12 Broccoli Recipes That Make It Incredibly Easy to Eat Your Greens

Let’s get right down to business and state the obvious: broccoli rules. I can’t imagine anyone asking why it rules, but let’s lay it out anyway. Broccoli is healthy; it’s delicious whether raw or cooked for ages; it delivers an unparalleled level of nostalgic comfort when paired with its soulmate (cheese); and it’s often sold by the ‘crown,’ which certainly implies some sort of royal vegetable lineage. Think of how firmly entrenched broccoli cheddar soup is within the comfort food canon. Is that because this brassica makes it healthier? Heck no. It’s because this brassica makes soupy cheddar soar.

And so, for all the other hardcore brocc heads out there, here are 13 broccoli recipes to celebrate our favorite green queen.