Simple Recipes to Use Up Leftover Broccoli
Broccoli & Pea Soup (The Veg Space) is a vibrant green meal with peas and mint, with protein due to tinned cannellini beans. It’s a great simple soup that anyone can make, for healthy vitamins from this popular vegetable.
Check medication before eating broccoli, due to some interactions (usually for hormone/kidney issues, people on blood thinners and those with IBS/allergies).
Keep this recipe away from pets, due to salt, onion and garlic. Read more on food safety for people & pets.
Related to cabbage, broccoli (the name means ‘little flowers’ in Italian) is one of England’s healthiest vegetables, if not everyone’s favourite!
But it can be very tasty, if prepared right. It’s also incredibly high in calcium, so great for your bones (and wonderful for vegans).
How to Buy & Store Broccoli
Look for broccoli with firm stems (no cracks or dried parts). And avoid broccoli that has wilted, as it is no longer fresh.
Store fresh broccoli in a ventilated tub in the coldest part of your fridge. It won’t keep for long, so eat it up quickly.
How to Prepare & Cook Broccoli
- Wash fresh broccoli in cold running water, then drain in a colander and pat try.
- Remove tough leaves and stems, then cut into florets. Slice and peel the stem.
- Steam or boil for a few minutes, depending on the size of the florets. You can also cook them in an air-fryer for a few minutes longer.
If making recipes with alliums (onion, garlic, leeks, shallots, chives), just bin scraps (and the same for citrus and rhubarb), as acids could harm compost creatures.
Broccoli & Cauliflower Soup Recipe
Broccoli & Cauliflower Soup (The Veg Space) pairs these vegetable cousins together, for a simple affordable homemade soup.
If you like making soup, invest in a stick blender, as it saves all the faffing around with washing jug blenders. When buying a new electrical appliance, UK says the store has to take the old one back.
Also invest in Souper Cubes. Made from silicone, just pour leftover soup in, then freeze and the soup is ready to thaw and cook, whenever you want it.
