no, my kids aren't going to be pooping green...I have another plan.
now, i know you have seen them...those bags of frozen broccoli fleurettes and stems (which usually ends up being more stems than broccoli) for $3.50 a bag in your local grocery store. $3.50?! is it magic broccoli? will it make my kids love it? will it pay my mortgage. no...it's just broccoli. SO i make my own.
yeah, yeah, yeah...i've heard it before..."well it's nice if you have all day to do stuff like that". Zip it...it takes 20 minutes. and lets be honest...you spend 5x that much time on facebook a day, so let's not go there. all you have to do is cut the fleurettes off you broccoli, take the sad looking stem, peel it with a veggie peeler and cut that up too. get all your cut up broc in a strainer, wash it, put it in boiling, salted water till it turns bright green - which is about 10 seconds - take it out with a slotted spoon, place it on a wax paper lined cookie sheet, let it cool, put it in the freezer till frozen, transfer to bags and voila. done.
that wasn't so hard...was it? well, lets put it this way...i got 4x the amount that you get in that measly bag from the grocery store that you pay $3.50 for, for $3.00. that is what...80% savings? i don't know, i'm not good at math...i'm good at saving money on food. :)
so, next time you see broccoli on sale, buy a whole lot, let your kitchen smell like broccoli for the afternoon, and have fresh, homemade frozen broccoli for all your broccoli cooking needs.
cheers.
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