Brussels Sprouts

[rachael]

Hi there, my 2-year-old (who has HFI) swiped a brussels sprout at the grocery store today and proceeded to eat the whole thing! I love brussels sprouts but didn't think they were safe for him. He's not old enough to tell me when he doesn't feel good so can any of you let me know if you eat brussels sprouts (or if your HFI children tolerate them) and if you have a favorite recipe? My favorite recipe has balsamic vinegar in it, which I don't think is safe. Thanks for your guidance!

[rysmom14]

I don't think they are safe for HFIers. and I so wish they were. I love them myself, and will roast them olive oil, salt and pepper or even add some bacon.

I deal with the same thing with my son who is 3. he keeps asking to eat what we have and even when I tell him that it will make his belly hurts, they just aren't really able to understand it. Your son might feel off and not know how to say, or he might even eat a lot of "safe' foods like milk and crackers to try to mask feeling crappy.

[ukbill]

One or two might not be a problem if soaked then boiled in a lot of water.
The problem is they are a type of cabbage and store all the plants spare energy in the white fleshy parts of the plant. This is not very noticeable when the plant is raw, like Onion, celery etc the sweetness present only becomes apparent after the thing is cooked.

This is why I love cabbage.. but only the green (dark green) leaves with the fleshy white stalks cut out, Spinach but with stems removed, soft leaved lettuce (not the Iceburg semi cabbage crispy varieties) etc.

If a plant has a large bulbous root store (onion or Rhubarb for examples) the plant will store most of its spare anergy (in the form of sugars) in there, so the leaves will be safer I think, than a plant that has no large store.

So plants without a large energy store house keeps its spare energy in the stalks and leaves not currently being used for photosynthesis, I.E the inner white cabbage leaves and stems.

This is a hypostasis of mine but is proven (to me) by experience and trial and error.

The green parts of onion leaves are comparatively safe as are the green parts of cabbage leaves etc. I also eat beetroot leaves in salads and I will bet carrot tops and parsnip leaves are safe also.

As a child I once made the mistake of eating a well boiled sprout that my mother had battered and fried (eating up left overs from a xmas meal I think) and saying I liked it..

For years after every blessed meal I got battered sprouts. I got out of it eventually because I had started peeling off the batter and eating that (the safe bit) but leaving the sprout. This one time MY mother was telling me off for doing this and trying to get me to eat the sprout when I saw a long "hair" poking out from under one of the leaves.

When I pulled this "hair" out popped a very dead cooked spider! So I went into hysterics not that I was in any way bothered by the spider.. it was a very good opportunity to play the actor, to avoid having to eat the horrid things ever again.

RESULT!

Keep smiling

[colormist]

OMG, I AM NEVER EATING BRUSSELS SPROUTS.

[tummyache]

I like to check foods on this site as it is very good: csidcares.org/food-vegetables/


Description Glucose g/100g Fructose g/100g Sucrose g/100g Lactose g/100g Maltose g/100g Sugars Total g/100g Starch Total g/100g
Brussels sprouts, cooked from fresh 0.75 0.64 0.33 0 0 1.7 0.35
Brussels sprouts, cooked from frozen 0.87 0.78 0.41 0 0 2.1 0.61

Actually, I eat them...I just don't eat a lot of them at one time or for days in a row. That's true for a lot of veggies.

[rachael]

Thanks all... although I'm not sure I'll be able to eat Brussels sprouts again, either! (And apologies for the delay, I wish that there was a way to set up notifications)