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Hi Lynda - 
 
Nobody's born hating broccoli...they've just been watching too many  
Presidents and too much Homer Simpson on television.
 
You've jiggled my memory! I like your idea for the veggies.
 
My mother-in-law - bless her - showed me how to roast and peel green chiles  
(the long ones) and mix them into melted queso panela - I don't know if that  
cheese is available everywhere, and I don't know if there's another name for 
it. 
Double yum!
 
Sandy
Mid-Mojave
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/18/2008 12:14:27 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
lurine AT softcom.net writes:

O.K., we  all love all the little critters in the cabbage family and I've had 
them  since I was knee high.  Usually fresh.  We're not big on frozen  
anythings or canned veggies, although frozen will do in a pinch in the  
winter.

However, take your same bunch of veggies.  Use a wok  and stir fry them at 
high heat.  Get your same will bits of  browned.  Carmalize some onions.  On 
a flat cast iron griddle,  warm up some flour tortillas. Toss the veggies in 
the tortilla with the  onions and some jack cheese if you can get good 
Mexican cheese.   Yummy veggie burrito!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From:  "Akka Homestead" <akkabhomestead AT yahoo.com>

For those of you, or  for those of you with kids who hate cauliflower and 
broccoli, you have to  try this.. Don't give up hope, it may still be 
possible for you to eat  your veggies.

I don't know that I ever had fresh broccoli or  cauliflower growing up. It 
was always the frozen stuff, which is  okay-better than nothing I suppose, 
but it has to cook cooked properly to  avoid losing all of it's nutrient 
value, texture, and taste. After I left  home, I discovered steamed veggies, 
and of course, steamed cauliflower is  one one my favorites-I've cooked it 
that way for almost 30 years....until  now.
I have a new way to cook cauliflower that might be old hat to you  guys, but 
if I can go 30 years without ever knowing this, perhaps some of  you might 
not know as well..My friends and family in these parts had never  done it, 
fer sure. You gotta try this, especially if you don't like  broccoli and 
cauliflower because of the texture of it.

Roast  it.

You can even do this on the grill in a pan, aluminum pan, or  aluminum foil 
if you are careful. We did it in an aluminum pan on the  grill and on an 
aluminum pizza pan in the oven.
Okay, take a fresh head  of whichever veggie you choose...I liked the roasted 
cauliflower better,  but Starry Guy liked the broccoli better. They were 
prepared the same way.  I chopped the veggies, removing most of the stem and 
slicing them  lengthwise so that there would be a flat surface in contact 
with the pan.  The most pan contact, the better. When the veggies are 
chopped, put them  in a bowl and pour olive oil over it. Toss. Add whatever 
seasoning you  want. To the broccoli I added 4 large whole cloves of garlic 
(will add  more next time-love that roasted garlic), some kosher salt, and 
some  popcorn salt because it had butter flavor in it. (crazy, I know, but it 
 
worked).... To the cauliflower I added garlic salt, paprika, olive oil,  and 
crushed red peppers. You can add any seasoning you want. I happened to  want 
a little kick that night. Toss the veggies, seasonings, and oil, then  
arrange in the pan so that there is maximum surface
contact. Put it in  a 350 degree oven or on the grill....Just watch it, when 
it starts to  brown, turn the pieces with a spatula. The veggies get kind of 
crisp on  the outside, like a French-fry it has texture, but rather soft on 
the  inside. I quit cooking mine when the inside texture was more firm than  
steamed veggies. You can just for yourself how long you want to cook it,  but 
you gotta let it brown some. This seals in the flavor and nutrients.  None is 
lost to water.
I'm telling you, folks, this is a whole nuther  world when it comes to eating 
your veggies. Try something new.

Akka  B, cookin'  outside...<g>



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