Hello Loves! Today’s recipe is a delicious garlic broccoli and tomato salad, yummy indeed. I find steaming to be my favorite way to cook vegetables and used it for this recipe. Fresh tomatoes, garlic and herbs are added for maximum flavor. You can have this dish as a side or even with scrambled eggs for a filling low calorie breakfast.
Easy Garlic Broccoli and Tomato salad recipe
Ingredients
2 heads broccoli
1 cup grape tomatoes halved
1 medium clove garlic
1 tsp juice from a fresh lemon
1 handful fresh parsley or cilantro
1 tbsp good quality extra virgin olive oil
salt and freshly ground pepper
Directions
- Set up your steamer or boil salted water in a large pot with steaming capabilities.
- Separate heads into small florets and rinse under cold running water.
- Place broccoli in the steamer and steam for 5 minutes till it is soft but still has some bite to it, it is very important that it doesn’t get overcooked and mushy.
- While steaming, blend garlic, parsley, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a food processor and set aside.
- Remove from steamer then add tomatoes and dressing immediately. Serve.
This dish is simple but is packed with flavor and nutrition.
Broccoli: great source of vitamin K, Vitamin C and Folate. Also packed with fibre and good source of vitamin B6, Vitamin E, Vitamin A, Potassium and lots more. I always make sure I buy some organic broccoli every week because I always find something to do with it.
Tomatoes: High in Vitamin C, Biotin, Vitamin K , also a good source of vitamin A, Copper, Potassium, Fibre and lots more. Did you know that regular consumption of tomatoes is beneficial for glowing and beautiful skin. This is another food you should include in your grocery cart every week. Tomatoes can be used in lots of dishes from salads, sauces to soups.
Raya says
May 3, 2016 at 4:52 amOhh this looks so good! Way to make healthy nutritious vegetables look amazing!!
Agnes says
May 3, 2016 at 10:58 pmThank you Raya!
Kirsty says
May 3, 2016 at 5:49 amAmazing how simple flavours often work the best. Broccoli and Tomatoes are certainly two power house veggies.
Agnes says
May 3, 2016 at 10:58 pmTrue! Simplicity tends to work best with veggies
Beth says
May 3, 2016 at 6:24 amI love it! I love all the ingredients. There isn’t anything like a freshly preparing salad. It’s so wonderful to enjoy. Thank you for the recipe. I can’t wait to try it myself!
-Beth
http://www.TheStyleBouquet.com
Agnes says
May 3, 2016 at 10:57 pmYes, totally agree. I love a fresh homemade salad
Amy Scott says
May 3, 2016 at 1:20 pmI’m salad mad lately, I just feel good about myself (and guilty for eating chocolate for 2 weeks after Easter) and yet so full while eating them. Not to mention the fact that the combinations of flavors are endless. I love simple and quick and luckily broccoli is my fav veggie!
Agnes says
May 3, 2016 at 10:56 pmBroccoli is really awesome!
Debbie-jean Lemonte says
May 3, 2016 at 3:07 pmAnything with broccoli wins my heart. I may have to remove the tomatoes. Not a fan. But everything else? YES
Agnes says
May 3, 2016 at 10:55 pmWill be just as delicious without the tomatoes too!
Barely Vegan says
May 3, 2016 at 4:30 pmI would love to have this for lunch with a side of brown rice! It looks very tasty!!
Agnes says
May 3, 2016 at 10:54 pmThat sounds perfect!
Stephanie Nielsen says
May 3, 2016 at 11:15 pmThis looks so good! I do something similar typically on Monday nights to keep for the week with cucumber instead of broccoli. This would be a nice change.
Sara says
May 3, 2016 at 11:55 pmIt looks and reads as a delicious and fresh much. I’d probably remove the garlic, but that’s just a dietary restriction.
Tandy | Lavender and Lime says
May 4, 2016 at 2:00 amAnything with broccoli works for me!
Agnes says
May 4, 2016 at 8:54 pmMe too! broccoli is one of my faves
alison says
May 4, 2016 at 3:04 amI love the simplicity of this dish! These ingredients are so great and so easy to work with that it would be an easy lunch to throw together! I love it!