Roasted Broccoli with Balsamic and Sesame Glaze

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January is in full throttle and Christmas has been tucked neatly away. For a time. Blink twice and it will be back. 🙂 Don’t you worry.
But for now, we are met with the rest of winter and good old January. Usually, I get a little glum during January with it’s gray skies, polluted inversion and tight budget.

This year, however. I’m feelin’ good. Feeling grand, in fact. The weather here has been a beautiful clear skied 50 degrees for the past week. Unprecedented, for January in Utah. Just seeing the clear blue sky, my little twin boys riding bikes and feeling a crisp breeze blow through my open window is enough to put a smile on this face of mine.

Life feels good. And this broccoli tastes good! I’m not going to lie to you. It’s no Peanut Butter Fudge. But it has occurred to me in recent days, that a body just feels a lot better when it eats things like broccoli and other tasty vegetables multiple times a day.
What a revelation.

It turns out Peanut Butter Fudge doesn’t have much nutritional value. I guess that means a person shouldn’t eat it for breakfast, hu? Something for me to keep in mind. Just in case I ever meet anyone who likes to eat peanut butter fudge for breakfast.

I’ll be sure to let them know.

Peanut Butter Fudge, is not a powerhouse of nutrition and health. 🙂

Roasting broccoli in the oven, (as opposed to boiling it, or steaming it the microwave) gives it a unique flavor. It retains a bit of crunch and has a nutty taste to it. Add a delicious glaze and you have a fine side dish indeed. Yum. Healthy and yum. It goes fabulously well Brown Rice and the Bourbon Chicken I posted earlier this week.

Also, if you are wondering how to cook Brown Rice (and why wouldn’t you be?) I posted a simple recipe for it a couple of years ago. You can find it here.

Roasted Broccoli with Balsamic Sesame Glaze

Time: 5 min. prep + 10-15 minutes baking

Yield: 5 servings

Recipe from Jamie Cooks It Up!

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1 pound broccoli

1 1/2 T soy sauce

1 T olive oil

1 T balsamic vinegar

2 T honey

1 t peanut butter

1 T toasted sesame seeds

1. Wash your broccoli and cut off the big stems. Spray a large cookie sheet with cookie spray and place the broccoli on it. Spray the top of the broccoli with cooking spray.

2. Put the cookie sheet in your oven at 425 for about 10 minutes, or until a fork can be inserted easily into the pretty little vegetable.

3. While your broccoli roasts away place 1 1/2 T soy sauce, 1 T olive oil, 1 T balsamic vinegar, 2 T honey and 1 t peanut butter into a small sauce pan. Heat the sauce over medium high heat. When it boils, remove it from the heat.

4. When the broccoli is done, put it in a medium sized mixing bowl and pour the sauce over the top. Stir it all around, making sure each broccoli piece has sauce on it.