Its a brilliant stovetop approach that I wish I learned about sooner.

to become your new go-to veggie strategy.

It’s my favorite vegetable and I eat it almost every day.

portrait of Alton Brown and a plate of cooked broccoli

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It’s 10 minutes total from raw to ready-to-eat.

Toss the broccoli with the butter, and Bob’s your uncle: Al dente broccoli is served.

(Florets are easy!

Microwave Broccoli with Sesame Dressing

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Stalks never fail to remind me that I’m eating broccoli.

I don’t know.

It removes wrinkles from clothes, cleans pores, and puts the “cool” back in broccoli.