Recipe: Lemony Broccoli
If you're trying to get more greens into your diet (and you should be!) you might as well make sure they taste amazing. I have a lot of broccoli and find it can get a bit samey, so I came up with this recipe to give it a bit of a kick. You can give it an even bigger kick by increasing the amount of chilli you add!

- A clove of garlic
- Pinch sea salt
- 1½ tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoons freshly diced chilli (increase for more of a kick!)
- 1 lemon, juice & zest
- 150ml (5 floz) hot water
- 1 handful fresh broccoli
- Pinch flaked almonds
- Peel & grind up the garlic and salt using a food processor (or pestle & mortar). Add in a dash of the olive oil and stir the mixture.
- Transfer the mixture to a pan and add in the rest of the olive oil and the chilli. Heat over a medium heat and stir until it starts to simmer. Add in the lemon juice and water as necessary to stop it sticking to the pan. Keep the mixture warm over a medium heat.
- Steam the broccoli for three minutes until tender.
- Dry fry the almonds in a pan until they turn golden.
- Combine the broccoli, sauce & lemon zest and top with the almonds.
- Serve and enjoy!
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