Blanched Vegetables Back To Basic's

Total Time: 7 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 head broccoli or 1 head cauliflower or 1 head asparagus
• bowl ice water
• olive oil (optional) or butter, just to cover bottom of pan (optional)
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted (optional)
• seasoning salt, to taste (optional)
• 2 -4 garlic cloves, sliced and sauteed till tender (optional)

Recipe

• 1 trim vegetables by removing tough skin and chopping into bite size pieces.
• 2 keep stem separate form tender heads.
• 3 in a large pot of salted boiling water add the thick stems for 1 minute then add the more tender tops of the vegetable and cook for 1 minutes. remove and add to water bath to chill and stop the cooking.
• 4 save for when you want to get the meal finalized. or add right to a pan with butter, oil, garlic, nuts what suits your fancy stir fry for 1-2 minutes, seasoning with seasoned salt and enjoy.