Here is some broccoli news from the garden for you to try different types of broccoli. Why not take a break from plain green broccoli and white cauliflower, and add some color to your dinner table?
Purple Sprouting Broccoli grows into bushier plants that produce numerous small heads.
It is unbelievable how tasty and good it is. The flavor is unique and very creamy.
The plant is a biennial. It grows for an entire season and overwinters. In the spring the first thing it does is sprout small heads in dark purple crown. Since many of the plants are the size of a large shrub they keep producing as you trim the long stems.
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I really recommend growing purple sprouting broccoli. It sure takes a lot of space for at least a year, but it is well worth it if you have the space.
“Romanesco”. If you think veggies are boring, then you’ve never seen the likes of Romanesco broccoli. Great either raw or cooked. There are 52 calories in this broccoli.
Not enough can be said about the exceptional flavor of this crop. The taste is like cream. This plant has fused the best qualities of both broccoli and cauliflower together. Its beauty is so interesting with a nice nutty flavor that it is worth of your try.
Broccoli raab is grown for its immature flower buds, which have a stronger flavor than regular broccoli. Broccoli raab (closely related to turnips) is popular in Asian and Italian cooking.
Prized for its full flavor, it packs a slightly bitter, yet pleasant and mustardy punch. Broccoli raab is an excellent source of vitamins A and C and is high in calcium and iron. One cup of cooked broccoli raab contains only approximately 40 calories.
Broccoflower. A hybrid between broccoli and cauliflower, this combo crop has the color of broccoli, but looks more like cauliflower, with a flavor that’s sweeter than either.
High in vitamin C, green cauliflower is a good source of folate and is low in calories and carbohydrates—a 1-cup (95-g) serving has only about 25 calories and no fat. This green cauliflower contains compounds that may help the body to defend itself against certain types of cancer.
If you try any of these, remember – they don’t need blanching, and furthermore, they don’t like it.
Want to know more super growing secrets & recipes for broccoli?
Go to the post titled “Recipe For Broccoli In Your Vegetable Garden”
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You cannot rely on lateral growth for additional minor heads as the season goes on, which is a nice feature of regular broccoli. However, this beauty is so interesting, with a nice nutty flavor, that it’s worth it.The plant is much larger than a broccoli – about 3 feet in height when mature – and once the main head is cut, that’s it. You cannot rely on lateral growth for additional minor heads as the season goes on, which is a nice f
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