Roasted Brussel Sprouts

My sister in law shared this recipe with us and since we're big brussel sprout fans, we naturally had to try it. I modified it just a bit.

To get started:

- Preheat your oven to 450 degrees

- Get out a medium sized bowl and a cookie sheet

Ingredients:

- As many brussel sprouts as you want

- Olive oil

- Kosher salt

- Pepper

- Green onions

- Two garlic cloves

- balsamic vinegar

Directions:

1. Cut the brussel sprouts in half.

2. Chop the garlic cloves and green onions.

3. Mix the oil, balsamic, salt, pepper, garlic and onions in a medium sized bowl.

4. Dump the sprouts in to the bowl, and mix them around, making sure to get all of the sprouts covered.

5. Spray a little pam on your cookie sheet and place the sprouts on it. There will be leftover garlic and onion in the bowl - spread the pieces over the sprouts on the pan.

6. Cook for 35 minutes, turning occasionally. Everything will get pretty brown, but that's good - the oil gets pretty crunchy and really makes the sprouts taste great.

Halfway Through

Done!

Tonight, we prepared two grassfed beef hamburgers to eat with the brussel sprouts. Hamburgers used to be a favorite of mine when I ate meat long ago, so it has been fun to integrate them again.

Our new frying pan, courtesy of a Bed, Bath and Beyond gift card from Grandma!!!

And, the final plate:

Of course, we ate our hamburgers without a bun, and added a little high fructose free ketchup on the side.

It was topped off by a glass of Old Vine Red by Marietta, a wine recommended to us by Dave's parents. It's a great low cost red wine.

I have tried lots of different non-lactose ice creams in the past, but I have never had Almond Dream before - it is free of soy, dairy and gluten - with no weird chemicals! It tastes AMAZING (think chocolate ice cream with almonds in it!). It will be a good treat once and awhile.