Nobody has ever complained at home about eating broccoli or cauliflower or any kind of vegetable. My daughter eats all kind of veggies since she was a baby and teaching her palate has enabled her to enjoy so many dishes.Some of her school companions that came invited for lunch would always tell me... Ugh, I never eat green things... or, I don't like broccoli... or, I always eat chips and pork meat... or, what are these small red pieces here? are they peppers?... or, I only like egg's yolk...
To avoid getting into trouble with them or listening to their complaints and getting annoyed, I always made macaroni when a friend of my daughter came for lunch. I'm not their mom and it's not my business to teach them to eat properly.
But today's recipe is not a macaroni's one, it's a new broccoli one I found in a magazine and thought... why not? let's give my boring steamed broccoli a hot twist! And I tell you that it was a wonderful idea!
Again, I'm trying a new ingredient in my kitchen: Flax seeds which according to wikipedia:Flax seeds contain high levels of lignans and Omega-3 fatty acids. Lignans may benefit the heart, possess anti-cancer properties and studies performed on mice found reduced growth in specific types of tumors. Initial studies suggest that flaxseed taken in the diet may benefit individuals with certain types of breast and prostate cancers. Flax may also lessen the severity of diabetes by stabilizing blood-sugar levels. There is some support for the use of flax seed as a laxative due to its dietary fiber content though excessive consumption without liquid can result in intestinal blockage. Consuming large amounts of flax seed can impair the effectiveness of certain oral medications, due to its fiber content.
They couldn't be healthier!!! I'm sending this recipe over to Kalyn's kitchen and her World Wide known Weekend Blogging Event which this week is hosted by: We are Never Full - Amy and Jonny's shinny, creative and amusing blog! Get over there for the round up next week :D
Important notice: you will have to prepare a special oil for this dish 2 days ago! Really easy, don't miss the recipe because you feel lazy to prepare it... You can use it in other dishes too :DIngredients for 4 servings: 1 broccoli, 1 medium/big onion, 1 glass of cream (nata líquida), 1 spoontable of flax seeds, 1 garlic clove, olive oil, black ground pepper and salt. Ingredients for the special oil: half a glass of olive oil, 1 red hot pepper, 2 drops of tabasco and a pinch of oregano.
- Prepare the oil for the dressing: half glass of olive oil, add the red hot pepper, the tabasco drops and the oregano and wait for two days until you use it.
- Clean and wash your broccoli and save a couple or 3 small bunches to decorate the plate. Mince the onion and garlic.
- Pour some olive oil in a pot, enough to cover its surface and add the onion, stir and cook at low heat for 5 minutes and add the garlic. When fragrant add the broccoli and cover with 1 liter of water. Cook for 35 minutes or until the broccoli is tender.
- Use a food processor to blend the ingredients and when you get a fine puree add the cream, taste and add salt and pepper accordingly, cook for 5 more minutes and it's done.
- Boil the bunches of broccoli you reserved in salty water for 8 minutes.
- Prepare the plate with the soup, the broccoli bunches and the Lax seeds on top.
- Pour some of the hot spicy oil you prepared as a dressing.
You have now the first dish of the menu... would you like to try this as a second?
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