Fall in Love with Broccoli
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The Broccoli of Your Childhood
"Eat your veggies."
"Don't want to. I hate broccoli!"
"Eat it anyway. It's good for you."
Remember who usually won the veggie battle? I thought so.
This lens is for YOU.
Broccoli is one of those green vegetables that has gained a reputation. You either love it or hate it. There is no in-between.
Table of Contents
Everything you wanted to know about broccoli...
- Why Broccoli?
- Gardening with Broccoli Video
- Broccoli with a Twist
- Sidetracked by Broccoli
- Good Gardening Advice!
- Plant Some Broccoli
- Broccolli...the Food We Feed Our Hamsters
- Think I'm Kidding? Watch the video...
- Broccoli Tidbits
- Broccoli in the News
- Speak Your Mind
- Will BARK for Broccoli
- Bloggin' About Broccoli
- "Eat Your Broccoli!" said the mom...
- Leave Your Footprint & Add a Bookmark...
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Why Broccoli?
This just in from Wikipedia:
"Broccoli is a plant of the Cabbage family, Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae). It is classified as the Italica Cultivar Group of the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli possesses abundant fleshy flower heads, usually green in color, arranged in a tree-like fashion on branches sprouting from a thick, edible stalk. The large mass of flower heads is surrounded by leaves...."
But hold on a second. Can we talk? Do you really care about Brassicaceae or Brassica oleracea? Do you know anyone who is fascinated by broccoli trivia? Me, either.
What we really want is a broccoli dish that'll tingle our taste buds; something to surprise & amaze us--you know, like discovering a crumpled $20 bill in your clothes dryer.
Broccoli is good for us. Maybe that doesn't hit #10 on your excitement list, but your body will thank you. It's loaded with fiber, vitamins, and minerals. How do I know? A team of researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore say so. Anyone who spends their days studying broccoli must know what they're talking about. My bet is they eat it often, too.
Broccoli gets results! 16,500,000 "broccoli" hits show up on Google, to be exact. Kinda makes you go Hmmmm, doesn't it?
Gardening with Broccoli Video
Step-by-step instructions just for you...
Feeling a little insecure about this gardening stuff? No problem. Here's a video that'll hold your hand through the whole ordeal. Grow your first broccoli garden and you'll be hooked.
Broccoli with a Twist
These aren't your gramma's broccoli dish...
- Pizza! Pizza!
- Brocolli pizza, from a top chef.
Yum. - Chef Ray's Brocolli Cole Slaw
- Chef Ray knows how to disguise the green stuff. Stand back. This recipe is explosive.
- Sandra Lee's Broccoli & Mozarella Salad
- Is your mouth watering yet?
- Toasted Bread w/Broccoli
- Bread never had it so good!
- Emeril's Brocolli-Pork Stirfry
- Take it from Emeril. It's the cashews that make this dish pop. BA-BAM!
- Broccoli & Cheddar Skillet Flan
- A one-skillet meal that's sure to please.
- Broccoli Crabmeat Casserole
- It's not your Grandma's broccoli.
- Broccoli Cornbread
- You heard it right...cornbread made with broccoli!
- Chocolate Broccoli!
- If ever you wanted to break the hold of those nightmarish broccoli experiences of your childhood, this is a sure fix.
- Angel Hair Pasta With Shrimp & Broccoli
- Angel Hair Pasta...shrimp...broccoli.
Three of my favorite foods! - Grandma's Chicken And Broccoli Bake
- A great combo!
- Broccoli Cheddar Cornbread
- Yum!
- Coconut & Lime: Broccoli Pesto
- ...and you thought broccoli was just a side dish?
- Broccoli-Rice-Sausage Casserole
- We were invited to a 'covered dish' tonight at a friend's home. She has re-done her old family home place which was built in 1790 and wanted to have her neighbors and friends over.I immediately thought about our family favorite - The Broccoli-Rice-Sausage Casserole. A neighbor-friend gave me the rec
- Broccoli Pesto Fusilli « Sunday Afternoons
- Broccoli Fusilli
YUM! - The Amateur Gourmet - The Best Broccoli of Your Life
- The Amateur Gourmet is a humorous, energetic food blog filled with recipes, restaurant reviews, food videos and original songs all from the mind of Adam D. Roberts.
Sidetracked by Broccoli
Gifts for the B-lover in your life
Broccoli Knob - Broccoli Knob
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Broccoli All Season Blend Seeds
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Under the Nile Organic Cotton Broccoli
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Doc Broc's Stone Hinge Cave Adventure by Adam Young, Shelley Redford Young
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Good Gardening Advice!
Grow your own broccoli...
I know. It's easier to just buy your broccoli at the market. But imagine stepping outside to harvest your very own luscious vegetables this fall? It's possible, with a little help from fellow gardeners.
Even if you aren't a gardening whiz, you can begin. Check out the links below, and see what you think.
- Planting & Growing Garden Broccoli
- An essential guide to planting and caring for broccoli.
- Broccoli - Garden Basics
- GardenGuides' Vegetable Guide for broccoli, including essential information about planting, climate, location, watering and harvesting broccoli, with much more.
- A Small Kitchen Garden Broccoli Notebook
- From time-to-time, I've grown broccoli in my small kitchen garden. This is an ideal vegetable for someone who hasn't done much gardening...
- The child who plants broccoli, eats broccoli
- This newspaper article raises an excellent point!
Plant Some Broccoli
Amazon loves broccoli
Broccolli...the Food We Feed Our Hamsters
Many of us will tolerate peas. Carrots. Corn. Green beans.
But for some crazy reason, we take our broccoli in small doses, sprinkled with parmesan cheese and slathered with butter. Sound familiar?
I'm here to change all that. We have options, people!
Like it or not, you're about to fall in love with the infamous Green Veggie.
Before long, broccoli will appeal to humans as it does to hamsters. Promise. Too often, human types try to make it into something it isn't--like BROCCOLI ICE CREAM! Yep...you heard it right. But that's another story. On with the hamster:
Think I'm Kidding? Watch the video...
Broccoli Tidbits
Learn more about broccoli
- Broccoli facts, an information sheet for kids cooking activities.
- An information fact sheet for Broccoli facts to help your kids cook with broccoli. Included is a broccoli recipe, broccoli cooking video, and more.
- Produce Facts-Broccoli
- BroccoliRecommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality
- Counting Calories? Get the Facts - Broccoli, Frozen, Spears, Unprepared
- Broccoli, Frozen, Spears, Unprepared (1 package (10 oz)) - Calories: 82, Carbs: 15.19g, Fat: 0.97g. See the complete nutrient food label for this food.
- Fractal Dimension of Broccoli
- This is a page in The Physics Factbook, an encyclopedia of scientific essays written by high school students that can be used by anybody.
- Q/A - broccoli trivia question
- If all the parts (stem, leaves, flowers) of broccoli are green, is it because of chlorophyll? And if so, does it mean that all the parts of the broccoli make their own food?
- Salt Tidbits & Trivia: Heart-healthy broccoli
- Salt Tidbits & Trivia
- Broccoli WORM!
- I admit it. I've never heard of a Broccoli Worm, have you?
Read all about it... - Does Barack Obama Like Broccoli?
- Broccoli has always played a part in history. How does our President feel about it?
- Broccoli!
- Health benefits of broccoli, including a chart showing its many nutritients.
So quit whining. Cheer up--you're a grownup now. Hopefully you're discovering reasons to give broccoli another chance, and recipes that turn this misunderstood veggie into something so delicious.
Broccoli in the News
...because every veggie deserves a headline
Betcha don't know all you think you know about broccoli. Are you aware, for example...
...It only has a shelf life of 5 days? I mean, really! How would you feel if you only had a shelf life of one work week? Hmmm?
...horticulture researchers are seeking ways to alter the genes of broccoli? Imagine, seeing that sad little sack of broccoli staring at you for two weeks or more. Wow.
...Men who eat broccoli four times a week or more have a lower risk of prostate cancer (Women, are you listening?) Slice it. Dice it. Disguise it. Do whatever it takes to add broccoli to meals.
...Recent studies show that a chemical called sulforaphane (found in broccoli) helps boost the immune system. A healthy immune system is able to fight off disease and premature aging.
Speak Your Mind
Take the broccoli poll
Will BARK for Broccoli
Broccoli in dog food?
Even the pooch loves broccoli. Experiment with the following recipes for dogs. (Try one yourself--hey, they're homemade, without preservatives & chemicals whose names we can't pronounce.)Bloggin' About Broccoli
Look who's talkin...
- Tiny Farm Blog
- See how your favorite veggie starts out...
- Broccoli:On Your Fork or Face
- A beauty blog takes a look at an unusual benefit of broccoli. (Who knew?)
- Eat Broccoli & Lose Weight
- Yep, you heard it right. This might be the breakthrough you're looking for...
- "There was nothing to eat..."
- See what happens when Chef's Wife peeks into her fridge. Can YOU come up with something like this?
- Joe's Gift
- Broccoli reminds me of Joe, a drifter we met at a campground a few years ago.
Go ahead...I dare you to eat your broccoli.
"Eat Your Broccoli!" said the mom...
Kids develop their own special tastes for vegetables. If you live with a persnickety eater, these articles may be encouraging.
- Vegetable Recipes Your Kids Will Beg For
- Vegetable Recipes Your Kids Will Beg For
- How to Encourage Your Kids to Eat Broccoli
- Broccoli & kids - ways to coax them into eating it.
- Get Your Toddler to Eat Veggies: Seven Easy Disguises for Vegetables
- Seven easy ways to sneak vegetables into your child's diet.
- To Eat Broccoli, Be Cunning - New York Times
- Be tricky...in a nice, creative way, of course.
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How's the Green Veggie faring @your house? Do you have to use creative disguises to coax your family to eat it?
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cmadden
Dec 27, 2011 @ 11:40 pm | delete
- Love broccoli!
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EMangl
Nov 7, 2011 @ 6:05 pm | delete
- broccoli and i will never become friends
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nancycarol
Sep 16, 2011 @ 10:44 pm | delete
- Nope, I raised my kids by putting a little of every thing on their plate at a meal. All I asked of them was to taste each thing before they made a decision. Sometimes that worked well, other times it didn't. But I find that as they have grown up, their tastes have matured, and now they all love broccoli, fixed just about any way you can make it. I think you should do a broccoli recipe lens, with all your favorites. Who says broccoli can't taste good? Love the lens, and the subject.
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ajgodinho Sep 16, 2011 @ 9:30 am | delete
- As far as I can remember, I've always loved vegetables (I'm one of those odd balls) :) I don't think my mom had a problem getting me to eat my vegetables...lol and I love broccoli too...blessings to you for helping people understand the healthy benefits of broccoli! :)
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smaq
Aug 6, 2011 @ 5:21 am | delete
- I just love your intro to this lens and i always liked broccoli guess i made my mom happy by doing so. I just made a lens on broccoli do check it out
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