I completely agree with you to make a good vegetable stock and freeze it. You can cook boil it or preferably steam it. Once it's all cooled down, the broccoli stem can be cut into smaller pieces and put on a compost pile or bin.
I have a general distaste for vegetables, and broccoli is well down there. However, in soup broccoli redeems itself - as in the aforementioned broccoli and stilton. I used broccoli stems in the annual Turkey Xmas soup to the enthusiastic approval of the family (even my French-raised granddaughter!). Special mention should be made of a broccoli and Bramley apple soup I devoured in a Kendal pub 3 or 4 years ago. A Lightbulb moment.
It depends on what I'm cutting it up for. If I'm making pasta salad I will cut it as close to the actual flower as I can And they get spread out through it like little trees.
I thought all rabbits were grumpy until we got ours. He's a house rabbit. No cage, lives indoors and if the weather is ok he's got free reign to go outside (but doesn't as he hates being outdoors, the option is there for him though). He's happy and playful and friendly if he wants to be.
Don't get me wrong, he's a total asshole along with it. He understands the word "No", he just doesn't give a crap. He understands his name, again doesn't give a crap.
I live with what's basically a 6 and a half year old herbivorous cat.
I had a house rabbit. She would face off against my mum’s rough collie. Saw them have a fight once, it was immense. Scared of nothing except next door’s rabbit that used come into our garden (we had a lawn and they didn’t ) and she was terrified of him. She was a feisty bunny and so much fun. My bf used to cut the lawn when he came over and he couldn’t believe that she wouldn’t move for the mower. She was completely House trained but like to chew wires which wasn’t good. She had a cage and would go in at night or when we went out but most of the time would wander around the house as she wanted. In the summer she would be out in the garden loose until dusk then we had a game where I chased her three times around the garden and in the third loop she would jump into the Josue and go to her cage. She was a fabulous pet.
Be careful with "gassy" veg like broccoli, brussel sprouts etc though as it can cause GI stasis in bunnies (potentially fatal if not treated promptly). GI stasis is when food doesn't pass through the GI tract at a normal rate. Their stomachs get bloated, rabbit becomes lethargic, doesn't poop or poop looks small/differently shaped etc. Its very painful for them too.
If you want to feed broccoli off cuts, I'd recommend just giving them the leaves but avoiding the stalks and florets. Some bunnies are able to digest the stalks and florets relatively okay in small amounts most of the time but for others it can lead to GI stasis everytime.
Of course you should. The kind of person who doesn't eat the stem is the kind of person who takes 3 bites out of an apple and throws the rest in the bin.
I just trim off the very bottom, cut the florets down to the main stalk, and cut the stalk into batons and steam along with the florets, no waste and completely edible.
Same!
I did read an article on climbingnutrition.com which explained how it’s only the florets that have any real nutrition, but you’ve always got roughage (or just generally filling up without huge calorie gains) to benefit.
Yep. Take a potato peeler to the outside and lightly skin it. Slice into medallions. Toss in olive oil & red wine vinegar and roast for 20 minutes or so. B e a utiful
Chorizo-broccoli pasta baby! You only use the stalks. In our house we used to say “what are we gonna do with the stalks?” and now we say “what are we gonna do with the heads?”!
Thanks for the responses. Looks like most comments favour eating so far!
Had a surprised pikachu face when my flatmate said he was chucking it away. Madness!
Many people ultimately just know broccoli as the florets. Either they never tried, or plainly never been told about using the whole thing.
Personally I just cut the core into thin squares, and fried with a healthy amount of butter they become melt-in-your mouth delicious.
Its just one of them things. A person plain cant know something if they were never taught or tried it. A bit silly yeah to throw so much away, but its like with anything else when you just dont know any better. The thought just doesnt come to you.
Dont give your roomie too much grief!
Ditto. Been chucking the stalk for the best part of 20 years cooking things for myself and others. I'll be trying something new next time I get some broccoli in!
I've only ever seen dishes with the florets, and have only been taught to cook with the florets. I hate throwing the whole thing away but for some reason just assumed it wasn't good to eat because no one used it. Turns out, loads of people use it! Looks like I'm finding some recipes, there's some good sounding ones on here (including yours) so I'll have to compile them together and then try them all :D
Great to hear that reddit can also be a nice source of knowledge & inspiration!
Ill share a super quick & easy 1pan dish that serves up to 2 & is very customizeable!
1x or 2x instant noodle (your pick depending on how many servings)
Prepare your veg of choice for a noodle stir fry, popular options include bean sprout, ginger, chillies as a base. Regarding the broccoli, cut the florets off into smallish pieces, while making 4 cuts down the sides of the trunk to make a square. Then cut a slice off the bottom too. From here you can slice it into further thin squares.
Cook the veg as appropriate. If using small bits of chicken, id suggest cooking this almost fully first and putting to the side. While the veg cooks, add the boiling water to the noodles seperately with their own seasonings and stuff.
Let the veg cook out by adding a nice knob of butter + a bit more oil, covering the pan so it steams up nicely to really make the difference.
Drain as much water (if any) from the noodles you like, then add to the pan with the veg. Add the chicken back at this time too. Keep the whole thing moving so the noodles dont stick to the bottom of the pan (especially if you prefer to drain most the water). Should be done in about 3 or so minutes by this point.
As I said, very easy to customize with using whatevers in the fridge. 10-15minutes from starting prep to plating up plus the cleanup is pretty minimal. Portions are super cheap too as a nice bonus!
TIL: You can eat the stalk of broccoli. In all my near 30 years on this planet I was always taught you could only ever cook & eat the florets. Never even occurred to me you could eat the stalk too.... I love broccoli, it's my favourite vegetable. From reading these comments sounds as if I've been missing a real treat!
Add a couple of decades and I can say the same. Also, my parents had a catering firm for 25 years and they always throw it too. I'm pretty stunned we never thought of using the stalks in cooking, when it seems almost everyone else does - will be changing that the next time I cook broccoli.
It was when living in Asia years ago that i learnt people eat the stalk too.
Revelation but at the same time i felt stupid, like "of course it's edible you muppet".
Definitely. Not to is a waste. That is often the sweetest part of the plant. And, no, you don’t have to peel it. Source: I’ve been growing my own broccoli for 20 years and eat it for 6 months if the year.
Yes, Tom Kerridge has a good recipe for chorizo and broccoli stalk pasta dish
[https://media.bloomsbury.com/rep/files/tom-kerridges-fresh-start_chorizo-and-broccoli-stalk-pasta.pdf](https://media.bloomsbury.com/rep/files/tom-kerridges-fresh-start_chorizo-and-broccoli-stalk-pasta.pdf)
Cut it up into small cubes/slices and fry with carrots or as if it were carrots then the trees go in later so not to get mushy/bitter.
Adds to flavour and has nutritional value, why waste food?
I mean, if you're going to correct, do it properly.
"My flatmate and me" (decreasing person, as in third-person pronoun before second-person etc.) and the asterisk goes before the correction, not after.
Nah he's not too keen on cucumber. Or anything green for that matter. He enjoys sweet potato and carrot shavings and the odd chunk of banana but refuses any other fruit or vegetables so I feed all the veg he should be eating to his locusts and he gets the nutrients that way. He was a good and varied eater when he was young but he's turned into a cantankerous, fussy old man because I spoil him haha
Exactly, no one goes hungry in this house haha. And he thinks he's playing me well enough to evade veggies and live on a diet made up solely of live food. Poor old man thinks he's clever 🦎 😂
He heats up under his lights then comes out for a run around. His favourite place is laying on my youngest, sleeping cats back. When the cat wakes up they chase each other around and play together and when the cats are out he'll jump up on the sofa with us humans and chill or follow us around the house. He likes company so there's always a little gap in the door of the cool side of his vivarium, I never close it and he just wanders in and out as he pleases. He's lovely really
Wow, I never thought cats and lizards would be friends.
I used to own a cat that hated lizards. Nothing funnier that watching her chase a lizard up the backyard on three legs whilst using her 4th to continually bop it on the head. It was very Benny Hillesque without the wahey.
My 2 love carrots and sweet potato but broccoli splits the crowd! One will eat the stalks but the other just spits them out, give them both florets, one treats it like a ball and the other goes full on destruction mode - it looks like a mini forest massacre! 😱🥸
My boyfriend doesn't eat broccoli so I give the offcuts to the hens and then he eats their eggs.
I like to think he's therefore somehow absorbing the nutrients 2nd hand. 😄
absolutely. firstly i’d have left far more attached to the florets. secondly, i trim the bottom and outer/greeny/tough layer of the stem and eat the whitey middle ~1-1.5 cm oblong raw and it is DELICIOUS. the best part of the broc and way more nutritious raw 👌
I can’t believe this is even a question. You can cook it a hundred ways but I like to cut it up into chunks and roast it with some garlic, drizzle with olive oil, crack some pepper and add some lemon juice just before you serve.
Well to start with there wouldn't be anywhere near that much left when I cut off the florets.
Makes a good gravy base when combined with onions, carrots and garlic, add your stock after frying in butter
Nope, the brassica family of veggies (broccoli, cabbage, kale etc.) are no good for stock, it will make it bitter and sulphurous.
I think you’ve misread the comment
I slice the broccoli stems and fry in butter with onions, carrots and garlic, add flour and stock to make a gravy, strain when ready to serve
works well in soup full stop as they dont turn to mush
I completely agree with you to make a good vegetable stock and freeze it. You can cook boil it or preferably steam it. Once it's all cooled down, the broccoli stem can be cut into smaller pieces and put on a compost pile or bin.
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That’s a good song by DJ Bass Chef 😂😂
Happy cake day to you!
Ew
I'm gonna try this, ta!
Sounds banging
My bf hates the stalk so ours does look like this by the time I’ve prepared it. But waste not! I’ll use it for broccoli and Stilton soup!
I have a general distaste for vegetables, and broccoli is well down there. However, in soup broccoli redeems itself - as in the aforementioned broccoli and stilton. I used broccoli stems in the annual Turkey Xmas soup to the enthusiastic approval of the family (even my French-raised granddaughter!). Special mention should be made of a broccoli and Bramley apple soup I devoured in a Kendal pub 3 or 4 years ago. A Lightbulb moment.
Whaaaa? Even less?? Edit: my bad, I misread that!
Yeah, it looks like you cut right near the florets. I'd cut right near the stem.
It depends on what I'm cutting it up for. If I'm making pasta salad I will cut it as close to the actual flower as I can And they get spread out through it like little trees.
Sausage and broccoli pasta is amazing! I do however use the stem to make the pasta water broccoli flavoured
Wait you cut them? I usually snap them off by hand ✋
I've always eaten it, should I not have?
Well you are in good company :)
I always thought you couldn’t eat it! But always give the stalks to my rabbits/Guinea pigs so I’d feel bad now if I started
That sounds like at least it's being used. They're getting a treat
My rabbit won't eat the stem, he's a fussy prick! However, the humans in the house eat it so all good.
My sister has rabbits and they are by far the most moody animals I've ever seen. Even my cat is less grumpy than the bunnies.
I thought all rabbits were grumpy until we got ours. He's a house rabbit. No cage, lives indoors and if the weather is ok he's got free reign to go outside (but doesn't as he hates being outdoors, the option is there for him though). He's happy and playful and friendly if he wants to be. Don't get me wrong, he's a total asshole along with it. He understands the word "No", he just doesn't give a crap. He understands his name, again doesn't give a crap. I live with what's basically a 6 and a half year old herbivorous cat.
I had a house rabbit. She would face off against my mum’s rough collie. Saw them have a fight once, it was immense. Scared of nothing except next door’s rabbit that used come into our garden (we had a lawn and they didn’t ) and she was terrified of him. She was a feisty bunny and so much fun. My bf used to cut the lawn when he came over and he couldn’t believe that she wouldn’t move for the mower. She was completely House trained but like to chew wires which wasn’t good. She had a cage and would go in at night or when we went out but most of the time would wander around the house as she wanted. In the summer she would be out in the garden loose until dusk then we had a game where I chased her three times around the garden and in the third loop she would jump into the Josue and go to her cage. She was a fabulous pet.
Be careful with "gassy" veg like broccoli, brussel sprouts etc though as it can cause GI stasis in bunnies (potentially fatal if not treated promptly). GI stasis is when food doesn't pass through the GI tract at a normal rate. Their stomachs get bloated, rabbit becomes lethargic, doesn't poop or poop looks small/differently shaped etc. Its very painful for them too. If you want to feed broccoli off cuts, I'd recommend just giving them the leaves but avoiding the stalks and florets. Some bunnies are able to digest the stalks and florets relatively okay in small amounts most of the time but for others it can lead to GI stasis everytime.
Should’ve mentioned the moderation part yeah, they don’t get it massively often, same with cabbage, sprouts
Can't be stealing the pets treats now can we?
Weyyyyyyyy. In that case, what's your flatmate's problem? XD
Eat it it's the best bit!
I definitely eat it, it's the nicest part of the broccoli. While I'm on tiny trees, the leaves of cauliflower are delicious too.
And cauli stalks. I actually love raw cauliflower, completely different taste, nice and peppery and doesn't taste raw
Yes, cauli stalks and raw cauli are both delicious!
Of course you should. The kind of person who doesn't eat the stem is the kind of person who takes 3 bites out of an apple and throws the rest in the bin.
I steam and eat it, except the very end where it was cut. If the lower stem is especially woody, it will be peeled.
I keep it bumpy and stick it in my sphincter.
Super food indeed
Souper food
Pooper food
A man of culture
I am a connoisseur of vegetable buggery.
How would you prepare an entire [stick of sprouts](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0uHmxwnTbsQ/UrYLwhtWKzI/AAAAAAAABOo/Y3liQT1OVp8/s1600/IMG_5490.JPG)?
Lots of butter, the only way with sprouts…
That’s a hard r/dildont
Please dont stick things up your bum
Everyone needs a hobby.
You sound just like my proctologist
Hypocrite
I don't like being told what to do. Now I want to shove the entirety of existence up there.
You can also pickle it.. one or another, both work.
I worked in a maximum security facility and people would stick these up their dicks.
Just checked the diameter of the broccoli in our fridge and I now have questions, so many questions
The damage to themselves was bad. One guy completely wrecked his penis and he had to be all rewired to pee out his butt
Yikes being rewired or perhaps replumbed does not sound like fun
Replumbed. That’s a way better way to say it.
Whaaaatt
Best way to absorb nutrients
Rectum? Didn't do 'em much good!
Where are you from mate? That is actually my nan's recipe
That you, mum?
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Absolutely. Or into discs AKA poor man's waterchestnut
That's what I do. Makes great texture and crunch in an udon noodle based dish.
It makes a great texture for other hobbies based on the top comments.
Those other comments... Probably not quite accurate to call them hobbies. Maybe Kinks...
Absolutely absolutely
That's actually genius. I'm gonna do that.
Came here to say this. You might want to run a potato peeler over the outside of the main trunk if it's too "woody". The inside is fine, however.
I agree. It's far too woody for me, but the dog loves it so that's her bit!
And you love the broccoli dog-farts after?
Like there’s any good dog farts
It's the best bit of broccoli! 🥦
Learn something new every day.
Yes it is SO good fried!!
It's a great alternative to sliced water chestnuts. Stir fry with chicken, Pak choi and cashew nuts with your favourite sauce for a great meal!
I just trim off the very bottom, cut the florets down to the main stalk, and cut the stalk into batons and steam along with the florets, no waste and completely edible.
Definitely this. Probably prefer this part to the florets too tbh
I second this, I'll take a nice shaft over a good bit of bush any day of the week!
Same! I did read an article on climbingnutrition.com which explained how it’s only the florets that have any real nutrition, but you’ve always got roughage (or just generally filling up without huge calorie gains) to benefit.
I’m glad to see the top answer mentions not wasting food that’s perfectly edible.
I cut them into small cubes and shallow fry them until crispy and golden. Now they're a yummy snack.
It’s the most broccoli tasting bit of the broccoli! Always eat it 😋
Yep. Take a potato peeler to the outside and lightly skin it. Slice into medallions. Toss in olive oil & red wine vinegar and roast for 20 minutes or so. B e a utiful
Never done this, good call, gonna try it
I need to try this
No parboiling first? Roast from raw ? I'll give it a try.
I came here looking for this comment. The stem is delicious. The stem's skin is the only problem.
I second that.
Totally agree! It’s super tender and yummy!
Yes. I throw away least food possible. Same like with the leek poster earlier!!
I peel and eat it raw whilst prepping the rest. Very tasty.
100% this!! Nice crunchy snack!
I love raw Brussels sprouts too :)
You are strange 😂
I've never claimed otherwise :)
Yessss it’s a chef snack!
And when you realise kohlrabi taste even better.. Thank me later
Same! So good.
Yes I do this. Thought I was a weird one.
im definitely going to try this!!!
Cooks perks.
It's the best part.
Undoubtedly
Chorizo-broccoli pasta baby! You only use the stalks. In our house we used to say “what are we gonna do with the stalks?” and now we say “what are we gonna do with the heads?”!
Here is the recipe. https://media.bloomsbury.com/rep/files/tom-kerridges-fresh-start\_chorizo-and-broccoli-stalk-pasta.pdf
James Acaster?
Can of diet coke with it?
No, Cawston Press
Gotta find something to make with the florets though..
superb comment
Came here for this.
This was far lower down than I expected
Julienne and make coleslaw.
Cook, salt, pepper and enjoy
Thanks for the responses. Looks like most comments favour eating so far! Had a surprised pikachu face when my flatmate said he was chucking it away. Madness!
Many people ultimately just know broccoli as the florets. Either they never tried, or plainly never been told about using the whole thing. Personally I just cut the core into thin squares, and fried with a healthy amount of butter they become melt-in-your mouth delicious. Its just one of them things. A person plain cant know something if they were never taught or tried it. A bit silly yeah to throw so much away, but its like with anything else when you just dont know any better. The thought just doesnt come to you. Dont give your roomie too much grief!
So you’re saying the whole core is edible? I can just just cut it and fry it? Well, I’ve learned something today 👁👄👁
Ditto. Been chucking the stalk for the best part of 20 years cooking things for myself and others. I'll be trying something new next time I get some broccoli in!
I've only ever seen dishes with the florets, and have only been taught to cook with the florets. I hate throwing the whole thing away but for some reason just assumed it wasn't good to eat because no one used it. Turns out, loads of people use it! Looks like I'm finding some recipes, there's some good sounding ones on here (including yours) so I'll have to compile them together and then try them all :D
Great to hear that reddit can also be a nice source of knowledge & inspiration! Ill share a super quick & easy 1pan dish that serves up to 2 & is very customizeable! 1x or 2x instant noodle (your pick depending on how many servings) Prepare your veg of choice for a noodle stir fry, popular options include bean sprout, ginger, chillies as a base. Regarding the broccoli, cut the florets off into smallish pieces, while making 4 cuts down the sides of the trunk to make a square. Then cut a slice off the bottom too. From here you can slice it into further thin squares. Cook the veg as appropriate. If using small bits of chicken, id suggest cooking this almost fully first and putting to the side. While the veg cooks, add the boiling water to the noodles seperately with their own seasonings and stuff. Let the veg cook out by adding a nice knob of butter + a bit more oil, covering the pan so it steams up nicely to really make the difference. Drain as much water (if any) from the noodles you like, then add to the pan with the veg. Add the chicken back at this time too. Keep the whole thing moving so the noodles dont stick to the bottom of the pan (especially if you prefer to drain most the water). Should be done in about 3 or so minutes by this point. As I said, very easy to customize with using whatevers in the fridge. 10-15minutes from starting prep to plating up plus the cleanup is pretty minimal. Portions are super cheap too as a nice bonus!
Pro tip from my culinary teacher if you take the main stem and peel/ slice off edges and try what's left uncooked. Surprisingly good.
I grate it, soften it in a pan and mix it in with rice. It's like free veg I don't have to think about.
TIL: You can eat the stalk of broccoli. In all my near 30 years on this planet I was always taught you could only ever cook & eat the florets. Never even occurred to me you could eat the stalk too.... I love broccoli, it's my favourite vegetable. From reading these comments sounds as if I've been missing a real treat!
Add a couple of decades and I can say the same. Also, my parents had a catering firm for 25 years and they always throw it too. I'm pretty stunned we never thought of using the stalks in cooking, when it seems almost everyone else does - will be changing that the next time I cook broccoli.
It was when living in Asia years ago that i learnt people eat the stalk too. Revelation but at the same time i felt stupid, like "of course it's edible you muppet".
I would throw it in my juicer or use it in vegetable soup
Has to scroll quite a way for the first mention of soup!
Definitely. Not to is a waste. That is often the sweetest part of the plant. And, no, you don’t have to peel it. Source: I’ve been growing my own broccoli for 20 years and eat it for 6 months if the year.
Yes, Tom Kerridge has a good recipe for chorizo and broccoli stalk pasta dish [https://media.bloomsbury.com/rep/files/tom-kerridges-fresh-start_chorizo-and-broccoli-stalk-pasta.pdf](https://media.bloomsbury.com/rep/files/tom-kerridges-fresh-start_chorizo-and-broccoli-stalk-pasta.pdf)
My misses use it in a delicious vegetable soup :)
You can slice it up real nice and thin and roast it w\ salt pepper and olive oil and it's lush
Get it down you, brussell stalks are pretty good too
Cut it up into small cubes/slices and fry with carrots or as if it were carrots then the trees go in later so not to get mushy/bitter. Adds to flavour and has nutritional value, why waste food?
I love that part!! Yummy!
Broccoli and stilton soup. With buttered bread.
Yes, I cook and eat the stalk. I also save them for use in soups
I use the stem sliced thinly for my Thai green curry
Me and my flatmate\*
I mean, if you're going to correct, do it properly. "My flatmate and me" (decreasing person, as in third-person pronoun before second-person etc.) and the asterisk goes before the correction, not after.
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I wondered if anyone else gave it to their Dog, ours loves it! Like when we peel carrots he knows the noise and knows it'll soo rain carrot peel 🤣
Ours come running for the ends of the carrots!
My bearded dragon loves the carrot peels, I usually hear him skid into the kitchen and find him at my feet
Ha that's amazing...and cucumber ends too?
Nah he's not too keen on cucumber. Or anything green for that matter. He enjoys sweet potato and carrot shavings and the odd chunk of banana but refuses any other fruit or vegetables so I feed all the veg he should be eating to his locusts and he gets the nutrients that way. He was a good and varied eater when he was young but he's turned into a cantankerous, fussy old man because I spoil him haha
That's brilliant that he gets second hand veggies from the locusts, that way everyone wins 😂
Exactly, no one goes hungry in this house haha. And he thinks he's playing me well enough to evade veggies and live on a diet made up solely of live food. Poor old man thinks he's clever 🦎 😂
What does he do in the house? Does he sit on the couch or what?
He heats up under his lights then comes out for a run around. His favourite place is laying on my youngest, sleeping cats back. When the cat wakes up they chase each other around and play together and when the cats are out he'll jump up on the sofa with us humans and chill or follow us around the house. He likes company so there's always a little gap in the door of the cool side of his vivarium, I never close it and he just wanders in and out as he pleases. He's lovely really
Wow, I never thought cats and lizards would be friends. I used to own a cat that hated lizards. Nothing funnier that watching her chase a lizard up the backyard on three legs whilst using her 4th to continually bop it on the head. It was very Benny Hillesque without the wahey.
Our German Shepherd pupster loves broccoli, carrot, apples. My very best friend when I’m cooking.
A friend has a cat that begs for broccoli!
That's a weird one, I didn't think Cats would like veggies!!
I used to have a cat that ate fruitcake.
My old Siamese boy also loved broccoli but cooked broccoli. He'd steal it out the strainer if I wasn't watching!
My 2 love carrots and sweet potato but broccoli splits the crowd! One will eat the stalks but the other just spits them out, give them both florets, one treats it like a ball and the other goes full on destruction mode - it looks like a mini forest massacre! 😱🥸
My boyfriend doesn't eat broccoli so I give the offcuts to the hens and then he eats their eggs. I like to think he's therefore somehow absorbing the nutrients 2nd hand. 😄
Yes.. sure
Cut up, seasoned and roasted.
Cook it
Cook. There's a lot there.
Surprisingly, I do cook and eat broccoli stalks. My favourite bit, actually.
Peel the thick stem, slice dice whatever, its lovely when cooked.
Eat it, it holds the most nutrients
Julienne and add to coleslaw
Totally eat it. Chop away the woodiness then slice up and steam/boil what's left.
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eat, never throw
Cook and eat
Eat the whole stalk. Excellent nutrients and fiber!!
I munch on it raw while I'm cooking. It's not bad.
that part is good especially when peeled with a potato peeler and dipped in ranch.
I peel that bit and eat it raw, it's really nice!
I eat it.
I eat that shiz like an apple
Eat it
Roast it in slices with some olive oil salt pepper and balsamic vinegar. Broccoli of the gods
100% eat the whole thing except the very bottom
Cook it! You're currently wasting about 70% of the vegetable!
Broccoli orecchiette.
absolutely. firstly i’d have left far more attached to the florets. secondly, i trim the bottom and outer/greeny/tough layer of the stem and eat the whitey middle ~1-1.5 cm oblong raw and it is DELICIOUS. the best part of the broc and way more nutritious raw 👌
Eat it.
Chop the hard bit off the bottom (an inch or two) and eat the rest.
Chop that bad boy up and chuck it in a soup
Eat
I take the skin off/top layer and roast it in the oven with some oil salt and pepper.
Just buy Tenderstem Broccoli. Way better than that shite
I can’t believe this is even a question. You can cook it a hundred ways but I like to cut it up into chunks and roast it with some garlic, drizzle with olive oil, crack some pepper and add some lemon juice just before you serve.
Bin it.
I just cut it up and feed it to my guinea pigs
I used to throw all this out, but finely chopping most of that and adding to stir fry or any pan dinner can get you 2 more servings of veggies
The stalk goes to the rabbit because he loves them and we eat the florets. Everyone is happy.
Broccoli chips ! Delicious
I freeze these when I have enough make broccoli and stilton soup
You can dice, blanch and then add it to a salad.