LOL. "GET THEM TO EAT BROCCOLI".. I like brussel sprouts.too. there is NO WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO EAT BROCCOLI.. unless CHOCOLATE COATED. Joe, younger son.. he is now a man. 40 years old .. one year I decided to make a low fat Lasagna..from scratch of course.. family recipe w/ the pepperoni ,, best of the best ingredients, except I used LOW FAT cheeses: HE RACED INTO KITCHEN "MOM, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE LASAGNA..!" I was busted. :)
Hahahaha! Lordy how I had to maneuver around three different tastes and appetites. Plus when I was raising three kids I was pinching pennies to buy groceries so I had to be creative. They all three did love mac and cheese, applesauce and carrot sticks for some reason. When I made the broccoli salad my two youngest would eat it but not my oldest. Sometimes, when going to a pot luck dinner I would add crumbled bacon bits on top. Any and all the extra stuff usually covered up the distinct broccoli taste. LOL!
I have ordered the stainless steel stackable set plus broccoli sprout seeds all for under $65. I have a perfect kitchen window for them to green up and may just throw a kitchen towel over them for darkness while germinating. Thanks Dr Jill! I'm excited to start growing indoors. Too many hungry bunnies around here to grow anything outdoors not to mention an HOA from hell!
Ha! I don't know if that's so much the problem as the retirees that are given imaginary badges. There's a Mrs Kravitz in every neighborhood; some just more than others.
I am thinking about growing lettuce in a flower pot, though. That should keep them confused 😉
Once upon a time long long ago I did spend some time in the US, (a long story :) ) and I did come across that concept, and the difficulties they can cause. Come live in the UK . . . unheard of here :)
With broccoli, as in life, we smile through the bitterness. And carry a small pocket mirror to ensure after lunch that it's not sprouting from the recesses between teeth.
I put out ant traps (sweetened borax) around my aphid attracting plants. Ants are aphid cowboys, tending their flocks. I adore brassicas and use them as edible landscape plants.
My wife grew a bunch of broccoli this year for the first time and it looked beautiful. Unfortunately, a few weeks before it was ready to pick, as you noted, it became infested with those little white aphids. I guess those are some healthy little bugs!
Dr. Jill - Thank you for taking the time to post - whenever you give tips - they're doable. I truly appreciate all the practical sustainable living info you provide. You both are a blessing to many.
Greetings from Michigan's Thumb Coast: Still frigid - 0F at 8am! As to mayonnaise on your broccoli salas: make your own or buy organic, made with olive oil or avocado oil; forgo the store-bought commercial brands, all of which contain not only highly processed seed oils but unnecessary additives. Slainte!
James, There is an Organic avocado oil from Primal Kitchen too. I know, expensive, but I figure what the heck, I don't eat out like I used to, so I can spend the money saved on superior products.
That does sound.. there are much easier one.. and for us.. "aficionados".. mustard I don't put in my mayo.. but that sounds good enough to try.. why NOT? thank you
Additionally Primal Kitchen makes/markets an organic mayonnaise with avocado oil. I've not sampled the mayonnaise but do buy from a local supermarket the brand salad dressing, all of which have proved tasty and no side effects after ingesting. Thank you for asking. Bon Appetit!
We're lucky here in Whitby Ontario. A local greenhouse supplies Farm Boy with organic broccoli microgreens; (which I share with my dogs) and I myself sprout different beans - glass jars with the special tops sitting on an angle. A knee surgeon several years ago who did PRP on my knee had numerous jars in his office sprouting and showed me how easy it was to sprout. Tried to also convince me to become vegetarian.....didn't work.
I sometimes make a sauce for brussel sprouts (that has some sulfurophane), with olive oil, lemon juice, wholegrain prepared mustard (I like Eden Foods), garlic, salt and pepper. Sounds like that would be good to pair with broccoli, especially in a salad.
Just what I needed to nudge myself to use more broccoli! Last summer I ate a lot of various sprouts, this winter, not so much, hmm. Thanks for the boost!
The trouble with eating too many raw veggies is that the human body doesn't extract all the nutrients efficiently. Whatever remains is for the bacteria to make gas :-D, and then it exits.
Cooking allows better extraction of whatever remains, since it disrupts plant cell walls a good deal, though it denature enzymes
Another place where we really lose enzymes is the stomach, where the acid also denatures them.
That being said, broccoli is good stuff. So are other brassica plants, including many great weeds.
One bunch of broccoli( cut the florets to the size you want), 1/2 cup raisins(or craisins), 1 small onion diced, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 cup sunflower seeds, 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 2 Tablesppons vinegar.
Great summer salad, it's better after one day. Mix often.
So I have had to run a security scan just now.. and Google calendar .. I am guessing.. from Chrome.. keeps sending 100 junk emails a day saying I bought 500$ of "something".. and now I managed to get on to your "News".. I KNOW BROCCOLI is a true superfood. and it also gives people GAS BIG TIME> ROFL.. I use to love Broccoli.. in fact I could easily be a vegetarian.. not Vegan but I crave salads.. etc and miss the SALAD BARS..and did buy some "lettuce" and cold pressed Green juices because I have always love my Veggies :) much to my son Joe's chagrin ROFL :) (guess those are by gone.).. anyway I have to run some more scans. not sure what is going on but we are still buried in ice here. and I don't want to be without a computer I may turn off the Smartphone.. I never use it. ;)
PEOPLE HAVE LOST IT .. I really mean that... I loved your Homesteading. I read a couple "old Substack posts" which I had saved from some "people" out there in LA LA LAND,, and I said OUCH.. apparently.. the issue is they were born sub IQ.. it is not because they got Sars Covid.. will not mention names. I am not sure if I will get back today.. I have to make sure my computer is Ok. (laptop).. :) ENJOY.. ttyl.. :) Isabell
Easiest way I got my kids to eat broccoli - a long time family favorite recipe. Great side dish to bring to pot luck dinners.
Blend together in the personally preferred amounts with enough mayonnaise [or dressing to taste] to coat. Serve chilled
Chopped fresh broccoli
Chopped apples
Chopped walnuts
Cranberries
Like a Waldorf salad subbing broccoli for the celery. One of my favorites!
Yes!
LOL. "GET THEM TO EAT BROCCOLI".. I like brussel sprouts.too. there is NO WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO EAT BROCCOLI.. unless CHOCOLATE COATED. Joe, younger son.. he is now a man. 40 years old .. one year I decided to make a low fat Lasagna..from scratch of course.. family recipe w/ the pepperoni ,, best of the best ingredients, except I used LOW FAT cheeses: HE RACED INTO KITCHEN "MOM, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE LASAGNA..!" I was busted. :)
Hahahaha! Lordy how I had to maneuver around three different tastes and appetites. Plus when I was raising three kids I was pinching pennies to buy groceries so I had to be creative. They all three did love mac and cheese, applesauce and carrot sticks for some reason. When I made the broccoli salad my two youngest would eat it but not my oldest. Sometimes, when going to a pot luck dinner I would add crumbled bacon bits on top. Any and all the extra stuff usually covered up the distinct broccoli taste. LOL!
good news….there is chocolate hummus (my guilty pleasure) one can now dip into with that bite of raw broccoli (;
That sounds lovely!
I have ordered the stainless steel stackable set plus broccoli sprout seeds all for under $65. I have a perfect kitchen window for them to green up and may just throw a kitchen towel over them for darkness while germinating. Thanks Dr Jill! I'm excited to start growing indoors. Too many hungry bunnies around here to grow anything outdoors not to mention an HOA from hell!
A Napoleon complex is a prerequisite for anyone wanting to be an HOA president.
Ha! I don't know if that's so much the problem as the retirees that are given imaginary badges. There's a Mrs Kravitz in every neighborhood; some just more than others.
I am thinking about growing lettuce in a flower pot, though. That should keep them confused 😉
Same song, different verse.
Please excuse my ignorance; what the heck is a HOA?
Home owners association. Lucky you that this wasn't familiar.
Once upon a time long long ago I did spend some time in the US, (a long story :) ) and I did come across that concept, and the difficulties they can cause. Come live in the UK . . . unheard of here :)
Stands for Hell On your Autonomy
Awww. I just put some food.. cookies and cut of up apples out for the squirrels and birds.. wow. I hate busy body HOAs.
With broccoli, as in life, we smile through the bitterness. And carry a small pocket mirror to ensure after lunch that it's not sprouting from the recesses between teeth.
I put out ant traps (sweetened borax) around my aphid attracting plants. Ants are aphid cowboys, tending their flocks. I adore brassicas and use them as edible landscape plants.
Thanks for the lesson on broccoli and broccoli sprouts, Jill. Good information!!
My wife grew a bunch of broccoli this year for the first time and it looked beautiful. Unfortunately, a few weeks before it was ready to pick, as you noted, it became infested with those little white aphids. I guess those are some healthy little bugs!
Dr. Jill - Thank you for taking the time to post - whenever you give tips - they're doable. I truly appreciate all the practical sustainable living info you provide. You both are a blessing to many.
Greetings from Michigan's Thumb Coast: Still frigid - 0F at 8am! As to mayonnaise on your broccoli salas: make your own or buy organic, made with olive oil or avocado oil; forgo the store-bought commercial brands, all of which contain not only highly processed seed oils but unnecessary additives. Slainte!
Do you have a good mayo recipe?
MAYO
1 egg
1 tsp salt
1/4 - 1/2 tsp sugar
1 Tb lemon/lime juice
1 cup avocado oil
2 tsp Dijon mustard
Add all ingredients to to narrow jar
Give the oil time to separate on top
Press the stick blender to the bottom and run for 10-15 seconds
Once the mayo starts to emulsify and thicken slowly move the stick blender up and down to fully combine the ingredients.
Put in fridge. Keeps for several weeks.
Sometimes I add a few drops of fish sauce and a drop of sherry if I am using the mayo for fish.
I'm making note of possible first-time purchases of avocado oil, and a stick blender. Thanks.
James, There is an Organic avocado oil from Primal Kitchen too. I know, expensive, but I figure what the heck, I don't eat out like I used to, so I can spend the money saved on superior products.
Thanks D D.
That does sound.. there are much easier one.. and for us.. "aficionados".. mustard I don't put in my mayo.. but that sounds good enough to try.. why NOT? thank you
Additionally Primal Kitchen makes/markets an organic mayonnaise with avocado oil. I've not sampled the mayonnaise but do buy from a local supermarket the brand salad dressing, all of which have proved tasty and no side effects after ingesting. Thank you for asking. Bon Appetit!
Also one by Chosen Foods which I think is a bit less expensive. Also, it's available in a big jar (plastic, unfortunately) at Costco.
Sarah, I use their mayo's, kinda tart from what I used to use, but no seed oils! Hard to find any except this brand, so far.
I love the avocado mayo!!
We love our broccoli, trees as the kids would call. And I’m a huge sprouter. These are great on salads. Thanks for the info on the health benefits.
We're lucky here in Whitby Ontario. A local greenhouse supplies Farm Boy with organic broccoli microgreens; (which I share with my dogs) and I myself sprout different beans - glass jars with the special tops sitting on an angle. A knee surgeon several years ago who did PRP on my knee had numerous jars in his office sprouting and showed me how easy it was to sprout. Tried to also convince me to become vegetarian.....didn't work.
fascinating.
I sometimes make a sauce for brussel sprouts (that has some sulfurophane), with olive oil, lemon juice, wholegrain prepared mustard (I like Eden Foods), garlic, salt and pepper. Sounds like that would be good to pair with broccoli, especially in a salad.
Great article, and my wife and I love broccoli, especially in stir fry combinations.
that is the only way I can eat broccoli.. if it is in a stir fry which de gasses the broccoli.. :) in fact. I think I will get some lunch.
I still have some stir fry in the fridge, but will leave the rest for my wife. Man! She’s a good cook!
Just what I needed to nudge myself to use more broccoli! Last summer I ate a lot of various sprouts, this winter, not so much, hmm. Thanks for the boost!
A broccoli fart is a potent social influence.
Using sprouts seems reasonable. They taste good.
The trouble with eating too many raw veggies is that the human body doesn't extract all the nutrients efficiently. Whatever remains is for the bacteria to make gas :-D, and then it exits.
Cooking allows better extraction of whatever remains, since it disrupts plant cell walls a good deal, though it denature enzymes
Another place where we really lose enzymes is the stomach, where the acid also denatures them.
That being said, broccoli is good stuff. So are other brassica plants, including many great weeds.
Broccoli Salad
One bunch of broccoli( cut the florets to the size you want), 1/2 cup raisins(or craisins), 1 small onion diced, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 cup sunflower seeds, 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 2 Tablesppons vinegar.
Great summer salad, it's better after one day. Mix often.
So I have had to run a security scan just now.. and Google calendar .. I am guessing.. from Chrome.. keeps sending 100 junk emails a day saying I bought 500$ of "something".. and now I managed to get on to your "News".. I KNOW BROCCOLI is a true superfood. and it also gives people GAS BIG TIME> ROFL.. I use to love Broccoli.. in fact I could easily be a vegetarian.. not Vegan but I crave salads.. etc and miss the SALAD BARS..and did buy some "lettuce" and cold pressed Green juices because I have always love my Veggies :) much to my son Joe's chagrin ROFL :) (guess those are by gone.).. anyway I have to run some more scans. not sure what is going on but we are still buried in ice here. and I don't want to be without a computer I may turn off the Smartphone.. I never use it. ;)
PEOPLE HAVE LOST IT .. I really mean that... I loved your Homesteading. I read a couple "old Substack posts" which I had saved from some "people" out there in LA LA LAND,, and I said OUCH.. apparently.. the issue is they were born sub IQ.. it is not because they got Sars Covid.. will not mention names. I am not sure if I will get back today.. I have to make sure my computer is Ok. (laptop).. :) ENJOY.. ttyl.. :) Isabell