This cooker is so useful! It makes it so easy to cook great food. You can use it to make soups, steam vegetables, sauté, make rice and hot cereal. I’ve made broccoli and cauliflower plenty of times on the stove in a kettle. It turns out ok. I never knew how much better it could be until using this. I just added water to the bottom then put the tray on top and added my vegetables and butter. Then it cooked for 20 minutes. It turned out perfect. I am so amazed by this cooker. You can put a whole meal in it and let it cook on high or low depending on when you want it done. It will turn out amazing. All you have to do is the prep to add the food. It is several devices in one. It doesn’t take up much room at all. It comes with a cup and spoon. It’s so easy to clean out.