I've eaten a little just raw
straight from the bag as a snack. How else do you eat broccoli?

Thanks,
Bob

My local picky eater loves this (I like it too). It's one of those
Impossible pies with broccoli and cheese; we call it "quiche."

Ham is a nice substitution for the chicken.

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/recipe.aspx?recipeId=34582

kilikini said:

Lou Decruss said:

Broccoli is wonderful on pizza. I also like it with a feta cheese
sauce. Or make the following recipe and add lots of Broccoli to it.
It's very good and you might even have diner companions when they see
it. You can make a pie crust instead of the puff pastry and bake it
in a ramekin.

Lou

(wonderful recipe snipped)

Thanks for sharing this recipe, Lou, it sounds delicious!

No problem. I wish I could help more here. I recently found a recipe
for pork hand pies that looks pretty good. It's along the same lines
as the one I posted. Hopefully I'll have time to make it this
weekend. If it's good I'll post the recipe.

Lou

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:01:03 -0500, zxcvbob <[email hidden]>

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How else do you eat broccoli?

Thanks,
Bob

i posted this a few months ago, i hop folks don't mind a repeat:

sweet (and hot and sour) broccoli with pork (adapted from jim lee's
chinese cookbook)

1 cup pork sliced for stir-fry

1 medium bunch broccoli

2-4 slices ginger root, shredded (or more)

1 clove garlic, minced (i use the nasty stuff in a jar)

1/4 cup rice vinegar

seasonings:

1/4 cup brown sugar (i use brownulated)

2 tbl soy sauce

1/4 cup dry sherry

1/2 tsp rooster sauce (or tabasco or other hot sauce)

1/2 tsp accent (msg)

oil for stir-frying

teriaki sauce

* * * * *

marinate pork slices in teriaki sauce, if desired. rinse broccoli and
shake to drain. cut florets into bite-size pieces and set aside. cut
off tough bottom portions of broccoli stalks and discard. using a
sharp paring knife, peel the remaining stalks and then slice thinly
and cover with rice vinegar in bowl. mix together seasoning items in
bowl, stirring to dissolve brown sugar. let pork and broccoli slices
marinate for about half an hour.

to cook: heat wok hot and dry. add oil. turn heat to medium and add
garlic and ginger and cook until garlic is golden and they begin to
release their fragrance. return heat to high and add pork. stir-fry
until pork begins to brown. drain off vinegar from broccoli slices
into the seasonings, and add the slices to wok. stir-fry for about 1
minute. add the florets and stir fry briefly, just long enough for
florets to turn a bright, deep green. add seasonings and stir
briefly. cover wok and remove from heat and let stand for 2 minutes
or so to let sauce penetrate. the gravy will not be thick, so i
wouldn't serve it over rice.

i haven't seen a dish much like it in any restaurant, but it's pretty
damn tasty. it's not as sweet as it may sound.

your pal,
blake

Take the stems, peel them, slice into slivers and steam them.
Either eat them as a hot vegetable, or chill and add to a green salad
dressed with vinagrette.

Did you say you only bought florets? You're outta luck then.

Steve

Steve Pope said:

Take the stems, peel them, slice into slivers and steam them.
Either eat them as a hot vegetable, or chill and add to a green salad
dressed with vinagrette.

Did you say you only bought florets? You're outta luck then.

Steve

Thanks for the suggestion for broccoli stems; they've generally ended up
in the compost here, but no longer 🙂

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Steve Pope said:

Take the stems, peel them, slice into slivers and steam them.
Either eat them as a hot vegetable, or chill and add to a green salad
dressed with vinagrette.

Did you say you only bought florets? You're outta luck then.

Steve

Thanks for the suggestion for broccoli stems; they've generally ended up
in the compost here, but no longer 🙂

I prefer the stems and regret that all of my stores carry only the tops.
:o{
Janet B.

flitterbit said:

Steve Pope said:

Take the stems, peel them, slice into slivers and steam them.
Either eat them as a hot vegetable, or chill and add to a green
salad dressed with vinagrette.

Did you say you only bought florets? You're outta luck then.

Steve

Thanks for the suggestion for broccoli stems; they've generally ended
up in the compost here, but no longer 🙂

If I'm making stir-fry or soup, the stems will be peeled and used. If
for salads or such, then cook's treat.

Brian

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Janet B. said:

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Quoted message said:

Steve Pope said:

Take the stems, peel them, slice into slivers and steam them.
Either eat them as a hot vegetable, or chill and add to a green salad
dressed with vinagrette.

Did you say you only bought florets? You're outta luck then.

Steve

Thanks for the suggestion for broccoli stems; they've generally ended up
in the compost here, but no longer 🙂

I prefer the stems and regret that all of my stores carry only the tops.
:o{
Janet B.

All of the stores I shop at carry both the whole broccoli as well as
just the tops, for which they charge a premium.

Given how broccoli florets are really easy to overcook, don't stay hot
very long, and fall apart pretty easily, using stems instead would make
sense for a number of dishes.

Lately we're eating broccoli most often as part of a marinated vegetable
salad: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and mixed beans (chickpeas,
kidney beans, pintos, etc.), dressed in a sweet and sour vinaigrette.
The broccoli tends to discolour as well as fall apart, so I'm thinking
I'll use stems for the next batch and save the florets for something else.

flitterbit said:

....
Given how broccoli florets are really easy to overcook, don't stay hot
very long, and fall apart pretty easily, using stems instead would make
sense for a number of dishes. [snip]

I consider it a benefit when they sell the whole broccoli with a long
stem for a lower price/lb than the "crown." More of the best part for
me for less money. Lightly peeled and sliced thinly on the diagonal,
they work better than the florets in a variety of stir fries.
Parboiled for a minute, quickly chilled, and sliced a little more
thickly, they work very well with dips. If the stems are thick, you
can also cut them into sticks or dice, like carrots, if that suits
whatever dish you're making. -aem

DOES ANYBODY HAD RECIPES FOR BROCCOLI CASSAROLE ITS HAS COOKED CHICKEN
BREAST,CHEESEMAYONNIE AND BREADCRUBS IN IT.

DOES ANYBODY HAD RECIPES FOR BROCCOLI CASSAROLE ITS HAS COOKED CHICKEN
BREAST,CHEESEMAYONNIE AND BREADCRUBS IN IT.