Brussels sprouts caramelized with red onion and roasted pecans is a popular dish in my house.  It amazes me that I once despised this cute little cabbage-looking vegetable.  My mom loved to boil them just like she did cabbage, and insist I eat every one of them that she put on my plate. I hated the bitter taste. They were on my “hate-list” along with beets and turnips.  So, when she wasn’t looking, I would spit them in my napkin and throw them away just like I did with my beets and turnips.  She insisted that I would created a “taste” for them if I kept eating them.  I did finally create a taste for all of my “hate-list” vegetables, but it was only when I learned to cook them properly that my taste buds changed.  It was their health benefits that persuaded me to give these super foods another chance. Continue reading Caramelized Brussels Sprouts with Roasted Pecans →