Easy broccoli soup

Ingredients:

• One broccoli
• half an onion
• 1 garlic clove
• salt, pepper, cumin powder, curry powder, grated nutmeg
• olive oil

Preparation:

Cut the broccoli into pieces and rinse well

Chop the onion and the garlic

Put about two tablespoons of olive oil in a pan and add the onion and the garlic, stir and add about a teaspoon of salt, a pinch of cumin powder, a good pinch of curry powder and some grated nutmeg. Stir in the broccoli and then add the water, just below the broccoli, you do not want to cover the broccoli with water because it will then be to thin.

Boil the soup until the broccoli is just becoming tender. Do not overcook.

Either poor into a blender or use a hand blender till you have a smooth soup.

Taste and add salt if necessary.

Vegetarian broccoli pasta

This is a very quick and delicious pasta! The time the pasta (unless it is fresh pasta, which needs to boil a lot less) needs to boil to get al dente is all the time you need to prepare the sauce.

Ingredients:

1 medium size broccoli

2 cloves of garlic

pasta of your choice

Padano or Parmazano cheese

creme fraiche 120 gr

salt and pepper

olive oil

Preparation:

Boil water with some salt for the pasta

Meanwhile, you clean the broccoli and cut into small florets (ok with still a little bit of the stem)

Clean and finally, chop the garlic cloves

Grate the cheese about 100 to 150 grams (or more), it depends how cheesy you like your sauce

When the water is boiling you add the pasta and loosen it with a fork so that it does not stick together.

Put a good splash of olive oil in a frying pan and when this is heated you add the broccoli and the garlic and a little bit of water.You don't want the broccoli to burn. You sprinkle the broccoli with salt and pepper to taste and put a lid on the frying pan.

Check the broccoli after approximately 5 minutes as you don't want it overcooked, but still a little bit crunchy. You now add the creme fraiche and the grated cheese.

When the pasta is ready (al dente) you take it out of the water and mix it in the frying pan with the broccoli sauce. Serve and enjoy!

Simple broccoli salad

Ingredients for the salad:

One head of broccoli

2 tomatoes

1 small onion

Mayonnaise

Apple-cider vinegar

Honey or other sweetener

Salt and pepper

Olive oil

Preparation:

Wash and cut the broccoli into pieces

Boil the broccoli in water with a little salt until cooked to your taste. If you like the broccoli to still be a bit crunchy, then do that, if you like the broccoli well boiled then boil it for a bit longer.

Cut the two tomatoes into chunks

Make a dressing with two tablespoons of mayonnaise, a drizzle of olive oil, some apple cider vinegar, some salt and pepper and a pinch of sugar or a little bit of honey (or other sweetener)

When the broccoli is cooked, let it cool down and mix with the other ingredients.