It’s back to school season which means homework, carpools, and preparing school lunches. This time of year can be stressful, and it’s hard to stay creative with healthy meals on a tight schedule. Using healthy ingredients like broccoli makes it easy to create snacks that your family will love eating. Broccoli is one of the best veggies to include in your daily diet because of its many health benefits, plus, it is a versatile food that can be prepared in several different ways to make for a new, exciting snack each day.
Head Back to School with These Healthy Broccoli Recipes
Broccoli Quinoa Muffins
Try out a new recipe with broccoli quinoa muffins. These muffins, which call for ingredients like eggs, broccoli, quinoa, cheese, and onion, are great as a breakfast, school lunch, or after-school snack. Plus, you can add any additional ingredients to make them your own. To create this recipe at home, gather your ingredients and preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Use cooking spray or oil to prepare a muffin pan, and in a large mixing bowl, combine the quinoa, cheese, onion, and broccoli. In a separate bowl, whisk together eight eggs until light and fluffy. After you add your eggs to the broccoli mixture, spoon an even amount of the ingredients into each cup of the muffin pan. Bake for 20 minutes and your muffins are ready!
Healthy Broccoli Baked Tots
Tater tots are always a great addition to any school lunch. Add a healthy spin to this favorite snack by making healthy baked broccoli tots. This recipe calls for two cups of uncooked broccoli, one large egg, diced yellow onion, cheese, panko and Italian breadcrumbs, parsley, salt, and pepper. To prepare, preheat your oven to 400 degrees and grease a baking sheet with oil. Blanch your broccoli in boiling water for one minute, then add the broccoli to cold tap water to stop it from cooking more. Chop the broccoli into fine pieces, then combine with the egg, breadcrumbs, onion, and seasonings. Next, shape the tots and add them to the baking sheet to cook for 18-24 minutes. Once they’re done, you have a healthy snack that can be enjoyed with any dipping sauce.
Broccoli Sweet Potato Cakes
If you have a picky eater in your family, this broccoli sweet potato cake recipe is the perfect way to hide the taste of broccoli. These savory cakes call for one pound of broccoli florets, two pounds of peeled and diced sweet potatoes, an onion, thyme, water, olive oil, and salt and pepper. Combine broccoli, sweet potato, and onion in a pot of boiling water, then reduce to a medium heat and cook for 20 minutes. Once cooked, drain the vegetables and use a potato masher to mash the ingredients together. Mix in thyme and season with salt and pepper before dividing the mixture into patties. Add the patties to a large skillet with olive oil and cook until golden.
Homemade Ranch with Veggies
Try out weekend meal prepping to save time during the week by making homemade ranch dip and vegetables as a grab-and-go snack. This recipe is quick to make, and requires chopped vegetables of your choice along with mayonnaise, sour cream, chives, parsley, dill weed, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Simply stir all your ingredients together to make your ranch dip, then cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Smith’s Farm Broccoli
Fresh, delicious, and sustainably grown veggies are our specialty at Smith’s Farm! Order produce like broccoli, potatoes, and cauliflower that will enhance any back to school snack. Learn more about how you can save time this school year by ordering Smith’s Farm vegetables straight to your door.
