A popular product, this cabbage is served in almost all restaurants and cafes, sold in every supermarket, both fresh and frozen, and many housewives have already appreciated this product. What is the reason for the mass recognition of this particular type of cauliflower? Maybe it's the composition. Broccoli cabbage is saturated with nutrients, it contains fiber, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, manganese, sulfur, as well as vitamins C, PP, E, K, and group B. But all this wealth, for sure, remained without attention, if not for the wonderful taste, unusual aroma and tenderness, thanks to which broccoli becomes an excellent side dish for meat and fish dishes.
The nutrients included in the composition make this cabbage almost a magical product. By including broccoli in your diet, you will rid the body of excess water and salt, improve the condition of bone tissue, improve the functioning of the endocrine and nervous system, and even prevent cellulite and slow down aging! But let's get back to taste. Not all broccoli tastes the same, so you need to know how to choose it, how to save it, and how to cook it later.
Looking into the vegetable section of any supermarket, you will surely see that broccoli is sold fresh and frozen. The difference between them is significant. If you decide to buy broccoli in reserve, then you can take a frozen product, but the content of nutrients in it will be lower, and you will also lose the opportunity to verify the quality of the product, smell it and make sure it is attractive. appearance. When choosing fresh broccoli, you need to pay attention to the size of the florets and give preference to cabbage with small florets, fresh in appearance, smelling of fresh herbs, elastic to the touch and with a bright color. Fresh broccoli can be stored in the refrigerator for several days, but it's best to use it immediately after purchase.
Rinse the broccoli under running water before you start cooking. cold water and separate the inflorescences. Now you can put the cabbage on a plate and serve it to the table, so it 
will retain all useful substances. Also, broccoli can be boiled, steamed or fried, in which case some of the vitamins will be lost, but by adding seasonings and spices you can get different tastes. Broccoli is cooked from cabbage different dishes, these are salads and side dishes, make sauces, add to soups, pies and omelettes and use as a snack.
We suggest you try to cook some simple and delicious food from broccoli. We hope that these broccoli recipes will take their rightful place in your piggy bank.
Ingredients:
500 gr broccoli,
2 oranges
100 gr white grapes, 
½ lemon
200 gr natural yogurt without additives,
1 tbsp soft mustard,
pepper,
salt.
Cooking:
Separate the broccoli florets from the stems, wash and cut the stalks, then put them in salted boiling water for 2-3 minutes, add the florets and cook for another 2 minutes. Peel the oranges, divide into slices and peel each slice from the film. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon, mix it with mustard and yogurt. Cut the grapes in half and remove the seeds. Mix broccoli, orange and grape slices, season the salad with the resulting dressing.
Ingredients:
300 gr broccoli,
100 gr apples,
1 lemon
50 gr green dill,
olive oil,
salt.
Cooking:
Rinse the broccoli under cold running water, separate the florets and dip them in boiling salted water for 3 minutes. Finely chop the dill, peel the apples, and cut into thin slices. Wash the lemon thoroughly and cut into very thin circles with the peel. Mix all the ingredients and dress the salad with olive oil.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but some people choose not to eat breakfast, citing lack of time. We offer two easy but hearty meals from broccoli, which can be served for breakfast, and the preparation of which does not take much time - broccoli in cheese omelette and broccoli in batter with green garlic.
Ingredients:
750 gr broccoli,
4 eggs,
250 gr sour cream,
100 gr cheese
3-4 tablespoons of ground crackers,
butter.
Cooking:
Rinse the broccoli in cold water, separate the florets and boil them for about 7 minutes in salted water. Then drain the water and transfer the broccoli to a greased baking dish. butter. Beat eggs, add sour cream and beat again. Grate the cheese on a fine grater and mix it with eggs and sour cream. Put the sour cream mass on the broccoli, pour the ground crackers on top in an even layer. Put the form in the oven, preheated to 150 ° C, then add heat to 200 ° C and leave the omelette for 20 minutes.
Broccoli in batter with green garlic
Ingredients:
500 gr broccoli,
2 eggs,
1 tbsp flour,
50 ml cream
green garlic,
vegetable oil,
salt.
Cooking:
Beat the eggs, add cream, flour and salt to them, mix well. Rinse the broccoli under cold running water and separate the florets. Dip broccoli florets in batter and fry in hot vegetable oil. Finely chop the garlic cloves and sprinkle over the cooked dish.
Meat and seafood lovers can be offered tiger prawns with broccoli and casserole with minced meat and broccoli. Both of these dishes boast excellent flavor and instant disappearance from the plates. In addition, they are useful, quickly prepared and are unlikely to somehow affect your figure.
Tiger prawns with broccoli
Ingredients:
4 pcs potatoes,
200 gr broccoli,
200 gr tiger prawns,
120-130 ml cream,
2 tbsp curry,
50 gr butter,
salt,
pepper.
Cooking:
Peel and cut potatoes into cubes, fry in butter until golden brown. Rinse broccoli under cold running water, separate the florets and pour over them. hot water for 3-4 minutes, then transfer to the pan to the potatoes. Sprinkle potatoes and curry broccoli and top with cream. In a separate pan in butter, fry the shrimp and put them to the vegetables, season with salt and pepper and simmer for another 2-3 minutes for 
small fire under a closed lid.
Ingredients:
500 gr potatoes,
300 gr broccoli,
300 gr minced meat,
100 ml milk
2 eggs,
150 gr hard cheese,
vegetable oil.
Cooking:
Peel potatoes, cut into medium-sized pieces. Make small balls from minced meat and fry them in vegetable oil. Potatoes, broccoli florets and meat balls put in a baking dish, sprinkle with grated cheese. Beat eggs with milk, salt and pour vegetables and meat balls. Place the mold in the oven preheated to 180°C for 30 minutes.
Such a bright vegetable as broccoli, in addition to its excellent taste, will also give you a great mood, reminiscent of summer with its rich color. So, it's time to cook really summer, bright and delicate dishes. For example, broccoli can be cooked tender soufflé, fragrant cream soup or just serve it under delicious cheese sauce.
Ingredients:
800 gr broccoli,
2 liters of water
1 tsp salt,
2 tbsp starch,
4 tbsp cream,
2 eggs,
50 gr parmesan cheese,
butter,
salt.
Cooking:
Rinse the broccoli and separate the florets, cut the stems. Add the florets and stems to boiling salted water and simmer the broccoli in it for 10 minutes. Dilute starch in cream. From broccoli, with the addition of 2 tbsp. decoction, prepare a puree, mix with 
cream and cook, stirring constantly. Take the eggs, separate the whites from the yolks. Mix the yolks with salt and mashed broccoli. Preheat oven to 220°C. Whip the egg whites into a thick foam, grate the cheese and add everything to the puree. Grease soufflé molds with butter and fill them with puree 2/3. Bake for 40 minutes.
Ingredients:
1 head of broccoli
100 gr cheese
70 gr processed cheese,
200 ml milk
1 tbsp flour,
30 gr butter,
1/2 lemon
paprika,
ground black pepper,
salt.
Cooking:
Disassemble the broccoli into florets, mix with the juice of half a lemon, put in a double boiler for 15-20 minutes. Rub the cheese on a fine grater, cut the melted sur into small pieces. Fry flour in butter, then add milk and stir until all lumps are dissolved. Add the cheeses to the resulting sauce and, stirring constantly, cook until the cheese is completely dissolved. Then add paprika, salt and pepper. Drizzle cooked broccoli with cheese sauce and serve.
Broccoli cream soup with shrimps
Ingredients:
1 kg broccoli,
2 heads of onions,
2 cloves of garlic
6 tbsp butter,
2 l vegetable broth,
400 ml cream,
8 pcs boiled shrimp, peeled
lemon juice,
salt,
pepper,
nutmeg, 
parsley.
Cooking:
Rinse the broccoli and separate the florets, peel the stems and cut into cubes. Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic. V large saucepan melt 4 tbsp. butter and fry the onion and garlic in it. Pour in vegetable broth, add florets and stalks of broccoli and simmer under a closed lid for 10 minutes. Then add the cream and use a blender to beat the soup, turning it into a puree. Bring the resulting puree to a boil and reduce slightly over low heat. Season the soup with lemon juice, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Rinse the shrimps under running cold water, dry with a napkin and fry in a pan in the remaining butter. Rinse the parsley and cut off the leaves. Place 1 fried shrimp in each serving of soup and sprinkle with parsley leaves.
Spicy and spicy taste Broccoli has been known for a long time, but its popularity is still only gaining momentum. Broccoli is easy to prepare and contains almost no calories, which means that broccoli dishes must take an honorable first place in our daily diet, becoming delicious side dish with meat and fish, or as an independent dish. Broccoli is not just a vegetable, it is a real storehouse of nutrients that our body needs in winter, so it's time to learn new recipes and start cooking! And here you can find even more vegetable recipes.
Alena Karamzina
In today's recipe, I propose to combine two the healthiest vegetables- broccoli and cauliflower, and bake them in the oven to preserve everything as much as possible beneficial features. getting ready vegetable casserole very simple and quick, but it turns out very tasty.
In this recipe, I did not add other products, except for the cabbage itself, spices and olive oil, but if you want, you can add a little cheese - hard or processed, sour cream or some other neutral-tasting vegetables, such as zucchini or carrots, in any case, with or without additions, baked cabbage will be very tasty and healthy.
Ingredients:
- Broccoli - 200 g
- Cauliflower - 200 g
- Olive oil - 2 tbsp.
- Ground spices: a mixture of peppers, paprika - ½ tsp each.
- Ground dry garlic - a pinch
- Salt - to taste
- Dry herbs: oregano, basil and marjoram - a pinch each
- Cayenne pepper - on the tip of a knife
Broccoli and Cauliflower Casserole - Easy Recipe
I prepared both cabbages: washed, sorted into inflorescences.
I put it in a deep bowl.
Threw all the spices on the list. As you can see, there are not so few spices, but if you suddenly don’t like one of them, just skip it, or adjust them to your liking, because you can add more, for example, curry, suneli hops, French or Italian herbs, turmeric… Don't be afraid to fantasize.
She poured oil. If you don't have olive oil, feel free to use sunflower. Salted.
Stir so that all the spices are evenly distributed over the inflorescences.
I transferred it to a ceramic mold that is suitable for baking, covered it with the shiny side of the foil. Put in hot oven and baked for 10 minutes at 200 degrees.
Then she removed the foil, and in order to brown the cabbage a little, she kept it in the oven for another 5 minutes.
That's all, broccoli with cauliflower in the oven with spices is ready!
It turns out such a casserole is very fragrant and tasty.
Broccoli and cauliflower for feeding (for children)
These two types of cabbage are considered dietary (low in calories, without allergens, with a lot of vitamins), so cabbage is often used as a complementary food - the first meal for young children who are weaned from breast milk. In this case, the cabbage is boiled or baked and cooked vegetable puree. To prepare healthy vegetable purees, follow these recipes:
- with potatoes
These recipes will be useful not only for young mothers, but also for those who follow a diet for health or for weight loss.
Bon Appetit!
Many are known good recipes cooking broccoli. Among them are options delicious soups, salads, appetizers and hot dishes. Having studied such recipes, the hostess will be able to make her daily menu more varied and interesting.
Broccoli can be easily and quickly turned into delicious first dish. Soups with it always turn out to be the most tender and at the same time satisfying.
Broccoli and Cream Soup
Ingredients: 420 g of broccoli, 90 ml of cream, a pinch of nutmeg, a large spoonful of butter, onion, salt, freshly ground black pepper.
- Right in the pan, onion cubes are fried until golden brown in butter. If you overcook the vegetable, the soup will be bitter.
- Cabbage inflorescences, along with a glass of boiling water, go to the onion. Products are cooked until the broccoli is soft.
- The resulting mass is interrupted by a blender, salted, sprinkled with spices.
It remains to pour into the soup puree from broccoli cream and heat it up without bringing it to a boil.
With melted cheese in a slow cooker
Ingredients: 270 g cabbage, 1 tbsp. chicken broth, salt, 120 g of processed cheese without additives, onion, a pinch of black pepper.
- Chopped onions are fried in a saucepan until appetizing ruddy. Raw broccoli inflorescences are laid out to it and together the components are cooked for a couple of minutes.
- The broth pours in. The mass is salted and boiled over low heat for 8 - 9 minutes.
- Small pieces of cheese are laid out in a saucepan, pepper is added.
- When the cheese is melted, you can puree the mass.
The soup is brought to a boil, cooled slightly and poured into bowls.
Original first course with bacon
Ingredients: 1 liter of any broth, 2 large spoons of sifted flour, 1.5 tbsp. medium fat cream, handful canned corn, 280 g broccoli, 120 g bacon, 3 potatoes, onion, salt, a pinch of dry thyme and pepper.
- Small pieces of brisket are fried in a saucepan on any fat for 6-7 minutes. Next, onions are laid out to them. Together, the products are cooked until the vegetable cubes are soft.
- Flour is poured into the saucepan. Frying food with constant stirring continues for another half a minute.
- The broth is poured in, potato bars, salt are added.
- After another 12 minutes, broccoli inflorescences, spices, corn are laid in the container, all the cream is poured at once.
- Cooking lasts 7 - 8 minutes.
Ready soup is poured into deep bowls.
Lean cream soup
Ingredients: a head of broccoli (about half a kilo), 160 g potatoes, half a liter of filtered water, half a glass coconut milk, a bowl of large shrimp, salt, spices. How to cook lean creamy broccoli soup with seafood is described below.
- The potatoes are cut into medium pieces, filled with water and sent to boil.
- After 10 minutes, cabbage is laid out to the potatoes. The mass languishes over medium heat until the vegetables soften.
- Ready components are pureed.
- Coconut milk, salt, seasonings move to mashed broccoli and potatoes.
- Shrimps are cooked until cooked separately.
The finished treat is poured into plates and decorated with seafood.
Broccoli soup in a slow cooker
Ingredients: 1 pc. onions, carrots and bell pepper, 2 small tomatoes, 4 potatoes, 240 g cabbage, 70 g long rice, parsley to taste, 2 l meat broth, salt, aromatic herbs.
- All vegetables (except potatoes) are arbitrarily chopped and immediately put into the Smart Pot bowl. In the frying program, they are cooked until soft.
- Further, potato cubes are poured to the listed ingredients, well-washed cereals and broccoli inflorescences are laid out.
- Products are poured with broth, lavrushka, salt and aromatic herbs are added to them.
- In the "Soup" mode, the dish is cooked until the potatoes and rice are soft.
Served for dinner with fresh herbs.
Chicken soup with cabbage
Ingredients: chicken breast, a pound of broccoli, 2 potatoes, onions, 2 carrots, 60 g butter, a bunch of fresh dill, 4-5 allspice peas, salt.
- The breast is boiled in water with pepper and salt for 20 minutes. In the process, foam must be periodically removed from the surface of the liquid.
- Ready meat is removed from the bone, finely chopped.
- Chopped vegetables, along with chicken, are lightly fried in butter.
- Next, frying and potato cubes are laid in a still hot broth. After boiling the soup, cabbage inflorescences are poured into it.
Under the lid, the dish is left to cook for 12 - 14 minutes. If necessary, it can be topped up.
Soup recipe for toddlers
Ingredients: 1 liter of water, 1 pc. carrots and onions, 2 cups of rice, 300 g of broccoli, salt.
- Water is brought to a boil, salted.
- Grated carrots, well-washed rice and a whole onion are immediately sent to it.
- After 15 minutes, you can lay broccoli inflorescences in the soup.
- After another 10 - 12 minutes, the treat for the little ones is completely ready.
Optional, children's soup can be pureed.
Broccoli side dishes
Broccoli is a great side dish. It turns out tasty, low-calorie and healthy. But the cabbage in question can also be used to make an omelette, a pie, a casserole, and even cutlets.
How to cook steamed broccoli in a slow cooker?
Ingredients: a kilo of cabbage, 2 - 3 garlic cloves, half a lemon, 4 tbsp. l. olive oil, 3 tbsp. l. soy sauce, pepper mixture, salt.
- Broccoli is washed, gets rid of a thick hard stem and is divided into inflorescences.
- The resulting parts are placed in a special container for steaming and sent to a slow cooker, the bowl of which is filled with water.
- The vegetable is steamed for 8 - 9 minutes.
- In a frying pan, chopped garlic with a mixture of peppers is fried in heated olive oil. Literally half a minute later, lemon juice is squeezed there and poured soy sauce. The components are mixed and removed from the fire.
Ready steamed broccoli in a slow cooker is poured with salted sauce from the fourth step and served for dinner.
Braised in cream sauce
Ingredients: 820 g cabbage, 1.5 tbsp. thick sour cream, 4 tbsp. l. light mayonnaise, 3 garlic cloves, salt, spices, a few fresh basil leaves.
- Broccoli is divided into inflorescences and sent to cook for 5 - 6 minutes in salted boiling water. Cabbage should be only half-finished.
- The basil is finely cut, mixed with sour cream and mayonnaise. The mass is salted, spices and crushed garlic are added to it.
- Semi-finished broccoli is laid out in a pan and poured with sauce. Under the lid, vegetables will languish for 8-9 minutes.
Ready-made broccoli cream sauce served hot for dinner as an independent dish or side dish.
Frittata (omelet) with broccoli, asparagus and sun-dried tomatoes
Ingredients: 120 g of cabbage, the same amount of asparagus, 60 g of frozen green peas, 5 sun-dried tomatoes, 20 g of cheese, 3 large eggs, salt, ground black pepper.
- Eggs are beaten with a whisk, combined with grated cheese and a little salt and pepper.
- The resulting mass is poured into a frying pan and cooked for 2 minutes. The top of the omelet will still be damp.
- Cut tomatoes without oil, asparagus, broccoli inflorescences are laid out on it, peas are poured out. The dish is sent to a preheated oven for 6 to 7 minutes.
A ready-made omelet with broccoli is served for breakfast with various spicy sauces.
Quiche with chicken and broccoli
Ingredients: a glass of first-class flour, 5 large eggs, a pound of chicken and broccoli, 90 g butter, a glass of frozen green peas, a glass of fat sour cream, 2 tbsp. l. sweet mustard, 80 g cheese, 1 tbsp. l. salt, a mixture of peppers.
- One egg and softened butter are added to the sifted flour. The dough is kneaded, which rolls into a ball, wrapped in a film and cleaned in a cool place for an hour.
- Chicken, broccoli and peas are boiled until tender. Next, the ingredients are finely chopped and mixed.
- The dough is thinly rolled out and laid out in a round detachable form. He should get sides.
- In a separate bowl, sour cream, the remaining lightly beaten eggs, mustard are mixed. The mass is salted, peppered.
- The filling from the second step is laid out on the dough. Sour cream fills on top.
- First, the cake is baked for 20 minutes, then sprinkled with cheese and cooked for another 20-25 minutes. The optimum temperature is 170 degrees.
Ready-made quiche with chicken and broccoli is delicious both hot and cold.
Vegetables baked in the oven with cheese
Ingredients: 2 pcs. potatoes, carrots and chicken eggs, sea salt, 420 g broccoli, onion, 90 g Parmesan, 3 tbsp. l. sour cream, Italian herbs.
- The baking sheet is covered with oiled foil. Cabbage inflorescences, carrot circles, onion and potato cubes are immediately laid on it.
- Vegetables are sprinkled with salt and Italian herbs.
- Eggs are beaten with salted sour cream. This mixture is poured over the contents of the pan.
- From above, the products are covered with foil and sent for an hour to the oven.
10 minutes more vegetable mix with broccoli in the oven is prepared without coating after sprinkling with grated cheese.
Stew with celery
Ingredients: half a kilo of chicken, 400 g of broccoli, celery stalk, onion, a glass of heavy cream, a pinch of ground chili, salt.
- First, arbitrarily chopped onions are fried in well-heated oil until soft. Then pieces of chicken fillet are laid out to it. Together, the products are cooked until the meat turns white.
- Next, chopped celery and broccoli florets are poured into the pan.
- If there is not enough liquid in the container, you can add a little water. Together, the components are stewed under a closed lid for 6 to 8 minutes.
- It remains to salt and pepper the mass, pour heavy cream into it.
- Until fully cooked, the dish will languish for another 10 minutes.
The pan is then removed from the heat. Its contents can be generously sprinkled with chopped herbs and served for dinner.
Casserole with cauliflower
Ingredients: for a large inflorescence of two types of cabbage, onion, 2 raw eggs, 90 ml of medium-fat sour cream, salt, a mixture of peppers, 80 g of cheese, a large spoonful of butter.
- Cabbage of two types is divided into inflorescences and boiled for 4 - 5 minutes until half cooked. Ready vegetables are laid out in a colander.
- The onion is chopped into cubes and fried in hot oil.
- To fill the eggs, beat with a whisk with sour cream.
- The heat-resistant form is greased with softened butter. Cabbage inflorescences of two colors are laid out in it. The fried onions are distributed on top.
- Vegetables are covered with filling.
Such a broccoli casserole is cooked in a little less than half an hour at 190 degrees. 6 - 7 minutes before the end of the specified time, the dish is sprinkled with grated cheese.
Hearty pie with cabbage and cheese
Ingredients: 380 g of broccoli, 110 g of cheese, 2 large spoons of flour, 2 raw large eggs, salt, 230 g of ready-made puff yeast dough, 230 ml of fat milk.
- Cabbage is divided into inflorescences and boiled for 6-7 minutes until soft. Further, she is crushed with a knife.
- Eggs are poured into milk and beaten well. Salt is added to them (about 1 tsp) and all the flour. There should be no lumps in the mass.
- The mixture from the previous step is brought to a boil and cooked with continuous stirring until thickened, 4 to 5 minutes.
- The dough is slightly rolled out and laid out in a round shape. Sides are formed about 1.5 cm.
- Broccoli is laid out on the dough, thickened milk sauce is poured.
- Cheese is rubbed on top.
The dish is baked for 17 - 20 minutes at medium temperature.
Lean broccoli cutlets
Ingredients: 380 g of broccoli florets (without a thick stem), 2 tbsp. l. first-class flour, 60 g rusk crumbs, 5 boiled potatoes, salt, spices.
- Broccoli florets are fried in any heated oil until tender.
- Then they are pureed with a blender along with pre-cooked potatoes.
- Flour, salt, spices are added to the mass.
- Cutlets are molded with wet onions, which are rolled in breadcrumbs and fried on both sides.
The resulting dish is tastier to eat with sour cream with garlic.
Vegetable casserole with brisket
Ingredients: 320 g broccoli, large carrot, half a purple onion, 120 g smoked brisket, 3 large eggs, 60 g of cheese, 1.5 tbsp. low-fat cream, half a bunch of fresh dill, salt.
- Water boils, salts. Cabbage inflorescences fall into it for 2 - 3 minutes. Then they recline in a colander and pour cold water over them.
- Carrots are peeled, cut into semicircles.
- The form is lubricated with oil. Boiled cabbage and smoked brisket sticks are laid out in it.
- Chopped carrots and thin half-rings of onions are randomly poured on top.
- Separately, eggs are beaten with salt and chopped dill. The resulting mixture is poured over vegetables.
- Grated cheese is sprinkled on food.
The casserole is cooked for about half an hour at 200 - 210 degrees.
Broccoli, egg and cucumber salad
Ingredients: 420 g cabbage, 160 g fresh cucumbers, 2 boiled eggs, 3 sprigs of dill, 40 g of kernels walnuts, 40 g mayonnaise and 60 g unsweetened yogurt, 30 g cheese, salt.
- Cabbage inflorescences are dipped in salted boiling water for 3 - 3.5 minutes. Then they are washed with ice water. This is necessary not only in order to cool the vegetable faster, but also to preserve its bright color.
- For dressing, unsweetened yogurt and mayonnaise are mixed immediately, as well as finely chopped nuts and grated cheese. The mass is salted to taste.
- The inflorescences of the finished cabbage are immediately laid out on a wide flat plate.
- Next, large circles of fresh cucumbers and boiled eggs are distributed.
- Cheese and nut dressing is laid out on top of the products.
The finished broccoli salad is sprinkled with chopped dill and immediately served at the table. Some chefs also add home-made wheat croutons to it.
How to cook cabbage in garlic batter?
Ingredients: 420 g frozen cabbage, 140 ml mineral water(carbonated), large egg, 3 - 4 garlic cloves, table salt, ½ small. spoons of baking powder, 110 g of wheat flour.
- Cabbage directly frozen falls into boiling water. After boiling the water again, broccoli is cooked for another 3 minutes. Next, the cabbage is moved to a bowl of cold water and ice, after which it is leaned back into a colander.
- To make the dough for batter as airy as possible, the components of the eggs must be beaten separately. The protein with a mixer turns into a dense thick foam.
- In a separate bowl, combine half of the carbonated mineral water, baking powder, all crushed garlic, salt to taste, flour and the remaining yolk. The ingredients are intensively mixed. Further, the remains of mineral water are poured in and the mixing is repeated, but less actively.
- Whipped protein is also added to the batter.
- Broccoli florets are pricked on a fork, dipped in the dough and moved to a container of boiling oil.
Ready broccoli in batter is removed from the fat with a slotted spoon and laid out on paper towels.
Salad with apple
Ingredients: 2 heads of broccoli, large carrots, sweet and sour apple, 1/3 purple onion, 80 g nuts, 90 g dried cranberries, 70 g sour cream and mayonnaise, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of lime juice, a pinch each of salt, freshly ground black pepper and granulated sugar.
- You can take any nuts. Walnuts are great for this salad. The kernels are coarsely chopped and dried in a pan.
- Raw broccoli is divided into inflorescences, which are cut into medium slices. Carrots are chopped into thin long strips. Apples - arbitrary pieces, onions - cubes.
- All prepared ingredients are collected in a salad bowl, sprinkled with dried cranberries.
- For dressing, sour cream and mayonnaise are mixed. Freshly squeezed lime juice is poured to the sauces, salt, pepper and sugar are added.
- The entire zest is removed from the lemon with a fine grater. The juice is squeezed out of the rest.
- The bird fillet is cut into small pieces and placed in a bowl. Citrus juice, crushed garlic, spices, salt, olive oil are added to the chicken. The meat is left for 10 - 15 minutes.
- Cabbage is disassembled into inflorescences, which fall for 4 - 5 minutes in boiling water. Then they are laid out in a colander to drain excess liquid.
- The prepared chicken is fried in well-heated oil until golden brown, then it is combined with cabbage. The mass is added if necessary.
- The dough is cut into 2 parts, each of which is slightly rolled out.
- The first one is filled with chicken and broccoli filling. The filling is topped with grated cheese.
- The layer is covered with the second part of the dough. The edges are securely pinched.
- The cabbage is washed, disassembled into inflorescences, boiled in boiling water until soft. Then she leans back in a colander and dries.
- First, chopped garlic is lightly fried in heated olive oil. Then dried tomatoes are added there. To taste, the mass is salted, peppered and cooked for 3-4 minutes.
- Fish cut into small pieces and boiled cabbage inflorescences are added to the tomatoes.
- The fillet is removed from the bones and lightly beaten off. Billets are rubbed on all sides with salt and spices.
- The garlic passed through the press is combined with sour cream.
- Broccoli is divided into inflorescences, which are finely chopped.
- Cabbage is laid out on meat layers. The chicken is folded into envelopes and secured with toothpicks.
- The meat is smeared with sour cream and garlic and placed on a steam grill.
- Water is poured into the bowl of the device.
- In the "Steam" program, the dish is cooked for 60 - 70 minutes.
The future pie is baked for 17 - 20 minutes in an oven preheated to 200 degrees.
Original appetizer with tuna
Ingredients: 2 cans canned tuna, a head of broccoli cabbage, 4 - 5 garlic cloves, 6 - 8 pcs. dried tomatoes, lemon, 2 tbsp. l. olive oil, a pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper, a handful grated cheese taste.
Before serving, the appetizer is sprinkled with freshly squeezed lemon juice and sprinkled with grated cheese to taste.
Chicken breast with broccoli in a slow cooker
Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts, 320 g broccoli, 220 g fat sour cream, rock salt, 1 - 3 garlic cloves, 130 g cheese, table salt, spices.
It is delicious to serve a treat for dinner with assorted vegetables.
How to cook broccoli so that it is not only healthy, but also tasty? What can be cooked from fresh and frozen broccoli? Recipes for cooking in a slow cooker, in a pan and in the oven. From this cabbage you can cook a large number of delicious and healthy meals. We will tell you about its useful properties, give advice on selection, storage and preparation. In this material you will find a variety of recipes for soups, salads, main courses and pastries from broccoli.
Broccoli or asparagus is the closest relative and genetic precursor of cauliflower, a type of kale. Broccoli has been revered since ancient Rome. From there, it gradually spread to countries all over the world.
The most common variety of broccoli is calabrese, which is shaped like an umbrella.
Beneficial features
Broccoli contains more protein than other members of the cabbage family. Moreover, it contains even more protein than beef (in terms of 100 calories). Broccoli contains a large number of useful trace elements: potassium, calcium, iodine, iron, phosphorus, magnesium and zinc. In addition, it contains a lot of vitamins C, PP, E, K and B vitamins. In terms of vitamin A content, broccoli surpasses all other types of cabbage and even other vegetables, except for carrots.
Regular consumption of broccoli prevents the development of atherosclerosis, strokes and heart attacks, helps to remove toxins from the body, improves the functioning of the stomach and intestines, and has a positive effect on the health of the nervous system, skin and musculoskeletal system.
The energy value of 100 g of broccoli is 34 kcal. Therefore, this vegetable is very useful in dietary nutrition.
In addition to other antioxidants, broccoli contains substances that can fight cancer cells (sulforaphane, indole-3-carbine, synergin, glucoraphanin). These substances have anticancer activity, strengthen the immune system, prevent the reproduction of cancer cells.
To get all the necessary nutrients from broccoli, it is enough to consume only half a cup of cabbage per day.
How can you cook broccoli
It is best to eat raw broccoli. This is how you get all the vitamins and minerals it contains. Don't be afraid. Actually raw cabbage crispy and very tasty.
Broccoli can also be steamed or boiled. Broccoli can be stewed, baked and marinated. There are quite a few options for dishes with fried cabbage. This cooking of broccoli is also acceptable, however, if you are a supporter of a healthy diet, it is preferable not to use fried foods in your food.
Broccoli goes great with any food. It can be cooked with different vegetables, meat and fish, season with olive, vegetable or butter, stew with sour cream or bake with cheese.
- Choose firm broccoli with wilted florets. Their color should be saturated green, purple or blue (depending on the type of cabbage). Do not buy a sluggish or yellowed vegetable.
- Store broccoli in an airtight container in the refrigerator for about a week.
- Broccoli can also be frozen to preserve its beneficial properties. You can store frozen cabbage for about 6 months.
- If the broccoli has begun to wilt or turn yellow, you can “revive” it a little by cutting off its stem a couple of centimeters and placing the cabbage in a container of water, stem down, like a bouquet of flowers. After a few hours, the cabbage will become attractive and crispy again.
- For the preparation of cabbage, in addition to inflorescences, you can use the stems and leaves of broccoli. They contain even more useful substances.
- Before cooking or freezing, broccoli should be thoroughly rinsed with water to get rid of dirt and nitrates that may have been treated with cabbage.
- Broccoli does not need to be subjected to a long heat treatment. To save more nutrients, cook it for no more than 5 minutes.
- When served with lemon juice, the cabbage may take on a dirty hue, this becomes especially noticeable if the cabbage is seasoned with lemon juice for several hours. Therefore, when using lemon to season broccoli, eat it immediately after cooking.
Broccoli Recipes
Broccoli can be used to make many delicious and simple meals. It can be cooked with other vegetables or served on its own. This cabbage is not only tasty, but also a very healthy product that should be eaten as often as possible.
Salads
The easiest and healthiest way to make broccoli salad. To do this, the vegetable can be boiled or used raw. Thus, you will save all the beneficial substances that this cabbage contains. In salads, broccoli is mixed with other vegetables, chicken, seafood or meat.
Raw broccoli with a simple dressing
For refueling you will need
- 3-4 st. spoons olive oil
- 1-2 minced garlic cloves
- ½ tsp. mustard
- 1-2 teaspoons lemon juice
- a pinch of salt
You can also simply dip the broccoli florets into this mixture. Cabbage is very juicy, tasty and crispy.
Salad with broccoli, shrimps and cherry tomatoes
A very tasty mixture of broccoli with shrimp and tomatoes is obtained. Be sure to try this salad recipe.
For salad
- several broccoli florets
- 10-15 pcs. cherry tomatoes
- 500 g shrimp shrimp
- 1 red onion
For refueling
- 3-4 st. lies. olive oil
- juice of ½ lemon
- ½ tsp. mustard
- 1 garlic clove
- salt and pepper to taste
Cooking
- Rinse broccoli, disassemble into inflorescences, boil in boiling water for 2-3 minutes.
- Boil and peel shrimp.
- Cut cherry tomatoes in half.
- Prepare the dressing by mixing all the ingredients well.
- Peel and finely chop the onion. Marinate it in a dressing. Leave for 10-15 minutes.
- Mix shrimp, broccoli and cherry tomatoes. Fill them with dressing.
- Let stand for 10 minutes.
- Serve sprinkled with finely chopped herbs.
Pickled broccoli
Marinated broccoli is another interesting way to prepare it. Thus you get wonderful snack, which can also be added to other salads.
Ingredients
- 1 kg. broccoli
- ½ st. Sahara
- 1 st. lies. salt
- 2.5 st. water
- 1.5 st. vinegar
- 1-2 bay leaves
- 5 pieces. allspice peas
- 1 hot peppers Chile
Cooking
- Mix all ingredients for the marinade. Bring them to a boil.
- Rinse broccoli, cut into florets. Boil in salted water for 2-3 minutes.
- Put broccoli in sterilized jars along with finely chopped pepper without seeds.
- Pour in the marinade. Close with lids.
- Keep refrigerated.
Salad of broccoli, vegetables and ham (recipe with video)
hearty and delicious salad with broccoli, you can serve guests or cook for a family dinner.
Soups
Great idea - cook from broccoli soup. This preparation of cabbage will help you feed it to your baby. In addition, broccoli soups are dietary and suitable for those who are on a diet due to being overweight or having food allergies.
Chicken soup with broccoli
Light chicken soup With healthy cabbage- dietary and healthy first course!
Ingredients
- 1 small chicken breast
- ½ kg. cabbage broccoli
- 2-3 potatoes
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- 50 g butter
- 3-5 black peppercorns
- salt to taste
- dill and parsley to taste
Cooking
- boil chicken breasts in salted water for 15-20 minutes after boiling.
- Remove the breasts from the water and cut into small pieces.
- Cut the carrots into cubes, finely chop the onion.
- Fry chicken with carrots and onions in butter until golden brown.
- Peel potatoes and cut into cubes.
- Chicken bouillon put on the fire, put the frying and potatoes in it. Cook for 10-15 minutes until the potatoes are almost done.
- Wash broccoli and separate into florets.
- Pour broccoli into broth.
- Add salt and black pepper.
- Boil no more than 5 minutes (to preserve the beneficial properties of cabbage)
- Serve with greens.
Broccoli cream soup
Broccoli can also be used to make many varieties of soup. Broccoli cream soup is tender and tasty.
Ingredients
- 4 cups broccoli florets
- 2 tbsp. lies. butter
- 1 bulb
- 1 large celery stalk
- 1/3 cup flour
- ½-1/3 st. water or broth
- ½-1/3 st. milk
- ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
- salt and pepper to taste
- ½ st. grated hard cheese
Cooking
- Boil broccoli in water or steam.
- Strain, leaving the water.
- Fry chopped onions and celery in butter with flour.
- Add to the broccoli the water left after boiling the broccoli, or the broth and fry.
- Beat the mass in a blender.
- Season with salt, nutmeg and pepper.
- Add milk and cook over low heat for 20-30 minutes.
- If the mass is too thick for your taste, add more milk, broth or water to the soup.
- Sprinkle cream soup with grated cheese 10 minutes before serving.
5 Broccoli Soup Recipes for Kids (Video)
Main dishes
From this useful product you can cook a variety of main dishes. After all, it goes well with almost any other product. Broccoli can be cooked both as an independent dish and as a side dish for meat or fish.
Broccoli stewed in creamy sauce
Very tasty and tender cabbage is obtained according to this recipe.
Ingredients
- 600 g fresh or frozen broccoli
- 500 ml. cream (20% fat)
- 30 g flour
- 40 g butter
- ½ tsp. nutmeg
- salt and pepper to taste
Cooking
- Boil broccoli in salted water for a few minutes.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over fire. Pour flour into it. Stirring, fry the mixture until golden brown.
- Pour cream into saucepan, add nutmeg, salt and pepper.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.
- When the sauce becomes thick and smooth, remove the mixture from heat!
- Pour the broccoli into the sauce and mix gently. A great side dish for any meal!
Omelet with broccoli and cauliflower
Broccoli omelet - quick, tasty and healthy breakfast or dinner.
Ingredients
- 4 broccoli florets
- 4 cauliflower florets
- 5 eggs
- ½ st. milk
- 50 g of any cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
Cooking
- Boil broccoli and cauliflower florets in boiling salted water for 2-3 minutes. Take out and dry on a paper towel.
- Whisk eggs with milk. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the boiled cabbage florets to the mixture. Mix.
- Fry the egg mixture in a little olive oil or vegetable oil on low heat under the lid for 2-5 minutes until cooked. You can also bake an omelette in the oven for 5-10 minutes.
- Sprinkle the finished hot omelette with grated cheese.
- Let stand covered until cheese is melted.
Broccoli puree (video recipe)
Bakery products
Like other types of cabbage, as well as other vegetables, broccoli can be used as a filling for pies, buns and casseroles. It's tasty and healthy.
Pie with broccoli, cottage cheese and cheese
Broccoli can be used to make various types of pies and muffins. Don't neglect these opportunities.
Ingredients
For the test
- 1 egg
- 50 g butter
- 250 g flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking powder
For filling
- 300 g broccoli
- 250 g cottage cheese
- 2 eggs
- 250 g cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
Cooking
- Mix egg and softened butter.
- Add salt, baking powder and flour.
- Knead the dough.
- Put the dough in a mold greased with vegetable or butter, smooth, make sides.
- Place baking paper on the dough.
- Pour a load onto the paper: for example, beans or peas (so that the dough does not swell and bake better).
- Bake the dough at 180 degrees for 15 minutes.
- Remove the weight and baking paper from the dough.
- Finely chop the broccoli.
- Grate the cheese.
- Whisk eggs with salt and pepper.
- Add cottage cheese and broccoli, mix.
- Add cheese, stir.
- Spread the filling on the crust.
- Put in a preheated oven.
- Bake at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes.
Broccoli muffins
Delicious, healthy and cute broccoli muffins will delight you and your loved ones.
Ingredients
- 6 broccoli florets
- 150 g butter
- 150 g flour
- 2 eggs
- 50 g hard cheese
- ½ tsp. turmeric
- ½ tsp. baking powder dough
- ½ tsp. Sahara
- a pinch of salt
Cooking
- Boil broccoli in salted boiling water for 3 minutes.
- Dry the inflorescences on a paper towel.
- Butter room temperature beat with eggs and sugar.
- Separately mix flour, turmeric, salt and baking powder.
- Mix oil with dry ingredients.
- Add the grated cheese to the mixture.
- Put 1 tablespoon of the dough into the molds greased with butter.
- Place 1 broccoli floret on top.
- Cover the inflorescence with 1-2 tablespoons of dough.
- Place muffins in preheated oven.
- Bake at 180 degrees for 20-30 minutes until done.
- Serve warm or cold.
Broccoli casserole (recipe with video)
Broccoli and cauliflower baked in the oven- it's beautiful vegetable dish. This recipe will especially appeal to those who want to significantly reduce the number of calories in their diet. This is not only healthy, but also a very tasty dish. It is not difficult to prepare such a side dish, and you can serve it on the table both warm and cold.
Ingredients
To cook broccoli and cauliflower baked in the oven, you will need:
cauliflower - 1 head;
broccoli - 1 head;
hard cheese - 350 g;
cream (or milk) - 200 ml;
spices (I have Provence herbs) - 1 tbsp. l.;
salt - 1/2 tbsp. l.
Cooking steps
Prepare the necessary ingredients. Broccoli and cauliflower disassemble into inflorescences and rinse with cold water.
Put a pot of salted water on the fire. Bring the water to a boil, put the cabbage and cook for 5 minutes at a low boil. Drain the vegetables in a colander and leave for 2-3 minutes to drain the water well.
Arrange cabbage florets in a baking dish. The mold does not need to be pre-oiled.
Top with cauliflower and broccoli provencal herbs and salt.
Pour in cream (or milk).
Grate hard cheese and sprinkle cabbage with it.
Bake broccoli with cauliflower in a preheated oven for 25 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.
Put the most delicate vegetables on a dish and serve. They go great with boiled meat or fish, can exist as a separate dish.
Cauliflower and broccoli baked in the oven is a healthy and tasty dish, it is suitable as dietary side dish, because the vegetables are cooked without a drop of oil and have undergone a good heat treatment.
Bon Appetit! Cook with love!
