🥦 Broccoli

Brassica oleracea

A green vegetable that looks like a tiny tree, with a thick stalk and bushy tops.

Deep green with a thick stem and a crown of tightly packed little flower buds.

Fresh and mild, a little grassy raw and softer and sweeter when steamed.

Rich in vitamin C, vitamin K, and fiber to help you grow strong and healthy.

Eat it raw with dip, or steamed, roasted, or stir-fried until bright green.

Grows on a leafy plant; the part we eat is the flower head picked before it blooms.

Grows best and tastes sweetest in the cool weather of fall and spring.

First grown from wild cabbage long ago in Italy, near the Mediterranean Sea.

If you never pick broccoli, its green buds open into little yellow flowers.

Steam broccoli just until bright green so it stays crisp and keeps its vitamins.