Tag: healthy cooking

How to Cook Broccoli

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The Best Broccoli

Here’s a very simple and delicious way to cook your Broccoli that even kids will love.  This recipe steams the cut crowns for only a few short minutes to ensure it’s nutritional value stays in tact.  This also means you don’t have to worry about over or under cooking the Broccoli when you do it this way.  Also, you won’t be losing much flavor either because the buds aren’t completely submerged under water to the point of drowning.  Only a half inch of boiling water, over medium heat, is required if you catch my drift.  And this is, hands down, the easiest and tastiest way to eat broccoli without adding garlic.

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Broccoli Ingredients:

1 Broccoli Crown, chopped
1 tbsp Butter
Water, 1/2 inch in the bottom of your pan
Salt and Pepper to taste

Be sure to watch the short video tutorial and I’ll show you exactly how to cook this tasty broccoli.

Roasted Stuffed Peppers

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The Best Stuffed Peppers

I’ve been wanting to film these Roasted Stuffed Peppers for quite some time now, because they are so easy and very delicious.  One of the things that makes them easy is that you’re able to cheat and pull some ingredients from a box.  This is a Cajun Rice and Black Beans mix I borrowed from Zattarain’s but you can use anything you want.  My Dirty Rice, Spanish Rice or my Jambalaya recipe would be perfect in this as well.  In this recipe, I decided to throw in some Italian Sausage to spruce it up a bit.  If I were stuffing this with Jambalaya, for example, I’d be adding Shrimp and Andouille Sausage.  So just realize that there are several different ways you can stuff peppers.  I have a Tex-Mex style Stuffed Pablano recipe and Jalapeno Poppers that are out of this world!

Bell Stuffed Peppers

For this Stuffed Peppers recipe, I just to use Bell Peppers and I chose a rainbow assortment, just to show how pretty this dish can be.  Buying all of these different colors, however, can ten to be a bit pricey.  Sometimes the Red and Yellow Bell Peppers are 3 to 4 times the price of a regular green Bell Pepper.  So don’t think for one moment that this dish has to be an expensive one.  Save the money, and buy the Green peppers.  The flavor will be the exact same and everyone will love it.

Roasted Stuffed Peppers Ingredients:

4 Bell Peppers, cut in Half
1/2 lbs Italian Sausage
1 box Cajun Rice and Black Beans, cooked
1/2 Red Onion, chopped
1 Celery Stick, chopped
2 Garlic Cloves, chopped
1 tbs Fresh Cilantro, chopped
2 tbs Cooking Wine
1 cup Mozzarella Cheese, grated
Salt and Pepper to taste

Broil Peppers for 5 to 8 Minutes and Bake Stuffed Peppers at 425 degrees f for 10 minutes.  Be sure to watch the short video tutorial and I’ll show you exactly how to make these Roasted Stuffed Peppers.