How do you love your brussel sprouts?

rockabillydarlin
rockabillydarlin Posts: 240 Member
A lot of people I know gush about how great baked brussel sprouts are. I've never even TRIED a brussel sprout, but I felt adventurous tonight in the produce section and picked up a few.

If your a brussel sprouts fan, how do you like them? Share your flavor combos with me, please! :)
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  • tnqnt
    tnqnt Posts: 397 Member
    I like them best roasted.
    Wash and peel any nasty leaves away....
    cut in half or quarters (depending on size)...
    Put in bowl with a little Olive Oil, salt and pepper, onion and garlic powder.
    Roast in oven until caramelized (approx 400 for 20min).....flip them half way through...

    Then mix with anything!

    I love them with sundried tomatoes, feta cheese, quinoa, kidney beans, sauteed onions and garlic...
    or with sweet potatoes and kidney beans, feta cheese and sunflower seeds...

    YUMMY stuff :)
  • I eat them with melted butter but I like them real soft not crisp, and my wife likes them in the trash can.
  • AngelsFan91106
    AngelsFan91106 Posts: 111 Member
    If you want to be fancy, you can do balsamic, pecans, and/or of course, bacon.

    But for super easy, go with what tnqnt wrote: olive oil, salt + pepper, 20 min at 400 degrees oven.

    I could eat pounds of them in one sitting.
  • SeaChele77
    SeaChele77 Posts: 1,103 Member
    I eat them with melted butter but I like them real soft not crisp, and my wife likes them in the trash can.

    Your wife and I would get a long just fine.... brussel sprouts are NASTY. :P
  • Danilynn1975
    Danilynn1975 Posts: 294 Member
    sadly, I don't. I have tried to convince myself that I do, but I don't
  • surfmonkey17
    surfmonkey17 Posts: 29 Member
    I like them simply steamed. I tried roasting them once with the olive oil as above and thought they were too dry. Don't know if there is a trick to cooking them that way, but I didn't like them.
  • Crying_In_Color
    Crying_In_Color Posts: 246 Member
    I love my brussel sprouts the way most people do...in the trash.
  • stomachflu
    stomachflu Posts: 134 Member
    I remove outside leaves, then cut in half. I either cook up with bacon and some chicken broth or just chicken broth.

    I don't like sprouts but I have found the sprouts at Wegmans are much nicer and much milder than sprouts I get anywhere else.
  • literatelier
    literatelier Posts: 209 Member
    I roast mine just like the above recipe, however I wrap them in tin foil and don't flip them. Keeps them moist!
  • TraciStivers
    TraciStivers Posts: 116 Member
    I steam them and add just a little salt. The rest of my family hates them! LOL I
  • bekdavis
    bekdavis Posts: 290 Member
    I like them any way. As long as they are FRESH brussel sprouts. The frozen ones are NASTY!
  • gaylynn35
    gaylynn35 Posts: 854 Member
    I don't!! When I was little I used to try to feed my to the dog, funny thing was the dog didn't like them either.

    I had to use my napkin, excuse myself to the restroom and flush them down the toilet.
  • Cranktastic
    Cranktastic Posts: 1,517 Member
    there's this person, named Contrarian, who thinks brussel sprouts are the worlds best food.
  • victoria4321
    victoria4321 Posts: 1,719 Member
    Thinly shaved then sauteed with some shallots, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, a little white wine and finished with a little butter.
  • ShellyMacchi
    ShellyMacchi Posts: 975 Member
    i've always detested them *LOL*
    But since hubby likes them i have tried to find ways to eat them..and only way i can handle them at all is roasted, sprinkled with olive oil, salt, red pepper flakes.

    Cannot say i 'like' them but at least i can handle eating them that way.
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    I love the roasted idea.
    I usually just steam until tender, add a touch of butter, salt, and garlic powder:)
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    I like them best roasted.
    Wash and peel any nasty leaves away....
    cut in half or quarters (depending on size)...
    Put in bowl with a little Olive Oil, salt and pepper, onion and garlic powder.
    Roast in oven until caramelized (approx 400 for 20min).....flip them half way through...

    Then mix with anything!

    I love them with sundried tomatoes, feta cheese, quinoa, kidney beans, sauteed onions and garlic...
    or with sweet potatoes and kidney beans, feta cheese and sunflower seeds...

    YUMMY stuff :)
    Please make all of this for me:)
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    I eat them with melted butter but I like them real soft not crisp, and my wife likes them in the trash can.

    Your wife and I would get a long just fine.... brussel sprouts are NASTY. :P

    Same here!!! I don't even want them in my house! Ick!
  • jerber160
    jerber160 Posts: 2,607 Member
    I like to douse them with olive oil, celery salt and dill seed then stick in oven....
  • atxdee
    atxdee Posts: 613 Member
    I love to eat them w grilled steak!! yummy!!
  • barb1241
    barb1241 Posts: 324 Member
    LOL!I was always a brussels sprouts hater....UNTIL...I got some in my produce co-op basket and if I'm payin' for them, they gotta be eaten. Dunno why, but I was making a ham that day, the kind from walmart in the purple wrapper. Decided to use part of the glaze packet plus mustard and white wine and cook the brussels sprouts with that in the oven. OMG! it was delish! I have done the same thing with chicken breast and brussels sprouts. I don't use the glaze packet with the ham anymore. I just save it for brussels sprouts. Had some friends over for dinner and they were haters too. Not any more.

    HTH!

    Barb
  • sevencallmemom
    sevencallmemom Posts: 505 Member
    I LOVE them as far from me as possible. ;) I do eat them on occasion, but I'm not a fan.
  • gddrdld
    gddrdld Posts: 464 Member
    Thinly shaved then sauteed with some shallots, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, a little white wine and finished with a little butter.

    ^^This sounds fantastic! I usually roast mine as above but on Thanksgiving I saute them in bacon and add tarragasn and a little cream to finish. Delicious!
  • I love my brussel sprouts...far far away!!
  • blakejohn
    blakejohn Posts: 1,129 Member
    butter and garlic
  • lachesissss
    lachesissss Posts: 1,298 Member
    Roasted in the oven w/ olive oil and balsamic.

    Pan sauteed with bacon fat.

    Steamed with soy sauce, tossed with a little bit of hoisin and sesame seeds.

    Thin sliced and stir fried with veg.

    Thin sliced and baked into chips with a bit of honey and vinegar to glaze.


    Mmm. I lurve the brussel sprout.
  • jlwbeans0823
    jlwbeans0823 Posts: 178 Member
    Sautéed with garlic olive oil, mushrooms and pine nuts! Yum!
  • mamasmaltz3
    mamasmaltz3 Posts: 1,111 Member
    I like them best roasted.
    Wash and peel any nasty leaves away....
    cut in half or quarters (depending on size)...
    Put in bowl with a little Olive Oil, salt and pepper, onion and garlic powder.
    Roast in oven until caramelized (approx 400 for 20min).....flip them half way through...

    Then mix with anything!

    I love them with sundried tomatoes, feta cheese, quinoa, kidney beans, sauteed onions and garlic...
    or with sweet potatoes and kidney beans, feta cheese and sunflower seeds...


    YUMMY stuff :)





    ^^^^^^^^^ This! Love roasted brussel sprouts!
  • FlyByJuly
    FlyByJuly Posts: 564 Member
    I like them any way. As long as they are FRESH brussel sprouts. The frozen ones are NASTY!

    Yes, frozen are NASTY!!!!
    I like mine steamed, light spray of olive oil, and a dusting of parmesan cheese.
  • Roasted are my favorite too!! They are delicious even my 9 yr old loves them.