Description
If you ever realize you have a dinner plate lacking fresh veggies, this quick vegan cheesy broccoli side dish will come to your rescue. This is a quick chop/steam/season trifecta to get vegetables on your plate, pronto!
Ingredients
- 2–3 heads broccoli, chopped into florets
- Zest + juice of 1-2 lemons
- 1–2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 2 cloves garlic finely minced (or garlic powder)
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place a pot with 1-2 cups water and a steamer basket on the stovetop to heat up.
- Chop the broccoli into equally sized 1-2″ florets and place into steaming basket. Cover and steam for 5-7 minutes.
- While your broccoli is steaming zest the lemon and mince the garlic.
- Check broccoli for doneness. When fork-tender remove from basket and place in a mixing bowl.
- Pour olive oil and lemon juice over the broccoli and toss to coat.
- Add remaining ingredients (garlic, nooch, zest, salt & pepper) and toss to coat all pieces in the steamed broccoli seasoning.
- Plate and serve!
Notes
**If you don’t want to mince the garlic, you can add lemon juice + zest, oil, and the cloves of garlic into a nutribullet to do the work for you.
**You can use this same steamed broccoli seasoning for other steamed veggies as well! It goes great with cauliflower & zucchini. Adjust steaming time as needed.
**You can use this recipe to meal prep! Increase the amount of broccoli you steam, and remove from heat when it’s ‘al dente.’ This will give you a buffer to maintain crunch when you reheat the broccoli.
Keywords: Sides, broccoli, nutritional yeast