Broccoli Blues - what to do with the stalks?

SBeth

I remember reading in The Tightwad Gazette about peeling them and cutting into chunks and serving as a gourmet veg. I eat them as I am chopping up the broccoli

Seakay

Peel tham and the centres can be chopped raw into salads or used as crudite, ot you can cook them along with the broccoli heads

Penelope_Penguin

How about soup

Vaila

Thankyou, lots of great ideas

im thinking of adding the stalk to a celery based soup, but the crudites is an interesting option

LilacLouisa

I love them just boiled until tender then eat them as they are or with butter on them or vinegar.....yummmm.

anguk

I put them in a bag in the freezer, adding new stalks every time we have broccoli, then when there's lots make a big batch of broccoli soup. You can do the same with cauliflower stalks too.

tessie_bear

i use them in soup or steamed with the business end of broccoli

tryingtoruletheworld

I tend to use them for home made stock!

meritaten

lol - mine just get chopped up and served with the florets of broccoli! the only part that makes it to the composter is the very tough dry end!

adelight

I always use them for green soup with some frozen spinach.