Hello, lovelies!
I know, I know - I've been terrible about updating. Things have been quite hectic in my personal life and my schedule's been rather nuts. However, I've been cooking up a storm!
Last night I tried out this recipe, the link to which I discovered on Pinterest (if you aren't on there, stop what you're doing right now and sign the fuck up, dudes. Seriously. It's awesome!).
Here is the link directly to the recipe in question. I'll summarize it here for you:
Ingredients:
4-5 lbs. fresh broccoli
4 cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced
1 lemon
Freshly grated parmesan
Toasted pine nuts (optional)
Fresh basil, julienned (optional)
Kosher salt
Freshly ground pepper
Olive oil
1. Preheat oven to 425F.
2. Cut broccoli into relatively large florets - be sure it's *dry*!
3. Toss the broccoli with garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper and place on a cookie sheet.
4. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven when the broccoli is relatively crispy, but still tender. There should be some the tiniest bit of browning here and there.
5. After removing the broccoli from the oven, place in a bowl and zest the lemon over it, then squeeze the juice of the lemon into it.
6. Add a touch more olive oil, parmesan, and the basil and pine nuts if you'll be using those.
7. Give it a few stirs to combine the additional ingredients and enjoy!
NOTES: For this recipe, I didn't use the pine nuts or the basil (just like in the link posted) and it was AMAZING. However, I will probably try adding the basil and pine nuts next go round to see how we like it. GDB and I were both pretty big fans - this is *definitely* something I'll be cooking pretty often now. It's delicious!
