JANET'S FAMOUS FAMILY SECRET BRUSSEL SPROUT RECIPE!!

Yeah, right...sorry, it's no family secret except mine...

Had some leftover brussel sprouts one day and decided to cut them in half, add red, green, and orange bell peppers, celery, green onion, and (radishes - put the radishes in before you serve it or they will bleed)... and put Italian dressing over them and put them in the fridge overnight... then poured the dressing off by dumping in a colander before serving so they weren't swimming...

Sometimes I halve little grape tomatoes in with it.

I use anything fat free or sugar free in all of my dishes.....

If I don't have any left over sprouts, I steam them to al dente and then immediately put them in an ice water bath to keep the pretty green color before I cut them in half.

Janet

Janet, I LOVE brussel sprouts, but when Gary and I got married he told me if I ever wanted a divorce to make brussel spouts. Well, we've been married almost 27 years, so I might just give these a try. He won't eat them, but it sounds like a great dish to take to a potluck at work!

Thanks for sharing those deep family secrets!

I love brussel sprouts... but my mother used to cook them until they were almost gray and mushy and they were bitter.

When I found out you could get fresh ones and not cook the crap out of them... they were actually sweet.  Even my siblings who didn't like brussel sprouts will eat mine now.

I had a couple of PM's asking how to make the salad so thought I'd just post it.

Susan... I've got a lot of deep family secrets... :)

Janet

Have you tried roasting them?  I cut the bottoms off, put them into a zip bag with some a drizzle of olive oil, salt, pepper and maybe a little garlic. Toss them about in the bag, then bake them on a cookie sheet at 400 for about 12 minutes. If they're large, you might want to cut them in half.

The little leaves that fall of get all crispy....like chips!  I can make myself sick on them.

Susan,

 I HAVE roasted them.  I'm such a brussel sprout nut that one year my co-workers gave me a whole bouquet of brussel sprouts in a vase!!  Funniest darn thing you've ever seen!!

Janet

Janet,

That sounds wonderful, thanks for sharing with us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                             Phyllis

Sounds yummy, both the salad and the roasted sprouts and sprout chips!
My hubby, Gary, loves brussel sprouts, and I, well, I love everything.  This will surely be tried this week.
Thanks Janet.
Jan

Thanks Janet....I just love fresh brussel sprouts....this sounds really good!!

Hugs....connie d

I'm getting hungry reading the recipe Janet.  Thanks so much for sharing.  I can't wait to try this one out.  Blessings to you.

Brussel sprouts are one of George's and our kids' favorite veggies.  Probably my least fav.  George grows the little boogers, so we had an ample supply this fall.  He kept them going until late spring when they were getting too bitter.  I do admit that the fresh, home grown ones are sooo much better than the frozen or even the fresh ones in the produce section.  The trick is to pick them really small.
Debbie