Broccoli with sizzled nuts and dates

Broccoli is delicious with a little char from the grill, but often that high, direct heat can render the vegetable tough and dry. Enter mayonnaise: The silky emulsion of eggs and oil sticks to the nubby florets and insulates them, ensuring that the broccoli gets tender, rich and sweet while also developing deep charred flavor and crispy bits. Plus the mayonnaise acts as a nonstick coating and seasoning, all in one. (It also works beautifully on grilled proteins.) Be sure to cut the head of…

Broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, like cabbage and brussels sprouts, can handle some char. Blackening makes them sweet and caramelized rather than bitter and burnt. The key is to cook the vegetables hot and fast, so the pieces develop color without becoming mushy and they’re crackly at the edges while still crisp-tender at the cores. Make sure your broccoli florets are thoroughly dried before cooking by taking them for a ride in a salad spinner. (Water will slow down the browning…

This speedy, two-step recipe yields broccoli — or practically any vegetable — that is perfectly browned and cooked all the way through. After florets and thinly sliced stems are seared, add a little water and cover so the broccoli steams in its own juices until fork-tender. Not only does this bring out the vegetable’s inherent sweetness, but it softens whatever flavorings you add without burning them. This recipe embraces the prickly heat of chile and garlic, but you could also use ground…

Simple yet flavorful side dish with lightly seasoned fresh broccoli and crunchy walnuts.

Recipe video above. This is a wildly popular raw Broccoli Salad by Melissa Clark of the New York Times. The red wine vinegar lightly "cooks" the broccoli so it's not as hard as plain raw broccoli, then it's marinated in an intensely flavoured cumin, garlic and sesame infused olive oil. It is unexpectedly good, it's unique, and I keep making it so I wanted to share the recipe.Not a fan of raw broccoli? This probably isn't the dish to convert you, I'll admit. Try instead just lightly steaming…

Make this easy sauteed broccoli recipe with garlic and olive oil in just 12 minutes! It creates perfectly tender florets with browned edges.

Broccoli with Garlic Sauce. Crispy tender broccoli coated in a glossy thick garlicky sauce with umami flavours! Ready in just 10 minutes.

Hetty Lui McKinnon 雷瑜 on Instagram: "You know it’s a good recipe when you can happily eat it four days in a row. This broccoli, date and pistachio salad is laced with a spiced vinaigrette - it’s earthy and sweet, with lots of texture, and gets better as it sits. The dates become soft and oozy, a treacly textural counterpart to the grassy broccoli and crunchy pistachios. Thanks to @rancho_meladuco_date_farm whose beautiful dates inspired this recipe. Best of all, this is a spoon salad…

This vibrant, gutsy raw broccoli salad has fresh flavors that play on bitterness, fruitiness and texture. Ordinarily tough to eat, stringy broccoli stalks become magically crisp and tender if you peel the woody outside, then thinly slice the peeled spears crosswise against the fiber grains that run along its length. The sweetness of red apple works seamlessly to balance the bite of the raw green vegetable, but for sour seekers, a Granny Smith apple can be divine (and intensely puckery). This…

Garlic Parmesan Broccoli, a tasty side dish everyone loves! Roasted Broccoli with Air fryer and Oven instructions. A healthy family favorite.