Broccoli can be addictive

Broccoli is a very old vegetable, it has been cultivated in more than 2000 years and was imported from the middle east to southern Italy where it was used as a vegetable already in the Roman Empire. It is part of the cabbage family. In the roman days it was cooked with olive oil, with white vine and with garlic (this sounds like a fantastic new soup recipe...) The famous roman chef de cuisine Apicius prepared it with spices and emperor Tiberius' son was addicted to it.

Broccoli is one of those superveggies because it contains lots of vitamines and other fantastic substances that are difficult to spell. The newest studied of them are Sulforaphanes that might be even powerful in fighting some kinds of cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart attack.  and to pronounce. But it is said to prevent cancer and heart disease. It contains also a lot of chrome, that might be important reducing fat and might even have antiaging properties.

We eat mostly the immature flowers and the stem of the plant.

So Broccoli is in fact a not to miss vegetable. My children definitely do not like it. But I would like to have Broccoli more regularly in my diet and have found fantastic Broccolisoup recipes on the web. But today I just had some leftover Broccoli and leeks.

Day 4

BROCCOLISOUP WITH LEEKS

Ingredients:

½ Broccoli

1 Leek

vegetable stock (not to much concentrate, it might get to salty)

nutmeg

Cut the Broccoli into pieces, cut the leek in rings, sauté them in olive oil, add 1 l vegetable stock, add nutmeg and marjoram and cook for 20-30 minutes

Today served lean, no cream

Voilà and bon appétit

I was the only one today enjoying my Broccoli, I liked this soup more, less heavy and less salty.

I rated it **

Tomorrow I can invite you for a bowl of leftover mixed soup with B…

Charlotte