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FAQ

While there are several types of broccoflower, they commonly look like white cauliflower but are lime-green in color with spiked looking florets. It boasts similar nutritional qualities to cauliflower and broccoli and the taste is more tender and slightly sweeter.
Broccoflower is grown exactly like it parents, broccoli and cauliflower and it's cousin, cabbage and is best done as a transplant. Seeds are sown in flats or trays about 5-7 weeks before the expected date to plant outdoors.
Because broccoflower is a combo of two super healthy veggies, it's high in health benefits, too. In fact, it's full of all the nutrients and antioxidants that you expect from broccoli to boost wellness.
A broccoflower is a combination of broccoli and cauliflower, having the physical characteristics of a white cauliflower with a color that is lime-green. It is described as having a delicious sweet and mild flavor that is somewhat between the two, but raw, it's more like cauliflower and cooked, it's more like broccoli.
All broccoflower can be cooked or eaten raw, and has a slightly sweeter and less bitter taste than either regular cauliflower or broccoli. And it can be cooked the same way as broccoli and cauliflower -- steamed, boiled, roasted, sauteed -- and so can be substituted in pretty much any recipes that calls for either one.
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