The paleo diet has been the catalyst for eating an incredible amount of vegetables. I would venture to say I eat more vegetables than most vegetarians I know. In fact, the paleo diet has led me to eat veggies I had purposely avoided, (kale), ones I simply ignored, (beet greens), and others I did not know even existed, (pink banana squash). The following recipe includes a food I was never motivated to try until now: Broccoflower.
Broccoflower is in the same family as cauliflower and broccoli. Because the two are so closely related they are easily cross-pollinated. The result is something that looks like green cauliflower. Romanesco broccoli is very similar to broccoflower but looks a little different due to an interesting pattern displayed by the floret. I found the broccoflower to be truly a cross between broccoli and cauliflower in both appearance and taste. It was milder than cauliflower and the texture, especially of the stalk parts, was very similar to broccoli. In the following easy recipe I employed the same “ricing” technique I have used with cauliflower. But the green color of the broccoflower really added to the aesthetics of the dish.