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Related: About this forumEat your BROCCOLI!!!
Broccoli and Brussels sprouts: cancer foes
Research finds compound in such cruciferous vegetables that may help to suppress tumors.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/05/beth-israel-researchers-uncover-anti-cancer-drug-mechanism-in-broccoli/?
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)cooked and raw!
elleng
(130,937 posts)hlthe2b
(102,283 posts)sauce or diced fresh tomatoes and a bit of parmesan cheese. Heat it lightly. Healthy and hearty.
elleng
(130,937 posts)dameatball
(7,398 posts)Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Comes from living in the Netherlands during the seventies. Same with Kale. A bit of a bland kitchen, to be frank, Dutch cooking of that era but there were treats.
Broccoli I could take or leave, but if I pour enough peanut sauce on it, it's quite tasty.
Cartoonist
(7,317 posts)Long John Silver has a treat of fried broccoli and cheese. Not as nutritious as raw broccoli, but it's something.
Laffy Kat
(16,382 posts)Luciferous
(6,080 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,382 posts)Plus, I think it makes you less gassy if it's cooked.
https://www.anneshealthykitchen.com/broccoli-nutrition-facts-raw-or-cooked/
Luciferous
(6,080 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,382 posts)It's what you get used to growing up and my mom over-cooked all veggies, LOL.
Luciferous
(6,080 posts)my mom also overcooked vegetables
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,861 posts)rather than raw, for the most part. We can't always absorb the nutrients in the raw versions of many foods, and do much better with the cooked ones.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)Luciferous
(6,080 posts)PennyK
(2,302 posts)Cut them in half and saute in a bit of oil...add some spices. They get nice and crisp and I like this better than roasted.
Luciferous
(6,080 posts)I'm going to try.
Retrograde
(10,137 posts)My previous experience was only with frozen brussels sprouts, which my mother then boiled into submission. Then one day I was coming back from Monterey, going through an area that grew a lot of them, and bought a stalk that came from the field that day. Even plain boiled they were a revelation: tasty and surprisingly sweet. I've since gotten spoiled, only buying them when the farmers' market has stalks of them, and mostly roasting them.
A stalk is a lot, but if you harvest them from the bottom and keep the stalk in a tall vase with water (they are flower buds after all) they'll keep for upwards of a week.
yellowdogintexas
(22,256 posts)Also try sweet and sour - I had them made with frozen Brussels sprouts and they were amazing. They were sauted in a large wok, until bright green, then tossed with a dressing made of sugar, vinegar and bacon (with some drippings) OMG they were to die for!