i’m loving Brussel sprouts at the moment and this is definately the way to cook them cut in half and pan fried. Ottolenghi takes it to another level by dressing them wiht caramelised garlic, cook garlic in a few teaspoons of sugar.

I was a little bit concerned about this but you don’t serve the syrup you take the garlic out so it’s not too bad and the lemo peel and parmesan take it up a noitch too.

Yummo going to try this out over xmas

Brussels are back, well they’ve never been away I suppose you can always get your hands on them these days  There was a really big display in my local Waitrose today.

Brussels or ‘mini cabbages’as we used to call them when we were kids are a great vegetable to eat if you are on a weight loss regime.  Like cabbage they are high in fibre and low in carbohydrates and I think they are absolutely delicious.

Some people in the UK tend to have a negative association with sprouts, usually being a bit bitter and cooked to death at school dinner time.

All I do to cook them is remove the outer leaves if they are discoloured and then pop them into a saucepan with a small amount of water, once they are cooked I drain them and put a glug of olive oil and some salt and pepper  on them and give them a stir back in the pan.

I’ll bring you a few more brussel sprout recipes as we move through autumn and winter