FOOD 101: Hate broccoli? No problem.
Anyone who knows me knows that I abhor broccoli. Reasons? The texture. The color, although I do like other green vegetables. I'll blame my dad. A man of his time — a "manly man" — he urged his children to eat broccoli because it would "put hair on your chest." This line of thought worked just fine on my brothers. (He used similar reasoning when recommending zucchini, green beans, carrots or anything deemed nutritious, but most often for broccoli.) So, I spent much of my childhood dodging vegetables, particularly that one. When I had kids of my own, and needed to feed the babies strained broccoli, I did so wearing an exaggerated smile while repeating, "Yum, isn't this disgusting?" with each spoonful.
Over time, I discovered a substitute veggie: cauliflower. From the same family of c...