It feels like the dishes that require the least amount of ingredients are sometimes the trickiest to perfect. Let’s take fresh broccoli, for example: If you steam or boil it for a few minutes, the ...

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Steaming is a cooking method that—surprise—uses hot water vapor to heat the food. A quick refresher from 7th grade science class: When water reaches its boiling point (that is, 212°F), it begins to ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Broccoli is healthy, but how you cook it affects how well its vitamins and protective compounds ...

Before we get cooking, you’ll need to know how to prepare and cut the broccoli head into florets. When shopping for broccoli at the grocery store, look for broccoli heads sporting firm stalks and ...

Steaming, boiling, and roasting remain among the most popular methods used to cook broccoli at home, although none of them ...

Now that summer is slipping into fall, the familiar heads of broccoli will be joined by odd family members with names like broccoli rabe (or raab), broccolini and Chinese kale. They’re all members of ...

I was at a young, impressionable age when President George H.W. Bush made his somewhat tongue-in-cheek declaration to the press that “I do not like broccoli. And I haven’t liked it since I was a ...

Broccoli is packed with nutrients, vitamins, and fibre. Find out which cooking method, steamed or roasted, retains more nutrients.

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