Today’s lunch is so low on calories that you will feel light like a feather, after eating it. You will need:

10 Brussels sprouts
2 Scallions
4 Baby Carrots
5 tablespoons of Tomato Sauce
Pinch of Black Pepper
Shake of Paprika
1 teaspoon of Vegeta
1 tablespoon of Olive Oil

This is recipe for one person.

The first time I was served Brussels sprouts was in a grilled form. When I looked at them, they reminded me of mini cabbage. So I tried prepping them in that style. This meal is easy to make, but takes about 40 minutes to an hour on the fire.

First thing you will do is cut each sprout’s base, while keeping the mini leaves together. Next, you chop up the Scallions and the Baby Carrots into small pieces.

In a medium size pot, pour the Olive Oil and place it on the stove to heat it up. In about a minute place the chopped scallions, baby carrots and the Brussels sprouts, respectively.

Keep on stirring for few minutes. Add paprika, black paper, Vegeta, and, finally, the tomato sauce. In case you don’t have tomato sauce, ketchup can be cheap substituted. Always go for the organic version on ketchup, since it is closest to tomato sauce. Organic ketchup mostly contains the same simple ingredients that tomato sauce does.

Once all this is mixed up and stirred for few more minutes, add 2 cups of water. Leave the pot half covered with lid, over a medium fire. If the water starts boiling too hard or too quickly, lower the fire. You will know that the temperature is right when there are only few simmering bubbles. Let it cook for about 40 minutes to an hour.

You will know that the meal is cooked when about half of the water has evaporated. Another good test is to take out a carrot or sprout. If you can break it in half easily with your fork, the meal is cooked.

If in 40 minutes you had no water left, you have cooked the meal on higher fire. While that may cook the meal faster, there is more flavor and nutrition if the meal is slow cooked. So don’t rush.

Serve it with quarter of whole-wheat French baguette. This way you’ll have something to dip the sauce in. Trust me, you don’t want to miss out on that.