Good enough to eat... Brussels sprouts

Hannah Stephenson consigns the image of soggy sprouts to the past and says these cancer-busting veggies are very easy to grow

THE old image of overcooked sprouts with Christmas dinner has long since been usurped by their healthy-eating, cancer-busting properties and delicious flavour when cooked al dente with crispy lardons or chestnuts.

They’re also really easy to grow. Sow the seeds indoors in February or March for early types and in an outdoor seedbed in April for later cropping varieties.