Before we get cooking, you’ll need to know how to prepare and cut the broccoli head into florets. When shopping for broccoli at the grocery store, look for broccoli heads sporting firm stalks and ...

Chopping broccoli and letting it rest for 30–90 minutes before cooking helps maximize sulforaphane formation. Gentle cooking methods like steaming (up to five minutes) preserve more nutrients than ...

From steaming to sautéing, the way you cook broccoli can make or break its nutritional value. Here’s what science says about which methods help preserve its powerful nutrients and best flavor.

A 2018 study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that stir-frying broccoli for four minutes is the best way to get the most nutrition. But there’s a catch. After pulverizing the ...

I was at a young, impressionable age when President George H.W. Bush made his somewhat tongue-in-cheek declaration to the press that “I do not like broccoli. And I haven’t liked it since I was a ...