This colorful salad, dressed with a creamy sweet-and-sour dressing, is a delicious way to eat broccoli, one of Mother Nature’s most healthful foods. Broccoli, and particularly broccoli sprouts, is an excellent source of the cancer-fighting antioxidant sulforaphane.

Broccoli is perfectly cooked when it is brilliant green and tender-crisp. Remove it from the heat at once and serve it right away. Cauliflower is also done cooking when it is tender-crisp. Although sesame seeds are high in fat and should be consumed in moderation, they can serve as a great source of calcium and dietary fiber.

This creamy, low-fat soup is a delicious way to serve broccoli, a nutritional powerhouse, and the addition of chickpeas makes it a one-dish meal.

This creamy broccoli soup is thickened with cashews which gives it a sweet, nutty flavor.

This is a plant-based variation on a dish from a Singapore cookbook. The combination of coconut and curry spices gives the vegetables an exotic twist.

A home made Teriyaki sauce blended into stir-fried sietan and broccoli may make this your favorite quick dinner for family or guests

A hearty meal of curried vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, potatoes and peas) with dahl pleases the palate and fills the belly!