Eat Your Brussel Sprouts

A true woman says, "Yes, Lord."

She believes that God's purposes for creating male and female are good and wise.

• "Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord." Colossians 3:18
• "Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.  For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body."  Ephesians 5:23

There are some verses in the Bible that honestly, you either love them or hate them.  They are brussel sprouts.  Let me explain.  

My husband & I thought that we hated brussel sprouts.  That was until recently.  We has found a new love for them.  We are now ordering them in restaurants and fixing them for dinner. We had them just last night. Why the difference?

It could be age.  Often times our tastes change and mature with age.  

It could be knowledge.  Brussel Sprouts are low in calories and pack a lot of nutritional value.  1/2 cup is only 28 calories and lots of Vitamin C.

It could be preparation.  We had only had brussel sprouts prepared one way before; boiled, with a dab of butter, salt and pepper.  The whole house would reek of an unpleasant odor.

So what was the change?   All of the Above. 

Our tastes buds and menu has changed.

Our health is a thought when preparing and ordering food, due to being older and wider (not a typo).

The preparation:  We have now tasted them in a whole new way.  They are now one of our favorites.  Yummy!  I almost have to count them out so that we are fair with how many we each get.  I don't want him to get more than his fair share. Yes, one of our recipes will follow.

  These verse, may be like brussel sprouts to you.  Either you love them or hate them.  Let me challenge you to hang with the blog.  Next week, we will see that often time our age, our good, and the way these verses have been presented will make all the difference.  Just see if you agree.  So stay tuned.  

  Whether you ever love brussel sprouts or not, order them or not, cook them or not, I hope that you love God's word and recognize that the Word is good and wise.

Recipe:

1 lb. fresh brussel sprouts, trimmed and cut in half

2 pieces of pancetta or bacon

1/2 cup onion, diced

1/2 apple, diced

1 clove garlic, sliced or minced

cheese, (blue cheese, crumbled or shaved parmesan)

Heat oven to 400 degrees.  Place sprouts on roasting pan and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper.  Roast sprouts for 20 minutes, until tender and outer leaves start to brown.

While sprouts are roasting, saute pancetta, onions and apples until caramelized, adding garlic near end, so it doesn't burn.

Lightly toss sprouts with onion mixture.  While still hot, top with a small amount of cheese and allow it to melt.  Enjoy!