My favorite vegetable of late has been heavily salted and peppered, roasted brussels sprouts. I never figured out how to prepare them properly and used to just steam them or boil them plain--an awful way to eat them. So I never liked them, until now.
You wash and trim about a 1/2 lb of sprouts, cutting them in half lengthwise, and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Then you put the sprouts in a bowl and coat with 2 tbsp of olive oil and sprinkle generously with sea salt and cracked black pepper. Lay the prepared sprouts, cut side down on a sheet of foil on a large metal cookie sheet and roast until browned and golden. Voila. Salty, hot, lovely and even healthy. Cruciferous vegetables guard against cancer so you can drink a shitload of wine with this. The cruciferouness will cancel out the cancerousness. Enjoy.
