Not your grandma's brussels sprouts: 3 recipes to try this holiday season

Brussels sprouts, one of the most polarizing vegetables for children and adults,can indeed be tastyaccording to several Island chefs.

While this may seem counter-intuitive to some, try one of these recipes before making up your mind, again.

Butter-bronzed brussels sprouts

Chef Ilona Daniel, owner of Tribe Fresh Events and Consulting, says she's always loved brussels sprouts, but thinks she knows why people often loathe the little greens.

"There's a very good chance, over-boiled, anemically under-seasoned is how readers might have repeatedly had them served to them," Daniel said in an email.

She offers a different take on the traditional holiday veggies.

"My version invites bacon, butter to bronze and caramelize the brussels sprouts to liven up the holiday table."

Daniel also said this could be a good opportunity to get roasted, peeled chestnuts into a dish.

"In addition to [the pecans], or substitute. In my mind, the more the merrier!" she said.

Check out the recipe here.

Potato and brussels sprout salad

Sarah Forrester Wendt, chef and owner of My Plum My Duck in Charlottetown, saidshe grew up in a vegetarian household so there wasn't a chance to be picky with food.

She quickly had an idea when it came to getting people on the train to brussels sprouts town, pairing the Island's most famous crop with one of its least likely companions.

This recipe could be a good way of getting the compact cabbage-like greens into a holiday dinner.

Check out the recipe here.

Maple pecan roasted brussels sprouts

Lucy Morrow, chef at Terre Rouge Craft Kitchen, said she doesn't think a person's foodpreferences are always set in stone, and their views can be changed.

"My initial inclination when a person doesn't particularly care for a certain food, is to give them their best chance at liking it," she said.

Morrow said she has tried to put her own unique spin on the traditional tastes associated with brussels sprouts.

"What I've prepared for thetentative brussels sprouts eaters isn't comparable to your grandmother's over cooked mush. I've taken a few classic,user-friendlyflavour combinations, and gave them a little personality."

Check out the recipe here.

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