{"id":6508,"date":"2012-11-13T09:37:53","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T13:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=6508"},"modified":"2012-11-15T09:37:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T13:37:20","slug":"growing-and-eating-brussel-sprouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=6508","title":{"rendered":"Growing and eating Brussels sprouts&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Growing them is considerably harder than eating them.<\/p>\n<p>I planted Brussels sprouts in mid Spring.\u00a0 It is now late<\/p>\n<p>Autumn and they were still very tiny- my sprouts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/001_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"001\" width=\"391\" height=\"262\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But my husband was done with gardening and just wanted to clean<\/p>\n<p>out the area.\u00a0 So I had to harvest what was there.<\/p>\n<p>And this\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/003_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"003\" width=\"401\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>is what was there.\u00a0 Very small sprouts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/006_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"006\" width=\"414\" height=\"277\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Very, very small sprouts.\u00a0 The three large ones were at the top of the<\/p>\n<p>plants and perhaps should not even have gotten into the mix.<\/p>\n<p>But I wanted Brussels sprouts that I had grown- so I picked all the tiny ones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/007_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"007\" width=\"428\" height=\"287\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And cooked them with onions and garlic in butter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"008\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/008_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"008\" width=\"431\" height=\"289\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then mixed them with Basmati rice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/0091.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/009_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"009\" width=\"436\" height=\"292\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They were very mild.\u00a0 This is the first time Frank has ever liked Brussels<\/p>\n<p>sprouts-\u00a0 I was kind of disappointed- but \u2013 I DID grow them and he DID<\/p>\n<p>eat them- so that was a success?\u00a0 Right?<\/p>\n<p>Baby Brussels sprouts with Basmati rice- another try for a meatless meal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing them is considerably harder than eating them. I planted Brussels sprouts in mid Spring.\u00a0 It is now late Autumn and they were still very tiny- my sprouts. 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