12 Minute Vegetables
I usually make 12 Minute Vegetables on Sundays so that I can heat them up on days I don’t feel up to cooking, days like today and yesterday, probably tomorrow too. I would not be creating this post but for the fact I promised my friend Les I would over a month ago. I am distracted obviously, like so many Black people now. I wonder how in the hell anyone would expect us to continue to hold even a modicum of respect for the criminal justice system in this nation.
Similar to when Solange sang Cranes In The Sky, we are tying to forget. Black people must create a myriad of ways to cope with the realization law enforcement can legally kill us for no damn reason. She laments:
I ran my credit card bill up
Thought a new dress would make it better
I tried to work it away
But that just made me even sadder
I tried to keep myself busy
I ran around circles
Think I made myself dizzy
I slept it away, I sexed it away
I read it away
I want not only Black folk but everyone, especially White ones, to make 12 Minute Vegetables. White people you need to be spending less time baking, watching Netflix and doing whatever the hell you generally do. Y’all need to do some work on yourselves; dare I say you need to learn how to be compassionate, develop empathy. You need to learn how to love or you will be dooming us all to a Guyanese kool-aid klatch hosted by Donald and Melania. My ancestors, BIPOC are the rightful heirs to a certain portion of unrequited North America wealth. Nonetheless. I will accept my allotment via the privatized Fedex Postal Service at a port of call yet to be determined if your despot manages to steal another election. 12 Minutes may be too much time for some, so then try the Six Minute Brussel Sprouts. Deuces!
9 Minute Broccoli
Equipment
- Large Baking Pan or Cookie Sheet
- Paring Knife
- Foil
Ingredients
- 1 Medium Head of Organic Broccoli
- Organic Toasted Sesame Oil
- Fish Sauce To taste. You can also substitute plain salt.
- ½ Lemon Juice Optional
- 2-4 Dashes Shichimi Togarashi Optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Wash vegetables. Take broccoli and cut off the bottom ¼ inch of each stem, and then cut stem in half.
- Cover cookie sheet with foil. Arrange vegetables onto cookie sheet allowing space for each.
- Drizzle toasted sesame oil and fish sauce over broccoli ensuring the vegetables are thoroughly coated. Squeeze a lemon wedge over vegetables if desired making sure no seeds are expelled.
- Place pan into oven for 4 minutes.
- Turn pan around 180 degrees and cook for 4 additional minutes.
- Remove from pan from oven and serve.
Great recipe, thank you !
I love how you treat vegetables like superstars on your blog! Great find!
Thank you kindly!
I’m always down for a quick and easy way to make veggies! This is great!!
Great, quick and easy method for cooking veggies any night of the week. Perfect!
I took your suggestion and made these veggies on Sunday (I actually tripled the recipe). It was great to have these in the fridge this week. They were and quick-fix side dish.
Come on, 12 minutes! And this flavorful?! I may need to make this every week!
There is nothing better than roasted veggies and this recipe was perfect! Perfectly seasoned and perfectly tender!
These veggies were so flavorful! Perfect as a Sunday dinner side dish.
This was the perfect dish for me! I’ve been looking to incorporate more veggies into my diet for a while. This was a super simple way to do it!
Veggies are always a hit in our household. Thank you for sharing this quick and easy method.
I love this method and will be trying it with more vegetables. It’s so easy and the veggies came out just right!
We’ve been looking for a quick vegetable recipe and am so glad to have found this one! It’s tasty, quick, and easy to make. Thank you!