Green delight: Summer vegan broccoli pâté...

Looking for a refreshing way to savour summer? Want to make your sandwiches a bit more interesting? Dive into this green goodness of my vegan green pâté, starring the incredible broccoli! This vibrant spread is not only bursting with flavour, but also a great way to deliver a dose of wholesome nutrients.

The recipe was created as a need of trying to convince my kiddos to eat more broccoli - of which they're no the biggest fans in the world... My way of thinking here, was along the lines of a green pesto, and it turned out rather well, if I may say so myself ;) Hope you'll give it a go, as it's the perfect companion for picnics, parties, or simply an interesting and healthy way of satisfying your snack cravings.

How to make it...

Ingredients:

- 1 big broccoli, or 2 small ones

- 1 onion, sliced

- 2 cloves of garlic, roughly sliced

- 5 Tbsp olive oil

- 2 Tbsp nutritional flakes

- salt and black pepper to taste

Method:

- Divide the broccoli florets into small pieces, clean and slice the broccoli stem into 1 cm thick pieces.

- Blanch the broccoli florets in salted, boiling water for no more than 2 minutes.

- Simmer the broccoli stem pieces in salted, boiling water for 5 minutes.

- Heat up a medium-size frying pan and pour 1 Tbsp of oil into in, add sliced onion and garlic. 

- Fry on a medium heat until onion becomes soft and lightly brown. Take off the heat and cool down.

- Put the broccoli, fried onion with garlic, nutritional flakes and olive oil into a kitchen blender, big enough to hold all the ingredients. Blend everything together, stopping sometimes to scrape the sides, if needed. You can add more olive oil if you want softer/smoother consistency of the pâté.

- How long you'll blend it depends on you - what kind of consistency you like.

- Keep the pâté in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week maximum.

✅ You can experiment with the flavour and add other spices of your choice, or even more veggies (for ex. grilled courgette). This pâté/spread is very east to customise to your own taste!

Smacznego!

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