Broccolli - without the cheese sauce

HeathermRVT
HeathermRVT Posts: 79 Member
edited November 30 in Recipes
Looking for healthy - yet still delicious - Broccolli recipes. If I eat it, it's with a homemade cheese sauce that adds almost 300 calories, so, kind of silly.
Thanks!!
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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    My kids started eating broccoli at a young age when I would steam it and then put it with grilled chicken and spaghetti sauce in a bowl.
  • HeathermRVT
    HeathermRVT Posts: 79 Member
    Oh. Sorry. I actually need vegetarian recipes. Should've specified. Thanks, though.
  • dklibert
    dklibert Posts: 1,196 Member
    Here is one with soy glaze. soupspiceeverythingnice.blogspot.com/2015/03/broccoli-with-sweet-soy-glaze.html
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Broccoli, steamed.
  • dklibert
    dklibert Posts: 1,196 Member
    Broccoli Salad
    Source: WW 365-Day Menu Cookbook
    Makes 4 servings

    4 cups blanched broccoli florets
    1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut into halves
    4 black olives, pitted and sliced
    3 Tablespoons sliced scallion
    2 Tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons olive oil
    2 Tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
    1 Tablespoon water
    1 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard
    1 garlic clove, minced

    Dash each salt and freshly ground pepper
    In bowl combine broccoli, cherry tomatoes, olives, and scallion. Combine remaining ingredients in blender container; process for 30 seconds. Add to broccoli salad and toss to combine.

    NI per serving: 158 calories, 7 g protein, 12 g fat, 11 g carbohydrate, 136 mg sodium.
    Per Serving: 2-1/4 teaspoon limited vegetables, 2-1/2 servings Vegetables, 2 servings Fat, 1/2 serving extras.
  • dklibert
    dklibert Posts: 1,196 Member
    This is great! I use all broccoli. You could leave bacon bits out or substitute the fake bac-o kind.

    Addictive Broccoli Salad
    8 servings

    2 bunches broccoli; cut flowerettes into bite-sized pieces; discard stems
    1 head cauliflower, flowerettes prepared as broccoli
    1/2 med red onion, finely chopped
    1/2 cup golden raisins
    1/2 cup pine nuts OR sunflower seeds
    1.5 oz Hormel bacon bits (use half of a 3 oz jar)
    1 cup fat free mayonnaise
    2 T. vinegar (I used champagne vinegar)
    1/4 c. Splenda

    Instructions

    Mix vegetables, raisins, nuts/seeds and bacon bits. Mix mayonnaise, vinegar and Splenda in seperate bowl; toss to coat.
    184 cal/5.5 fat/8 fiber
  • dklibert
    dklibert Posts: 1,196 Member
    Or just roast it in the oven with olive oil, salt and pepper. Very good!
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    Delicious broccoli recipes simply dont exist....
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    edited April 2016
    dklibert wrote: »
    Or just roast it in the oven with olive oil, salt and pepper. Very good!

    This.

  • Joanna2012B
    Joanna2012B Posts: 1,448 Member
    dklibert wrote: »
    Or just roast it in the oven with olive oil, salt and pepper. Very good!

    This or even just plain lightly steamed broccoli with olive oil, salt and pepper. I love broccoli!!!
  • SuperheroSadie
    SuperheroSadie Posts: 167 Member
    Toss it in a homemade pasta sauce, serve over pasta.

    If you make your own pasta sauce with tomato chunks and a food processor and spices, it's maybe 30 calories a serving.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    dklibert wrote: »
    Or just roast it in the oven with olive oil, salt and pepper. Very good!

    Pretty much!
  • mjwarbeck
    mjwarbeck Posts: 699 Member
    To be honest, steamed or boiled win a bit of salt is perfect. Alternately I'd throw in the wok with garlic and a little oyster sauce...but then I'd probably choose gai lan instead (kids prefer it too).
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    I usually steam it, roast it, or toss into a pasta. You could also grate a little parmesan over the warm broccoli instead of using a heavy cheese sauce.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Broccoli is one of the few vegetables that I just like having steamed with some kosher salt. I also like it roasted with a little olive oil and garlic...or in a stir fry in the wok.
  • denaallen1000
    denaallen1000 Posts: 6 Member
    Broccoli, grape seed oil, Himalayan pink salt, pepper, dash of herb & garlic seasoning cook in wok sprinkle with parmesan. Walla!!
  • Penthesilea514
    Penthesilea514 Posts: 1,189 Member
    puffbrat wrote: »
    I usually steam it, roast it, or toss into a pasta. You could also grate a little parmesan over the warm broccoli instead of using a heavy cheese sauce.

    ^ This. I use a little Parmesan cheese and pepper. Yum!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Penthesilea514 wrote: »
    puffbrat wrote: »
    I usually steam it, roast it, or toss into a pasta. You could also grate a little parmesan over the warm broccoli instead of using a heavy cheese sauce.

    ^ This. I use a little Parmesan cheese and pepper. Yum!

    Love some parmesan too but I'm not sure OP can eat it?
  • HeathermRVT
    HeathermRVT Posts: 79 Member
    Awesome ideas!
    I'm now thinking roasted w olive oil and some parmasean (Yupp, still eat cheese. ☺️ )
    Thanks everyone!
  • RaeBeeBaby
    RaeBeeBaby Posts: 4,246 Member
    edited April 2016
    I recently discovered steamed broccoli with a sprinkle of nutritional yeast. Good for you and tastes a little "cheesy"!
  • santafeegret
    santafeegret Posts: 9 Member
    I love it steamed with a sprinkle of dried basil on it, some times I also give it a spray of butter flavor pam.
  • NaturalNancy
    NaturalNancy Posts: 1,093 Member
    Frozen broccoli florets in the oven, microwave or stir fried w salt pepper and a bit of smart balance soy butter mmm
    Or cook then add a tad of soy sauce!
  • HeathermRVT
    HeathermRVT Posts: 79 Member
    RaeBeeBaby wrote: »
    I recently discovered steamed broccoli with a sprinkle of nutritional yeast. Good for you and tastes a little "cheesy"!

    Love this idea! Though I never seem to know where to find nutritional yeast.
  • NaturalNancy
    NaturalNancy Posts: 1,093 Member
    @iamagodess998 they have it in the bulk bins at whole foods, it's yellow and looks like "flakey or powdery"

    ;-)
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Broccoli, garlic, mushrooms, rosemary, salt and pepper sauteed in a bit of olive oil.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    RaeBeeBaby wrote: »
    I recently discovered steamed broccoli with a sprinkle of nutritional yeast. Good for you and tastes a little "cheesy"!

    Ah nutritional yeast is amazing! I like it on broccoli too.

  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    iamagodess998 wrote: »
    RaeBeeBaby wrote: »
    I recently discovered steamed broccoli with a sprinkle of nutritional yeast. Good for you and tastes a little "cheesy"!

    Love this idea! Though I never seem to know where to find nutritional yeast.

    Look with all the Bob's Red Mill products at the grocery store. Otherwise I sometimes see it by the olive oil. Grocery stores never know where to put it.
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    iamagodess998 wrote: »
    RaeBeeBaby wrote: »
    I recently discovered steamed broccoli with a sprinkle of nutritional yeast. Good for you and tastes a little "cheesy"!

    Love this idea! Though I never seem to know where to find nutritional yeast.

    Look with all the Bob's Red Mill products at the grocery store. Otherwise I sometimes see it by the olive oil. Grocery stores never know where to put it.

    In my local stores it's in the bulk bins. 9.99/lb which always seems pricey to me.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    iamagodess998 wrote: »
    RaeBeeBaby wrote: »
    I recently discovered steamed broccoli with a sprinkle of nutritional yeast. Good for you and tastes a little "cheesy"!

    Love this idea! Though I never seem to know where to find nutritional yeast.

    Look with all the Bob's Red Mill products at the grocery store. Otherwise I sometimes see it by the olive oil. Grocery stores never know where to put it.

    In my local stores it's in the bulk bins. 9.99/lb which always seems pricey to me.

    Worth it. I think the small Bob's package is like 8 dollars where I live and the tiny Red Star or Braggs shaker is probably about 7 or 8 too.
  • jhelton275
    jhelton275 Posts: 1 Member
    Saute broccoli onions and crushed red pepper with a small touch of suger

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