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I made recipe with 2 heads of fresh broccoli florets, followed remaining ingredients exactly, a nice flavoring twist I had not tried before.<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2013-04-24","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"GreenCherries"},"reviewBody":"I used a 12 oz bag of florets (which has 6 cups in it) and steamed them for 10 minutes in my Oster food steamer. I cut the butter down to 2 tbsp but kept the juice, salt, & pepper the same. Oh so delicious!~ Theresa","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2006-02-25","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"BlueToast"},"reviewBody":"
Very good. Loved the lime flavor.<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":4,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2010-11-07","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"GoldBlowdryer"},"reviewBody":"Gives a great flavor to just boring old broccoli! I like to use fresh limes, but if I don't have any on hand, then I will use lime juice from the bottle! Fresh ground pepper makes it really yummy also!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2011-05-16","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"CyanTrumpet"},"reviewBody":"This simple recipe gave the broccoli such good flavor. I used bottled juice, and I'm sure fresh would be even better. 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