Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family whose large flowering head is eaten as a vegetable. The word broccoli comes from the Italian plural of broccolo, which means “the flowering crest of a cabbage”, and is the diminutive form of brocco, meaning “small nail” or “sprout”.Broccoli is often boiled or steamed but may be eaten raw.
Broccoli is classified in the Italica cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli has large flower heads, usually green in color, arranged in a tree-like structure branching out from a thick, edible stalk. The mass of flower heads is surrounded by leaves. Broccoli resembles cauliflower, which is a different cultivar group of the same species.
Broccoli is a result of careful breeding of cultivated Brassica crops in the northern Mediterranean starting in about the 6th century BC. Since the time of the Roman Empire, broccoli has been considered a uniquely valuable food among Italians. Broccoli was brought to England from Antwerp in the mid-18th century by Peter Scheemakers. Broccoli was first introduced to the United States by Southern Italian immigrants, but did not become widely popular until the 1920s.
Broccoli Soup for Blood Type O
Ingredients
- 1 whole onion chopped, small
- 1 lb broccoli
- 1 whole tomato small, chopped
- 1 tbsp grapeseed oil
- 1/2 cup almond milk unsweetened
- 16 oz water
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Chop onions, broccoli, and tomato.
- In a medium pot place grapeseed oil, and add onion. Saute on medium heat for about 2 minutes.
- Add broccoli, tomato and seasoning,
- Saute for another 10 minutes, add 6 oz water and cover pot and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Pour everything from pot into a blender and remaining water (10-oz) and milk. Blend for 2 minutes.
- Pour blended ingredients back into the pot and bring up the heat and let it boil for another 2 minutes.
- Taste. and serve. If you like more spice, add more cayenne