FESTIVE BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Give your Brussels sprouts the royal treatment at your next holiday or special occasion dinner. These sprouts are gussied up with carrots, parsley, brown sugar and toasted pecans.

Yield: Serves 6.

FESTIVE BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 1/2 cups julienned carrots
  • 3 cups quartered Brussels sprouts
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • 2 tbsp chopped toasted pecans
  • 1 tsp firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper

Directions

  1. Melt butter in a frypan over medium heat. Add carrots and sauté 4 minutes.
  2. Add Brussels sprouts and sauté 4 minutes or until vegetables are tender crisp.
  3. Stir in remaining ingredients (parsley through pepper) and cook just until sugar dissolves. Serve immediately.
Nutritional analysis per serving:

75 calories, 3.9 g fat, 2.7 g protein, 9.5 g carbohydrate, 3.5 g fibre, 146 mg sodium