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Sprouting Broccoli
« on: 15 April, 2008, 04:22:16 pm »
Daughter One keeps providing me with mountains of this vegetable from her allotment.I have to use it.She checks my compost heap.

No longer eating meat so i have no gravy and mashed potato to mix into a toothsome sloppy mess.

Any suggestions for its use? I get a bit fed up with the anchovy/chilli/pasta  variant; although it is quick.

N


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Julian

  • samoture
Re: Sprouting Broccoli
« Reply #1 on: 15 April, 2008, 04:26:42 pm »
Stick it in an omelette.

Have it with pasta and cheese, or pasta and pesto.

Put it in a quiche.

Steam it and have it with hot buttered granary toast.

Stir-fry it with garlic, onion and ginger, and have with rice or noodles.

Eat it raw dipped in hummous.

I love the stuff.  :thumbsup:

andygates

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Re: Sprouting Broccoli
« Reply #2 on: 15 April, 2008, 04:30:08 pm »
Cover it in cheese sauce and bake.   :thumbsup:
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Re: Sprouting Broccoli
« Reply #3 on: 15 April, 2008, 08:49:46 pm »
Chop it into bite size pieces, lightly cook it and mix it with couscous(made up with veg stock), toasted nuts/seeds and cubed cheese (preferably feta, but anything will do).

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Rollo

Re: Sprouting Broccoli
« Reply #4 on: 15 April, 2008, 09:53:01 pm »
Make a load of broccoli soup & freeze any you don't want now in handy portions.

Re: Sprouting Broccoli
« Reply #5 on: 16 April, 2008, 03:51:42 pm »
Give it all to me! I love the stuff.

It is good in soup, or souffle, or stir-fry, or quiche. Or pie, with a cheesy sauce. Or very quickly fried up with ginger and garlic in sesame oil.

But - giving up meat doesn't mean giving up gravy and mash. There's no reason to not have veggie gravy. (If you're missing the meatiness, adding some or all of marmite, mushroom ketchup, and smoked paprika can help.)

Re: Sprouting Broccoli
« Reply #6 on: 16 April, 2008, 04:27:55 pm »
Well thanks to you for your help.

Daughter One arrived this morning for an on the spot sprouting broccoli inspection.
Yes i had eaten it and so i passed.Stalks were inspected to see that i hadn't wasted any. ::-)

She was so pleased i was promised more for the week-end. :-X

A bag was left by the kitchen door with leeks and rhubarb.That's easy.As the oven has to go on for the dog's meat We shall have leek and potato boulangere (in cream and stock,slowly in the oven)Rhubarb crumble to follow.

I can forsee the need for at least 30 miles against a head wind tomoorw to get rid of that lot.

I shall be back looking for sucour when the bloody courgettes start.
                                                                         
N


Mal-odorous,liver-spotted, coffin-dodger.

simonali

Re: Sprouting Broccoli
« Reply #7 on: 17 April, 2008, 10:12:35 pm »
My wife makes a pasta dish which consists of steamed broccoli and salmon fillet, stir fried shallots, garlic and mushrooms, cooked linguini and cream. Just stir all the bits together, heat through and serve.

border-rider

Re: Sprouting Broccoli
« Reply #8 on: 18 April, 2008, 12:00:06 pm »
I love purple sprouting Broccoli

I just came back from the market with a big bag full :)

Re: Sprouting Broccoli
« Reply #9 on: 18 April, 2008, 12:02:18 pm »
Be good in a stir-fry with spinach or any other noodles
Or in a veg stew with spuds, haricot beans and a creamy tahini stock  :)