First pour the chicken stock into a vegetable steamer and bring it to a rolling boil
Then one ingredient at a time begin steaming the cauliflower broccoli and carrots in the chicken stock until they are tender-crisp not raw but not soft either When each vegetable is cooked dip it quickly in ice cold water to stop the cooking drain it in a colander and set it aside in a buttered 11 x 17-inch baking pan