Cooking with Dr. Monkey

Here's a meal I made one night last week.

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I began it by quartering a white acorn squash and putting a spicy paste on it and baking it at 400 degrees. The spicy paste consisted of a tablespoon of black pepper, 1/2 tsp of salt, 3 chopped garlic cloves, a dash of cumin, a tsp of paprika, two tablespoons of brown sugar, and enough extra virgin olive oil to cover the spices. Then about 25 minutes after the squash started to cook I fried up 6 slices of lower fat bacon until it was crispy. Then I chopped about a dozen Brussels Sprouts in half and I put them on to par boil.
Next up I chopped some red and yellow bell pepper up and I sauteed it with some onion. Then I added the bacon and a cup and a half of milk to the frying pan. I then whisked in 3 tablespoons of flour and I stirred it until it was nice and gravy-fied. Then I added the Brussels Sprouts and I let it simmer for a few minutes.
I then made a salad and I took my now cooked squash out of the oven. I grated some Parmesan cheese and I stirred it in the simmering sprouts mixture in my frying pan.When the cheese had melted into the sprouts and bacon bits I served it all up and here's what it looked like:We toasted some of Sparky's homemade bread and we ate it all up. Damn, it was good.

This dish is a good way to incorporate Brussels Sprouts into your diet, those little bastard are packed with veggie goodness and I highly recommend them.