boiled the heating process that takes place during cooking releases the broccolis fat soluble vitamins. and that doesn t happen even lee in a microwave. microwave energy is focused on areas where there is water wherever there s less water like deeper inside the food or in the thick broccoli starke it doesn t work quite as well for example pro vitamin a levels are higher when broccoli is steamed or boiled then when it s cooked in a microwave. that leaves us with one more question does food cooked in a microwave taste different in some way after all microwaving food isn t usually considered the height of carbon or a refinement so is there any truth to that or is it just snobbery. has also investigated how microwaving food affects its flavor and consistency here to be an even warming has an effect. after all off