Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Blue Cheese

Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Blue Cheese–An indulgent veggie side dish with out of this world flavor! A perfect combo of ingrediens! Only 256 calories!

Brussels sprouts are quickly becoming my favorite vegetable. Not that the competition was all that stiff, but they are the only vegetable I actually find myself craving. If you haven’t had roasted brussels sprouts before, I would highly recommend you try them ASAP!

We eat roasted brussels sprouts pretty routinely, but recently I decided I wanted to spice the party up a little bit with some new guests. I was looking through Chrissy Teigen’s Cravings Cookbook and found a recipe for brussels with bacon, blue cheese, cranberries and walnuts. Because I love all of these things (except walnuts) I decided to try this dish out!

Since we’re on the 12 week weight loss challenge, I wanted to make the dish slightly healthier so I tweaked the recipe just a little bit, and it was still out of this world! It was absolutely amazing, indulgent, and flavorful beyond belief. Tipsy Caitlin actually craved it for a late night snack this week. Vegetables. She craved vegetables, guys. Not tacos. Vegetables. This is obviously a serious dish.

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BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH BACON AND BLUE CHEESE

256 calories per serving

7 SP (oops, okay you might want to make the serving size smaller!)

Have you ever noticed that bacon makes everything taste better? Of course you have. Have you ever noticed that blue cheese makes everything taste better? Of course you have. Unless you don’t like blue cheese. Or bacon. And if you don’t like either of these then I no longer know how to relate to you as another human being.

Anyway, this duo is unstoppable. Add them to roasted brussels sprouts and toss in some cranberries?? YUM.

If you want to save some extra calories, you can stop at just the brussels sprouts. They’re delicious enough on their own, the other ingredients just bump them up a notch (or five hundred).

You’ll need 1.5 lbs of brussels sprouts, with ends cut off and sliced in half lengthwise. Spread them out on a baking sheet lined with foil and drizzle them with 4 Tbsp of balsamic vinegar and 3 Tbsp of olive oil. Sprinkle with 2 Tbsp of garlic powder and add salt and pepper to taste. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes, until they turn brown and are a little tender.

Toss brussels with 4 slices of cooked, crumbled bacon, 1/4 C of blue cheese and 1/4 C dried cranberries. Serve immediately and try not to devour the entire batch in one sitting!

Enjoy! 

If you liked this dish from Chrissy’s cookbook, you should check out some of her other recipes:

• Dump and Done Ramen Salad
• Zucchini Lasagna Bolognese
• Cheesy Guacamole

If you’re looking for more brussels sprouts (you know you love them!!) here are a few more recipes:

• Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Carrots and Dried Cranberries
• One Pan Harvest Chicken
• One Pan Healthy Chicken Dinner

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**Recipe adapted from Chrissy Teigen’s Cravings Cookbook

What do you think? Did this recipe make the cut for you or did it crumble? What would you do differently? I look forward to reading your opinions! 

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