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# Healthy Recipes: Vegetables With a Touch of Lemon
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/vegetables_with_a_touch_of_lemon_0606100846/
- Published: 2010-06-06T21:46:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:19:39.000Z
- Description: Steamed broccoli and cauliflower get a warm sauce of lemon juice, olive oil and garlic, finished with parsley. The NIH recipe yields six half-cup servings at 22 calories and 7 mg sodium each.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Cooking, Recipes & Dining, #vivvo-import

Vegetables With a Touch of Lemon

This heart-healthy sauce uses lemon juice, herbs, and a small amount of oil.

1/2 small head cauliflower, cut into florets

2 cups broccoli, cut into florets

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 clove garlic, minced

2 teaspoons fresh parsley, chopped 

Steam broccoli and cauliflower until tender (about 10 minutes).

In a small saucepan, mix the lemon juice, oil, and garlic, and cook over low heat for 2 or 3 minutes.

Put the vegetables in a serving dish. Pour the lemon sauce over the vegetables. Garnish with parsley.

Yield: 6 servings--Serving size: 1/2 cup

Each serving provides:

Calories: 22 

Total fat: 2 g 

Saturated fat: Less than 1 g 

Cholesterol: 0 mg 

Sodium: 7 mg 

Calcium: 10 mg 

Iron: Less than 1 mg

(from nih.gov)