eat your veggies

I am really trying to make my blog contain some useful information, not just ramblings from a frustrated stay at home mom. Have you seen the movie Julie and Julia? I think it would be awesome to have a blog with such purpose and then have a huge following. I get really excited when someone I know leaves a comment, having someone I've never met follow me would be super cool. BUT, for now my blog is a way to stay connected to old friends, highlight our days events for family far away, and a creative outlet to stay sane. My sisters think I should start blogging about moving to the south, but I'm sticking with my crazy life format for now.

With that said, I'm sharing with you the only way I eat brussel sprouts just in case you need a new recipe and haven't already tried this. I am certain I never touched a brussel sprout when I was young, but I am really fond of them now. I will admit I am kind of picky about how I eat my veggies. I never steam them, something about it is very unappetizing to me.

So here is my technique for a lot of green veggies, brussels being my favorite.

1. Clean and cut sprouts
2.cook on medium heat in a saute pan with a splash of olive oil.
3.Saute and let the cut side get brown-there is a fine line between a good sprout and a mushy bad sprout. Shoot for al dente. maybe 5- 7 min?
4. turn heat down to med/low and add 1 clove of chopped garlic. If you have a garlic press use that because those rock. Cook for 30sec-1 minute.
5. This is where it gets really yummy(I forgot to take a picture of the yummy part) Add about 2 splashes of balsamic vinegar. It will bubble and carmalize your little sprout to pure yumminess. Remove from heat and serve.
6. I love the left overs the next day cold in a salad-yummy yummy and even more yummy

*forgot to tell you to sprinkle with a touch of sea or kosher salt*

Now I'm going to ramble. I had to share this picture because it was just too adorable.

All shopped out