Brussel sprouts - think of them as cute little baby cabbages

Brussel sprouts are one of the most despised vegetables of young people, but really they are just misunderstood vegetables. If we could teach young people to view them as cute little baby cabbages, perhaps more young people would learn to love them. Another approach would be to cook them in more delicious ways. I was taught as a child that brussel sprouts were filled with MAXIMUM YUCKINESS and to avoid them at all costs. As an adult, I have decided to open my heart again and give those little baby cabbages a chance.

We have been wintering over our row of brussel sprouts because they did not seem to get a chance to grow to their maximum potential before the cold evenings started. We threw a double layer of row cover over them and waited to see what would happen. When we uncovered the brussel sprout row today at the farm, we saw some sprouts had grown larger, but most of the growth had stagnated. Unfortunately, the plants did not grow 3'+ tall like the seed catalog had described and we are wondering if our row cover had limited their upward growth. After a brief taste test, we decided to harvest about 7 plants (about 50+ actual sprouts) today and leave the rest in the ground to continue our wintering over experiment.

I am excited to try a few new recipes for brussel sprouts. I found the basic onion, balsamic vinaigrette, and brussel sprout recipe. However, I am open to any other interesting brussel sprout recipes from those of you who read the blog!