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To make everything go faster in the skillet, you first blanch the broccoli, but not by dealing with a big pot of water first; that would defeat the purpose.

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This means you can blanch a large batch and just saute the amount of spinach you want to eat each day. This not only saves time, it will save a ton of room in your vegetable drawer.