I really do like broccoli

I really do like broccoli.  My husband as well.  Any time I ask him what kind of green side he wants, its usually broccoli.  I have to say, it is one of my favorite vegetables. 

There are days that my body craves something green.  I don’t even have to think of what I should make.  Broccoli.  

There have been a few occasions that we didn’t have any more broccoli.  And I had to settle for another green veg in the fridge.  I might develop an attitude at not having broccoli.  Talk about PMS.  Aren’t we supposed to crave chocolate????

Now the kid on the other hand will not eat broccoli, at all.  I did not fuss over his dislike because even at 5 my son would ask for spinach, asparagus, zucchini and salad. 

There was one time when he was very young, 4 or 5, he would not eat for my mother.  Her famous way to get my sister and myself  to eat  broccoli growing up was to smother it in that cheese sauce that came in a glass jar.  Microwave that stuff and pour.  So she was convinced that was how to get my son to eat her broccoli. 

I come into the house one evening from BBQing some steaks in our yard.  I place the dish on the table, and try to intervene with the yelling grandma to “eat your veggies” and the crying child.  “But why can’t I just have spinach.”  She gets a forkful in his mouth, and what happens??  No, he did not have a change of heart and love the broccoli.  My son projectile vomited across the ENTIRE dinner table, directly into the dish of steaks fresh off of the BBQ.  We had pizza as dinner that night.

Broccoli might be my favorite green veggie, but it does not have to be yours.  Remember, as long as we eat the rainbow every day, that is the  best way to get all the nutrients we need to stay healthy and strong.