#broccoli fleurets

This beautifully simple and tasty Butter and Garlic Broccoli serves one as a main, or two as a side and keeps the tender snap of the fleurets. Happy Monday!

Ingredients (serves 1 or 2):

• 2 small heads fresh broccoli
• 1 ½ tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 large garlic clove, minced
• salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste

Fill a medium saucepan to the half with water, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.

With a sharp knife, cut broccoli fleurets off the stalks(keep the large stalksand leaves to make a fragrant Vegetable Broth.)

Place broccoli fleurets in a steaming basket, and fit basket over the saucepan. Cover with a lid, and steam, about 10 minutes, until broccoliis just tender.

Remove from the heat.

In a large, deep skillet, melt butterover medium heat. Once buter is just foaming, add minced garlic; cook, 1 minute.

Then, stir in steamed broccoli, and cook, shaking the pan to coat in butterandgarlic, a couple of minutes more. Season with saltand black pepper, to taste. Cook, another minute.

ServeButter and Garlic Broccolihot.