Brussels Sprouts Salad with Crunchy Chickpeas

There are things that I love about this salad, like the chickpeas and the avocado. However, the raw brussel sprout + kale combo is not it. I love leafy greens and often eat kale salads, but it literally tastes like hay trying to swallow down. I would roast the brussel sprouts or use a different salad base.

When I read the other review with the one star, I thought maybe she/he might be too critical and just not a kale/sprout lover. Negative. She was spot on except I would say it was like eating tree bark. I'm a super clean eater and I can eat the greenest of green, the rawest or raw but this salad has simply no flavor. There's not enough dressing to even taste it (and the dressing on its own is very good). The chick peas add no flavor even though I air fried my own with spices. I'm sad that I prepped four of these guys as I'm following the 7 day plan. I'll certainly add more dressing today and will massage it into the veggies in the morning hoping that the dressing will break down the crunch a bit. The one redeeming feature is that once you were done, you didn't want more Also, it was filling for just a salad.

When I read the other review with the one star, I thought maybe she/he might be too critical and just not a kale/sprout lover. Negative. She was spot on except I would say it was like eating tree bark. I'm a super clean eater and I can eat the greenest of green, the rawest or raw but this salad has simply no flavor. There's not enough dressing to even taste it (and the dressing on its own is very good). The chick peas add no flavor even though I air fried my own with spices. I'm sad that I prepped four of these guys as I'm following the 7 day plan. I'll certainly add more dressing today and will massage it into the veggies in the morning hoping that the dressing will break down the crunch a bit. The one redeeming feature is that once you were done, you didn't want more Also, it was filling for just a salad.

I understand the lack of reviews on here. This salad, while healthy, is like eating grass. I was able to stomach the first time only because I am new to 1500 calories and trying to lose weight due to a health issue. The second time I threw in some sliced mushrooms, grated carrots, chopped tomatoes, and a teaspoon of sliced almonds. I had already mixed in the "dressing" so I left off the tasteless, dry chickpeas and I used another teaspoon of olive oil, some balsamic vinegar a bit of salt and pepper. I used 1/2 an avocado, which I know ramps up the calories, but next time there will not be any of this dressing either. That along with no chickpeas should help make up for the almonds (which I may not do the next time) and the other 1/4 of the avocado.

This is a wonderful salad .