{"id":9017,"date":"2011-09-03T11:35:39","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T15:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=9017"},"modified":"2015-02-09T22:03:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T03:03:32","slug":"orange-broccoli-2-minutes-microwave-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/orange-broccoli-2-minutes-microwave-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange Broccoli &#8211; 2 Minutes Microwave Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9020 size-full\" title=\"Orange Broccoli - 2 minutes Microwaved Recipe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/orange-broccoli-2-minutes-microwaved-recipe.jpg\" alt=\"Orange Broccoli - 2 minutes Microwaved Recipe\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/orange-broccoli-2-minutes-microwaved-recipe.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/orange-broccoli-2-minutes-microwaved-recipe-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2 minutes in the microwave and it&#8217;s ready to devour&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Why do so many people frown upon seeing broccoli on their plate? Apparently, I get along with it quite well. I am not a fan of raw broccoli though. Soups, stir frying and baking have been my usual way of preparing broccoli. Last night for dinner, I grilled drumsticks and wanted to serve a veggie side with it. Broccoli was my pick and I tried microwaving it rather than baking or grilling it.<\/p>\n<p>Over cooking broccoli(or any vegetables) will result in loss of the nutrients, so to retain the nutrients it&#8217;s good to steam cook or microwave it. This way broccoli won&#8217;t turn mushy, it will still have a crunchy texture. I wasn&#8217;t up for just microwaving the broccoli, I wanted it to be flavorful. I added fresh orange zest and orange juice to make it flavorful and juicy. My husband and I loved the orange flavor in the broccoli and it was refreshing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Orange Broccoli &#8211; 2 Minutes Microwave Recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Broccoli, separated into florets- 1 small<\/li>\n<li>Orange Zest- grate the zest from half of the fresh orange<\/li>\n<li>Orange Juice, fresh- \u00a0squeeze the juice of 1 orange<\/li>\n<li>Garlic, minced- 1 large<\/li>\n<li>Olive oil- 1 tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Salt- little<\/li>\n<li>Ground pepper- 1\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instruction<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Separate the broccoli florets and rinse it under running water.<\/li>\n<li>Combine all the above mentioned ingredients in a microwave proof glass bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Microwave in high power for 2 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Remove from the microwave and serve as a side dish along with rice pilaf, baked or grilled chicken.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\">\t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Orange-Broccoli.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Orange Broccoli &#8211; 2 Minutes Microwave Recipe<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Broccoli, separated into florets- 1 small<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Orange Zest- grate the zest from half of the fresh orange<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Orange Juice, fresh- \u00a0squeeze the juice of 1 orange<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Garlic, minced- 1 large<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Olive oil- 1 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Salt- little<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Ground pepper- 1\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Separate the broccoli florets and rinse it under running water.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Combine all the above mentioned ingredients in a microwave proof glass bowl.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Microwave in high power for 2 minutes.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Remove from the microwave and serve as a side dish along with rice pilaf, baked or grilled chicken.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.2.1682<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 minutes in the microwave and it&#8217;s ready to devour&#8230; Why do so many people frown upon seeing broccoli on their plate? Apparently, I get along with it quite well. I am not a fan of raw broccoli though. Soups, stir frying and baking have been my usual way of preparing broccoli. Last night for &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[422,444,573,80],"tags":[574,1011],"class_list":["post-9017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american","category-broccoli","category-microwave","category-sides","tag-microwave-2","tag-orange"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}