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Brussels Sprouts
Like
most normal kids, I hated -- HATED -- brussels sprouts.
My mom, while normally a very good cook, lacked creativity when it
came to serving them. She
liked them best steamed. I was
convinced she was force feeding me slimy green golf balls.
My
sister was always smart about her vegetables. She’d eat them all first
and get it over with, before touching anything else on her plate.
My brother, the youngest, was such a messy eater that he could
throw all of his brussels sprouts on the floor without anyone realizing he
was doing it on purpose. I
tried everything I could think of to get out of eating them, but usually I
was still stuck at the table long after everyone else had finished dinner
and was enjoying dessert, staring at a plate of cold and festering
brussels sprouts.
When
I came home for the first Thanksgiving after I left for college, I thought
my brother and sister had completely lost their minds.
They were begging my mom to make brussels sprouts for Thanksgiving
dinner. I had only been gone
for two months, how could they have possibly gone insane so quickly?
It
turns out my mom had come up with a recipe for brussels sprouts that made
them not only edible, but downright tasty!
That Thanksgiving even my youngest cousins, who normally refuse to
eat anything green except for Mountain Dew and Play-Doh, ate those
brussels sprouts.
Below
I've included my mom's recipe, and a few more I've discovered since then.
Try one of them at your family's Thanksgiving dinner this year and
see if you can't change your kids' minds about brussels sprouts too.
Recipe Links:
Mom's Brussels Sprouts with Red Onions
Brussels Sprouts sautéed with Bacon and Apples
Brussels Sprouts with Pecan Sauce
Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Vinegar
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