Holiday Brussel sprouts salad 

serves 10+

ingredients 

• 1 bag of fresh Brussel sprouts, 400g
• 1/2 bag of purple Brussel sprouts, 200g
• 1 bag Trader Joe’s Cruciferous Crunch Collection, 280g, or
  • 1/4 head of small cabbage
  • 1/4 head of small purple cabbage
  • handful of kale
• 280g of mushroom, sliced
• 1 Honeycrisp apple
• handful of dried cranberries
• 1/2 lemon
• handful of roasted and salted pecan halves
• salt and pepper to taste

dressing

• 2/3 cups of olive oil
• 6 tbsp cider vinegar
• 4 tbsp maple butter or honey
• 3 tsp whole grain mustard

steps 

• wash and shred both green and purple Brussel sprouts (with Mandoline or knife), and put them in a large pot with cold water
• wash, remove any stems or veins from the cabbage and kale leaves, shred them, and put them in cold water as well
• drain the water, and dry (using a salad spinner etc)
• microwave the maple butter (or honey) with 1 tbsp of water until warm, about 10s
• mix olive oil, vinegar, mustard, and warmed maple butter in a jar or measuring cup and stir well with a fork
• put the sprouts mix 1/3 at a time into a large pot with liberal amount of salt and pepper
• pour the dressing over the sprouts mix, and mix evenly
• cover the sprouts with a lid or plastic wrap, and let it stand in the fridge for 1h ~ overnight. take it out 1h before serving.
• saute the mushroom with salt and pepper, and mix with the salad
• dice the apple, and squeeze 1/2 of lemon juice over it in a bowl, then mix it into the salad
• serve the salad in a large salad bowl, and garnish with dried cranberries and pecan