Higher temperatures, more sunshine and warmer weather in general is very conducive to swopping bulky meat for some light veggies. Lately we have been experimenting a little with some new vegetarian dishes, inspired mainly by our “Eat Your Greens” cookbook from Parragon.
The cookbook, as the name would suggest, is focusing on greens. It covers everything from light bites, via might mains to a bit on the side; in addition it has an extensive green juice section. Every recipe has a clear picture of what your final dish should look like as well as detailed instructions on how to prepare it, including preparation and cook times.
We have tried a few different recipes from this cookbook so far and they were all truly delicious. So today I would like to share with you the Roasted Broccoli with Pine Nuts and Parmesan recipe.
The recipe will serve four as a side dish or two as a main course. You will need 20 minutes to prepare it and a further 20 minutes to cook it.
Ingredients:
- 1 large broccoli
- 6tbsp olive oil
- 1/2tsp sea salt
- 1/2tsp fresh ground pepper
- Zest of one lemon
- Few handfuls of toasted pine nuts
- 25g Parmesan cheese shavings
- Lemon wedges to garnish
Method:
Preheat your oven to 200C.
If you have unroasted / untoasted pine nuts, you might want to pop a few handfuls onto a small baking dish and pop them into the oven for a few minutes… just a few minutes as we don’t really want to burn them just toast them slightly to help release all the natural oils inside and that wonderful aroma from toasted nuts.
Wash and cut the broccoli into single florets.
Place your broccoli into a large bowl; add oil, sprinkle with sea salt and fresh ground pepper and gently toss around to assure even coverage.
Spread out in a large roasting tin.
Cover tightly with foil and roast at the bottom of the earlier preheated oven for 10 minutes.
Remove the foil and leave them to roast with no cover for a further 10 minutes, turning them around mid-time.
Keep a watchful eye to make sure that your broccoli do not brown too much.
Remove from the oven and tip into a shallow, pre-warmed serving dish and with any cooking juices you might have in the roasting tin drizzle them over the top.
Sprinkle with pine nuts and lemon zest; add slithers of Parmesan cheese; garnish with lemon wedges and serve.
This was the first time we have had broccoli served this way and I have to admit we all loved it!
Do you like broccoli?
What is your favourite way of serving it?
***
Food Heroes: Eat your Greens
ISBN 978-1-4723-6450-0
Published by Parragon Books Ltd in 2014
Part of Love Food
Number of pages: 128
RRP: £6
Paperback; perfect bound
* I received this book for free from Parragon as a part of my Book Buddy pack.
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oh my i love broccoli this is right uop my street
Looks like something I might enjoy, but I would have to make it on a night I don’t have the kids, I doubt they would eat it.
This does sounds so delicious, I am a big fan of all three but, never had them together.
this sounds so so yummy
I love pine nuts in anything and this looks like a super combination. Sounds like there are lots of great recipes in that book.
This looks like a super way to cook broccoli which sometimes gets overlooked and we don’t eat it.
I am starving so would love to dig in to this dish right now.
I love broccoli, it’s one of my favourite veggies, I like it raw or steamed, but don’t think I’ve ever roasted it before. This is going to the top of my list of things to cook!
I hope you like it Michelle
This does sound lovely - one of my favourite veggies with some of my fave things: pine nuts and parmesan.
I don’t care how expensive pine nits are- I love them and could eat them all the time! Those little tins do not last long around here of the pine nuts- love them and this recipe looks delicious!
I love broccoli. This definitely looks like a recipe I can have on Paleo.
I am bad about eating broccoli. I need to be better about eating veggies.
Pine nuts and broccoli sounds so good! Your recipe is also very simple to follow.. thanks for sharing!
That sounds yummy!
Oh this looks really tasty!
This looks so delicious!!! Healthy and delicious, bonus!
This looks like the perfect side dish for our family!
I like all things with roasted nuts and I agree that’s perfect for spring and summer, the pine nuts make it special :o)
Looks delicious! I love broccoli so I have to try out this recipe soon. And I think the pictures (and cheese) would convince anybody who isn’t a huge lover of veggies to try this 🙂
It sounds so healthy and tasty
sounds yummy! I love broccoli too. usually stir fry them with garlic and i’ll eat them with Korean kimchi!
I will definitely be making this….this weekend! 🙂
I eat broccoli with noodle and sometimes I deep fried it with flour, very unhealthy but tasty haha. But I want to try this!
Sounds delightful. We totally love broccoli over here and I cook it at least twice a week, so this would be a new recipe to try
Your ideas make my husband want to eat his veggies!
I love broccoli, I will be trying this out!
Yum! This looks so good, I will have to give it a try! My kids would love it!
This looks absolutely delicious! I am so making this!
Wow this looks delicious, I am so going to try this one 🙂 Thanks for sharing
That sounds heavenly. I definitely need to make this 🙂