You are right! Brussels Sprouts are so good, if they are just cooked right! Thanks for the recipe!
april abbott
I got in trouble one time when I was a kid when faced with a serving of boiled Brussels sprouts at dinner…
my mother…trying to sell us on the gnarly smelling pile of soggy green awfulness said cheerfully
:eat em up…vegtables are good for you
Prompting my snarkey 12 year old self to say
Brussel sprouts arnt a vegtable… they’re a punishment…
Needless to say I didn’t get dessert that night…lol
Christine A.
I made these Brussels sprouts tonight but used a sweet onion (because that is what I had), and added a chopped up peeled apple (Braeburn). It is sooooo good and added a twist of sweetness! I had used the “apple peeler-corer-slicer” gadget earlier in the day and had an extra left over apple…just sitting there starting to turn brown! Didn’t want it to go to waste!
Jessica
Brilliant. Love it!
You doing the Pantry Challenge, too? 😉
Christine A
I hesitate to say I am doing the Pantry Challenge….I did inventory our freezers and pantry, and I am more conscious of using what we have for meals!!! Does that count??? 🙂
Jessica
Totally counts. 🙂
Teri
We received some brussel sprouts with our CSA this weekend and I had no idea what to do with them since I’ve never had them. Thankfully, I ran across this recipe and was wowed! I substituted a red onion for the shallot since they are impossible to find in North Texas. I was really thrilled with the outcome of this and even my 3 year old son ate some.
Thank you for posting!
Jessica
Yeah! So glad you enjoyed it!
Sandi
So can you use the frozen ones (without any sauce) and cook them this way with edible results, or should frozen ones be ignored altogether and only fresh ones ever used?
Jessica
@Sandi, the frozen ones we had were horrible. So, I would bypass the frozen altogether.
Jenn
Roasting makes everything better! I think I’ve bought frozen from Trader Joe’s in the past with good results. I’m not the biggest cabbage fan but carmelizing makes Brussels sprouts heavenly!
Jessica Fisher
Good to know about TJ’s frozen! Thanks!
Tammy
If you really want to experience the wonderfulness of Brussels Sprouts and have (or someone in the family has the time) to separate the sprouts into separate
leaves – I KNOW, It’s labor intensive but well worth it. The flavor is so delicate, and completely different that the usual Brusssels Sprouts/mini-cabbage taste.
Jessica
Fun! My kids would totally go for that.
Harriet
You all please feel free to eat my family’s supply of sprouts. Not happening over here, even though the bacon would get picked out and eaten before they hit the trash.
We did like roasted cauliflower though!
Shell
You can also steam or roast these and then slice them in half and put them in a skillet with a little Olive Oil and five spice powder and they are absolutely delicious. Instead of bacon , we sometimes sprinkle a small amount of chopped walnuts in.
Kristal
I went through a Costco sized bag of them over the weekend…I love them roasted with olive oil and a sprinkle of salt…you should try them shredded in a Caesar style salad…and shredded and stir fried quickly…so yummy! I also separated the leaves off of a few and put it on a pizza-the edges were so crisp and it really made for a yummy pizza night!
Karen
I have never had the frozen sprouts, but would love to try these. Bacon makes almost anything better. Unfortunately our stores only have really big (usually not so great) overpriced ($2.49/#) sprouts right now. I usually load up when they are cheap so might have to wait till fall to do this one. Sigh.
Jane
We’ve been doing something similar but using the leeks that are in the box!
Kelli @ Holistic Sisters
lol…I never liked brussel sprouts either. Recently we tried them roasted in the oven…delicious!
Millican Pecan
You are right! Brussels Sprouts are so good, if they are just cooked right! Thanks for the recipe!
april abbott
I got in trouble one time when I was a kid when faced with a serving of boiled Brussels sprouts at dinner…
my mother…trying to sell us on the gnarly smelling pile of soggy green awfulness said cheerfully
:eat em up…vegtables are good for you
Prompting my snarkey 12 year old self to say
Brussel sprouts arnt a vegtable… they’re a punishment…
Needless to say I didn’t get dessert that night…lol
Christine A.
I made these Brussels sprouts tonight but used a sweet onion (because that is what I had), and added a chopped up peeled apple (Braeburn). It is sooooo good and added a twist of sweetness! I had used the “apple peeler-corer-slicer” gadget earlier in the day and had an extra left over apple…just sitting there starting to turn brown! Didn’t want it to go to waste!
Jessica
Brilliant. Love it!
You doing the Pantry Challenge, too? 😉
Christine A
I hesitate to say I am doing the Pantry Challenge….I did inventory our freezers and pantry, and I am more conscious of using what we have for meals!!! Does that count??? 🙂
Jessica
Totally counts. 🙂
Teri
We received some brussel sprouts with our CSA this weekend and I had no idea what to do with them since I’ve never had them. Thankfully, I ran across this recipe and was wowed! I substituted a red onion for the shallot since they are impossible to find in North Texas. I was really thrilled with the outcome of this and even my 3 year old son ate some.
Thank you for posting!
Jessica
Yeah! So glad you enjoyed it!
Sandi
So can you use the frozen ones (without any sauce) and cook them this way with edible results, or should frozen ones be ignored altogether and only fresh ones ever used?
Jessica
@Sandi, the frozen ones we had were horrible. So, I would bypass the frozen altogether.
Jenn
Roasting makes everything better! I think I’ve bought frozen from Trader Joe’s in the past with good results. I’m not the biggest cabbage fan but carmelizing makes Brussels sprouts heavenly!
Jessica Fisher
Good to know about TJ’s frozen! Thanks!
Tammy
If you really want to experience the wonderfulness of Brussels Sprouts and have (or someone in the family has the time) to separate the sprouts into separate
leaves – I KNOW, It’s labor intensive but well worth it. The flavor is so delicate, and completely different that the usual Brusssels Sprouts/mini-cabbage taste.
Jessica
Fun! My kids would totally go for that.
Harriet
You all please feel free to eat my family’s supply of sprouts. Not happening over here, even though the bacon would get picked out and eaten before they hit the trash.
We did like roasted cauliflower though!
Shell
You can also steam or roast these and then slice them in half and put them in a skillet with a little Olive Oil and five spice powder and they are absolutely delicious. Instead of bacon , we sometimes sprinkle a small amount of chopped walnuts in.
Kristal
I went through a Costco sized bag of them over the weekend…I love them roasted with olive oil and a sprinkle of salt…you should try them shredded in a Caesar style salad…and shredded and stir fried quickly…so yummy! I also separated the leaves off of a few and put it on a pizza-the edges were so crisp and it really made for a yummy pizza night!
Karen
I have never had the frozen sprouts, but would love to try these. Bacon makes almost anything better. Unfortunately our stores only have really big (usually not so great) overpriced ($2.49/#) sprouts right now. I usually load up when they are cheap so might have to wait till fall to do this one. Sigh.
Jane
We’ve been doing something similar but using the leeks that are in the box!
Kelli @ Holistic Sisters
lol…I never liked brussel sprouts either. Recently we tried them roasted in the oven…delicious!