I steam fresh brocolli all the time but never thought of tossing it with pasta.Good way of getting the kids to eat their veggies. You can also take about 5 or more cloves and slice the garlic and then put the cloves in a bowl and combine with some olive oil. Then take that garlic and put in the bottom of your steamer, then the brocoli. Drizzle the broccoli with some more oil then steam. It will infuse the broccoli and cook the garlic at the same time.

Reviewed On: Jan. 30, 2009

This was a great recipe idea. I too served it with pasta, long fusilli. I reserved all of the broccoli liquid(3 bunches) and served it at the end in a bowl with the pasta because the first time i made it i thought it was too dry when using pasta. I then topped it with toasted bread crumbs. I added 5 anchovies along with the garlic to give it even more flavor. I omitted the lemon from the pan and served lemon wedges on the table for my family to use as much or as little as they wanted.

Reviewed On: Jan. 30, 2009