Broccoli? Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

This is really tasty and way too easy.  Make it for yourself or make it for a dinner party, it's so delish.  These pictures were all taken on my phone so they really don't do it justice, but know that the flavor exceeds the image quality.  Pinky swear.

You will need the following equipment:

• a cookie sheet or roasting pan (I don't have a roasting pan, but a cookie sheet with a lip or raised edges will work.  If you have a roasting pan, #youfancy)
• tin foil (easy clean up, I like easy)
• Spatula, or something to move the broccoli around - a fork would work but please don't burn yourself, I've done it 

Safe to say it's time for a new cookie sheet, but the foil will cover up the char! Borderline gross but I swear it gets washed, regularly.

Ingredients:

• Broccoli Crowns - about one crown per person, you might have leftovers but it's great cold the next day
• Olive Oil - approximately 1T per crown of broccoli
• Salt & Freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 Lemon per broccoli crown, cut into 2 pieces, ie 2 quarters of a lemon

These little suckers will add the perfect touch of "zing" to the broccoli

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 400, and if your oven is like mine, take a wild guess and shoot for 400.
2. Line your cookie sheet with tin foil.
3. Cut the broccoli into "florets" (think of cutting the big broccoli tree into little broccoli trees)
4. Drizzle the olive oil over the broccoli.  I wrote the measurement to give you a guide, but I never measure when I roast.  Just drizzle enough to coat the broccoli when you toss it.
5. I like salt & pepper, a lot.  I prefer fresh ground of both when I am roasting, so if you are grinding it (not on the dance floor) do about 5 "twists" (it's really about a quarter turn) of salt and 3 "twists" of pepper...per crown.  More Broccoli = More Seasoning, you knew that.
6. Roast for about 20 minutes, using that spatula to shake 'em up after about 10 minutes. Let them get a little brown on the edges, that little crunch is so good.
7. Take the cookie sheet out of the oven and place it on a heat proof surface and squeeze with the lemon quarters right away.
8. Serve it up.

Yum.

In case you want to step up your game and really impress....Add one last bit of flavor with some finely grated Parmesan cheese over the top of the broccoli while it's still on the cookie sheet.  It will melt into the lemon and the broccoli and add a smidgen of richness.