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I’ll be honest, I considered not posting this recipe. Why? Because it didn’t turn out so green. But it was a) too awesome not to share and b) if you can’t figure out that brussels sprouts are meant to be green then you should maybe crawl out from under your rock.
I’m posting it anyway.
In life I am a huge fan of green foods. It probably isn’t normal that I get overly excited about brussels sprouts and kale literally makes my heart flutter, but there are worse issues in the world to have. So I have a green food fetish…whatevs.
At the same time, I have come to discover that certain foods are not meant to be green. I’m looking at you green beer!
Let’s rewind to St. Patty’s Day 2010. I somehow had missed the boat on green beer in my prior 21 years and was determined to make up for it in one day. This my friends was a bad idea. In hindsight, the disasters that followed had absolutely nothing to do with the green beer, but I’m blaming it anyway.
You see I had a sidekick join me for my St. Patty’s Day Binge-drinkingfest. ESeids paid me a visit from SF and for having travelled all the way to Montreal to see me I knew I had to show her a good time. Fortunately I didn’t have to try hard since the entire McGill ghetto (yes this is what we call it) was out to play. We drank our green beers, gorged ourselves on pizza and passed out by 5:00 PM. GTs….
But then ESeids got sick. And no, we’re not talking alcohol sick, we’re talking THE STOMACH FLU. Which unfortunately terrorized her for 24 hours. I played nurse as best as I could and crossed my fingers so hard that I wouldn’t catch it. Despite it being clear that the green beer didn’t cause it, we blamed it anyway and vowed to never drink it again.
48 hours later, I was in the clear. Phew. ESeids had recovered and it was time to start raging once more. Apparently I’ve accumulated some bad karma because a few hours later I was hit hardcore by the stomach flu at a Calvin Harris concert. Let me tell you, the last thing you ever want to experience is the stomach flu at a rave. I can’t even begin to explain how this was one of the worst nights of my life. So I won’t.
Let’s just say the memory still haunts me in my dreams and green beer has been added alongside bacon to my foodie-hate list. Never again.
Roasted Rosemary Brussels Sprouts w/ Blueberries
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients (Serves: 4)
- 2 lbs brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved
- 1 pint blueberries
- 3 T fresh rosemary, chopped
- 1.5 T olive oil
- 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl combine brussels sprouts, HALF of blueberries, and rosemary.
3. Top with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Stir so all brussels sprouts and blueberries are coated.
4. Spread evenly on a parchment or silicone-lined baking sheet.
5. Sprinkle with sea salt.
6. Bake for 15 mins.
7. Remove from oven and flip over.
8. Bake for another 10 mins.
9. Remove from oven and add in remainder of blueberries.
10. Serve warm.
Any St. Patrick’s Day horror stories? What about bad food associations?
*Don’t forget you have up till Friday to post your GREEN recipe to be included in The Great St. Patrick’s Day Green Link-Up!
Haha your St. Patty’s day story makes me cringe with college memories. There are certain liquors that I can never drink (or smell) again due to bad experiences. Ironically, since most people are the opposite of me, tequilla’s the only liquor I actually enjoy.
Brusel Sprouts are my favorite veggie. In fact its the only veggie that my BF actually loves so i make them all the time. I’m not a blueberry fan (I know call me crazy). But my man is. He would love this!
Ohhh green beer. I haven’t had it since Queen’s and that makes me kinda sad. St. Patrick’s day was a big one for us, almost as big as homecoming.. and that’s saying something. I don’t think I have any horror stories from St. Paddy’s.. most of them are from homecoming. That’s for another day though…
Brussel spouts and blueberries! What an unusual combination! I love both so why not! Thanks for making me think this morning. : )
Oh that doesn’t sound like a fun st. Patricks day! These blueberry Brussels however sound wonderful! Tyler and I both loe Brussels so we will have to tr these.
Haha what a terrible story I am so sorry!!!!! That’s awful! I’ve never really been into St. Patty’s day so I have no horror stories… It’s just another weekend in my opinion. In fact, last year, I was running my first full marathon on St. Patty’s so I didn’t even realize it was happening because, duh, my mind was elsewhere. What an interesting combination this is…
I think this looks mighty green! I really want to try this because I’m still really finicky about brussels sprouts. Aaaaand I already heard your green beer story so I have nothing else to say except you rockkkk. Have a great day!
I would never thought of blueberries and roasted brussel sprouts. such a cool combo and I bet delicious as ever.
Ah! I feel for your friend 🙁 That blows. Also, brussel sprouts and blueberries…..hmmmm sounds suspect but I trust you so I will have to try this! I’m pretty hit or miss with brussel sprouts but I do love blueberries so if you say it’s good, I believe you 🙂
Green beer is a perfectly acceptable scapegoat in my opinion. ALso, green or not, these look amazing! John is kind of meh about brussels sprouts but I’m obsessed with them so these are going to happen.
Obviously it’s irrelevant now, but I wouldn’t eat meatloaf for years as a kid (side note: this was probably for the best) because I got the stomach flu the night we had it when I was 9. Like your experience, it was zero percent related, but I refused to eat it and my irrational association was strengthened because I didn’t throw up again until I was struck my a stomach plague at 18 (and during that I had a disturbing amount of blue gatorade in an attempt to keep me out of the hospital lol, leading to a new association) . In conclusion, this was probably tmi for a blog comment. Sorry friend…