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Broccoli is delicious raw or cooked! The best methods for cooking broccoli are steaming, microwaving and sauteing. To preserve broccoli's beautiful green color and delicious flavor, make sure you don't overcook it.

Here are some fun and easy ways to enjoy broccoli:

• Dip raw broccoli florets in hummus, salsa, or low-fat dip.
• Add chopped broccoli florets to omelets or quiche.
• Add chopped broccoli florets and stalks to a mixed green salad.
• Enjoy steamed or microwaved broccoli spears as a side dish with poultry, pork or even pasta!
• Use broccoli florets as a topping for pizza.
• Use chopped broccoli florets in vegetarian lasagna.

Try these recipes featuring broccoli from the 5 A Day Kids Cookbook

• ABC Vegetable soup
• Spunky Vegetable Pizza
• Chinese Vegetable Stir-Fry
• Crispy Winter Vegetable Salad
• Crunchy Vegetable Burrito Banditos
• Trees in a Broccoli Forest
• Vegetable Pasta Italiano