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Sautéed Brussels with Bacon
I’m a former Brussels-Sprouts HATER. H-A-T-E-R.
Just the smell makes me feel sick.
I’ve had them prepared deliciously for me at a few local restaurants (mainly because they’re roasted, covered in butter, bacon, and blue cheese), but haven’t ever wanted to cook them myself. I’ve tried a few different times and y’all, at one point I threw the entire bag out on the back porch because the smell was SO BAD.
I recently decided to try again and they were so good, I’ve now started making them twice a week…even my kids will eat them!
I took a super popular recipe and just simplified it a bit (and made it a little healthier).
Ingredients::
1 bag whole Brussels sprouts (these are $2.25 at Aldi)
4-5 slices bacon
Minced Garlic or garlic powder
Onion, chopped (optional)
1. Dump your sprouts into a food processor and let it chop/shred them. This won’t take more than about 5-10 seconds.
2. Chop up your bacon into smaller pieces (I use kitchen scissors for this), then brown it in a large skillet.
3. Once the bacon is done, remove the bacon pieces and then discard some of the bacon grease that will be left over. I know- it’s delicious and you want it all, but the truth is you just don’t need that much bacon grease to enjoy eating these Brussels sprouts. I promise.
4. Once the bacon is out and part of the great, add in some onion and garlic and cook briefly.
5. Add in the shredded sprouts and cook through. This won’t take too long. Once it’s done, add the cooked bacon pieces back in and stir.
SO GOOD. I’m not even exaggerating. Today I made them for a Saturday morning breakfast. What? Who am I?!?!
Let me know how yours turn out!
To the one…
The truth?
Most days, it’s easier for me to post on social media to strangers on the Internet than it is to interact with the other moms at my kids’ school.
It’s easier for me to write and teach others across the country about what the Lord has been teaching me than it is to tell those I interact with weekly in my community.
It’s easier for me to stand on stage and speak truth to hundreds than it is for me sometimes to do it one-on-one.
It’s easier for me to tell you that I’ve “embraced my weird” when I’m posting online than for me to actually live it while around others who seem so very normal.
Being bold doesn’t come easy and sometimes hiding looks a whole lot like living big and loud so that no one really sees the real you. —Anyone else?
Sometimes He may tell us to go ahead and share online. But other times? He may ask us to be willing to go share with the lady behind us in the Wal-Mart checkout line.
Sometimes He may send us to speak on a stage, but others, it may be to spend intentional time with neighbors across the street.
Although it may feel safer to stay hidden behind social media or even behind the platform of leading large groups, He still calls us to be willing to do it one by one. Not large crowds, followings, or platforms, just simple obedience.
Person-to-person, face-to-face daily living and discipleship right where we’ve been planted.
Terrifying, right?
Here’s what I know: In the hard, He also shows us the Holy. And I know that His plans are so much better.
I’m asking Him to remove the scales from our eyes that cloud our vision and that tell us that numbers determine our importance.
What if when He tells us to, we decide to love the one? To serve the one? To speak up for the one? Even if they think we are a little strange.
We can be strange together. A tribe of those willing to risk our pride and our dignity for the sake of making Him known.
I think it just might change our circles of influence. Our communities. Our schools. Our cities. Eventually…our world.
Each one, reach one. Let’s do this.
Cardio Dance Kickboxing (25 minutes)
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Cardio: LEVEL UP
I LOVE this one! It’s to Level Up by Ciara.
Have One of Mine…
Last week I helped volunteer at my kid’s school store. I watched as little ones came up, presented crumpled dollar bills or counted out dimes and nickels, then carefully selected the item they wanted.
One little girl who couldn’t have been more than 5 or 6 came up to the front of the line and just stood. She didn’t say anything really, but eventually got out her book bag and started looking through it for money to buy a pencil.
She looked for a few minutes then stopped and stood, never saying a word. I decided to help her so together we checked each pocket and folder to see if she had any money. When we had finished looking with no money to be found, I looked at her and said, “there’s no money in there today”.
Again, she just stood and stared. By this point there were several students waiting in line behind her that had been waiting for their turn.
I watched as another girl in line pulled out her two crumpled dollar bills from her pocket, held one out to the girl and said, “you can have one of mine- I’ve got two”.
I’ve thought about that little girl several times and I’m thinking of her again this morning.
What do I have that I can give away today? Instead of using what I’ve got for myself, how can I use it to bless others?
Maybe it’s money, but maybe it’s something else like time, presence, energy, encouragement, hope, or even truth.
What can we give away today to bless someone else? Are we willing to slow down enough to see the needs around us? Let’s pray and ask God to give us opportunities to give it away today.