Easy Healthy Oven Roasted Broccoli Recipe
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Roasting is the best way of cooking broccoli ever! This delicious broccoli is tossed in olive oil and oven roasted to perfection – so healthy and tasty! Even broccoli haters will gobble it up!
Roasted broccoli is my favorite way of cooking broccoli – roasted broccoli really doesn’t taste like a typical “health food”. The roasting process brings out a deep delicious flavor out of any vegetable, but this phenomenon is especially pronounced with broccoli. After it comes out of the oven, roasted broccoli tastes so deep, so complex, so delicious. Once you try it, I know what you’ll say – broccoli was always meant for roasting. Period.
In addition to the roasting process itself, I use another amazing flavoring on this broccoli – olive oil. Olive oil serves two purposes in this recipe – (1) to help the roasting process (2) to add delicious flavor. Tossing the broccoli in oil prior to putting it in the oven is what distinguishes baked cauliflower from roasted. No oil = baked, tossed in oil = roasted. It’s as simple as that :)
Believe it or not, olive oil also helps your body to absorb the vitamins in the broccoli! So not only broccoli tastes better when seasoned with olive oil, but it’s also better for you this way :) Olive oil and broccoli taste amazing together, you’ll love it!
In addition to olive oil, I season roasted broccoli with the simplest seasonings – salt and pepper. You can also sprinkle it with a little powdered garlic if you’d like – it’s delicious with broccoli! Parmesan cheese goes really well with it too :)
When adding salt to roasted broccoli, always make sure you add the salt AFTER roasting, not before. Salt draws the water out of vegetables, so salting it before roasting would make the broccoli soggy. First roast, then salt – that’s the rule I use for roasting any type of vegetables.
Roasted broccoli can be served either warm or cold, and keeps well for several days in the refrigerator. You can serve it as a simple side dish, eat it as a snack or add to salads. Whichever way you serve the roasted broccoli, it’s delicious!
Easy Healthy Oven Roasted Broccoli Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb broccoli
- 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F. Line the baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cut broccoli into florets. Put broccoli florets in a bowl and drizzle with olive oil. Mix everything with your hands so the broccoli is coated with oil.
- Put the broccoli on a baking sheet. Put it in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Clever way to cook broccoli, I’m always looking for ways to cook it as I get sick of steamed, thanks!
oh this looks great!
roasted broccoli is my fav too:) thank you for sharing this. have a nice weekend.
Melanie, love the simplicity of this dish…roasted broccoli…simple and yet SO SO tasty :-)
I think that just about every vegetable tastes awesome roasted, but broccoli is definitely near the top of the list! Gotta love how such a simple preparation improves the flavor so greatly.
Yum! We love broccoli…especially roasted!
Tried this and it’s the best broccoli I’ve ever had! Roasting really brings out the flavor.
So simple and delicious, perfect side dish for any meal.