Broccoli . . . blah!
 

I hate it. I love veggies, I hate broccoli. The only time I will eat it is when cooked on pizza.

On an interesting note, I also used to hate cauliflower. But tonight I riced it and then added parmesean and cayenne and it was delicious!

I sooooooo feel your pain!
 

Oh, CC, I feel your pain.

Like Bush the first, I HATE BROCCOLI. My ex and DS never believed me 'cuz I served it so often anyway. It is, after all, a "Wonder Food".

It defies the old wisdom that if a human eats something 10 times, he/she will develop a taste for it. I still have a taste for it, and it is s----!!!

Here are two ways to choke it down (other than just choking it down)...from Prevention magazine, I learned, and it works.....steam the stuff and then sprinkle with copious amounts of Caraway Seeds......it really works. The other thing that works is to roast it.....blend it with olive oil and lots of chopped garlic and roast at 400 degrees for a half hour or so....it really is possible to choke it down that way. Good luck, and if you find any other tricks, lemme know!!!

For some people adding lemon juice cuts the particular taste that they dont like.

I prefer it just barely cooked...still crunchy - basically just long enough to turn it bright green - and I like it a lot in a spicy slightly sweet sauce like a chinese sauce.

But really, if you love other veggies and hate broccoli, why bother. If you are veggie challenged I definitely say keep trying, but dont force yourself to eat something you hate if it is the only veggie you dislike.

On the other hand I thought I hated brussel sprouts for 37 years and a friend turned me on to separating the leaves and stir-frying the leaves with garlic and EVOO and I like. But it takes forever to peel, I am going to try thinly slicing.

I don't like raw broccoli, but cooked is fine. :) Never tried it roasted but that sounds good.

Ennay - brussel sprouts are awesome roasted. I cut them in half vertically, add a little olive oil and let them go. They get much sweeter.

Stir-fried with some fresh snap peas, mushrooms, and water chestnuts. Add a nice tangy sauce - and serve over brown rice. One of my absolute favorites. I add a few cashews too (vegetarian here), but you could add chicken for a protein boost.

I stir fry broccoli with a bit of oil, and add in some garlic.

One of my favourite dishes.

I steam my broccoli in a quarter cup of chicken broth. When it is almost done, I mix in a paste made of the zest of one lemon, a clove of garlic, minced, 1/2 tsp coarse salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper. You mince the garlic on your cutting board, sprinkle with the salt, and mash together to make a paste, then add the lemon zest and pepper.

Toss the flavor paste into the broccoli for the last 5 min of cooking.

I eat it raw. I don't mind it cooked...but it has to be HOT....once those fluffly lil florettes cool off I gag on them...strange I know.

Although I have found if I buy the broccoli slaw I put that in stir fried veggies I love it. I also use this in salads and can sneak it to my dear daughter in this form.

I may have to try ricing cauliflower. I have never like cauli...but lately as I am eating healthier and trying new things (tofu, Salmon, Edamame, sweet potatoes to name a few) and really like them.

You can make a really good "sauce" for brussels sprouts by combining equal parts mustard (out of a jar) and honey and lemon juice -- I bet it's good on other veggies too.

But then, I actually LIKE broccoli, so.... ; )
anita

Raw broccoli... oh yeah. I'm hearing ya sunshine :D

The brocolli "slaw" found in most salad bags sections of the grocery store is tasty. i like it it with balsamic vinegar dressing or italian. it is really good and doesn't really have that brocolli taste.

so hard to find a yummy healthy recipe

pinterest is a lifesaver

I don't care for broccoli but I grew up and decided it was good for me :) so I eat it.

My favorite fast thing to do with broccoli is to briefly steam it along with some sliced red pepper till crisp-tender, then add a teaspoon of sesame oil, a teaspoon or two of soy sauce, sprinkle with sesame seeds and hot pepper flakes. Briefly stir fry and serve. I'll eat it all day long like this!

I like broccoli, but to me the best ways are either slathered in butter (which is fine for me since I choose a more paleo-ish diet) or stir-fried which has a tendency to carmelize it a little bit and make it sweeter in taste. Some people taste broccoli as horribly bitter because they are "super tasters" and can taste compounds in broccoli (among other foods) that average people cannot.

I usually buy frozen broccoli because if I buy fresh it goes bad before I can use it up. When I get to the bottom of the bag I sprinkle those little pieces in my scrambled eggs. I do the same with the little pieces in the bottom of the brussels sprouts bag. That can also be done chopping fresh up in little pieces.

If you find broccoli horribly bitter, then as mentioned above you are probably a supertaster and that problem is not going to disappear.

If it's a texture issue, that can be fixed by finding other ways to cook it. No one should have to put up with soggy broccoli.

I like to cut it into wee florets, and if it's no more than a day old, I peel and slice the stem as well. The stem gets bitter after that, to my taste. (I reckon I'm a supertaster and cannot stand cabbage, so there is hope.) If it's being stir-fried in some way, I tend to nuke it for a minute first.

Chinese stir-fries - as you'd expect. Very nice with ginger and sesame oil in particular.

With other green veg, such as courgettes/zucchini and leeks, on pasta. Cook in olive oil, and either add some pesto, or put in some almonds, raisins, and ground coriander.

In larger quantities, such as a head of broccoli for two people, put in pasta together with a tahini sauce and flaked almonds.

Moving onto cauliflower, I never used to like it, but it's amazing in curries, the florets soak up the sauce.

I also like it in a pasta bake with a cheese sauce (I'm vegan, so a fake cheese sauce). Cumin and chunks of sundried tomato are the key there. I haven't made this while dieting but I don't for a moment expect it to be low-calorie, unless I can figure out something crafty with tofu for the cheese sauce. It's a delicious treat for every now and again. Again, I nuke it briefly before it all goes in the oven, and I sprinkle the ground cumin on it before I put it into the microwave.

Gah, now I really fancy eating this. We're low on ingredients, and energy, and the only plant milk in the house is the sort of soya milk which is mildly sweetened and flavoured with vanilla, which was all we could find. Lovely in coffee, my protein intake has shot up since starting this, but you can't make anything savoury with it.

Yeeep... broccoli and cauliflower looks strange. and have a strange taste))
better fruits! sweat))
Or cake!))
with Smoothie)))

I like Cauliflower!!)
Especially Cauliflower Buffalo Bites/
Like Healthy Chips!)

I love broccoli, specially it's crunchiness