Shaved Brussels Sprouts salad loaded with bacon, avocado, pistachios and pomegranate arils with a soft grating of parmesan cheese. This salad is super good!

Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad

Hiding under all those amazing salad ingredients is shaved Brussels Sprouts, believe it or not.
We usually love to Brussels Sprouts roasted at a high temp in the oven, but did you know that served raw, Brussels Sprouts are really good for you? They are high in vitamin C, vitamin K and loaded with antioxidants. The awesome thing about Brussels Sprouts in a salad is that the salad tastes great leftover for lunch the next day. It’s not like spinach that wilts when tossed with a salad dressing. Because Brussels Sprouts are in the cabbage family they hold up great and stay crunchy with the salad dressing.

How to shave Brussels Sprouts

There are a few ways to shave Brussels Sprouts:

You can slice or shave them thinly with a sharp knife.
You can use a ceramic handheld mandolin (use caution, this thing is sharp!)
You can use a food processor (this is what we used for this recipe)
OR for total ease and convenience you can buy them already shaved in a bag (the easiest way!)

How to make a Brussels Sprouts Salad

When you start with shaved Brussels Sprouts as the base for your salad, what you add next is that fun part! When pomegranate is in season, we love fresh pomegranate arils, roasted salted pistachios, chopped avocado and crispy crumbled bacon. We love the bag of cooked crumbled bacon from Costco. It’s a big time saver. Literally this salad is so easy.

Tips for making a Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad:

prepare all ingredients before assembly. De-seed the pomegranate, shave the Brussels sprouts, have the bacon cooked and crumbled.
We love the look of all the ingredients grouped together before tossing it. It looks so beautiful like this. If you plan to bring this salad with you to a gathering, it’s nice bring the salad with you like this then add the dressing and toss it just right before serving.

This salad is so easy to throw together. It makes the best lunch or a fancy salad to serve along side a nice holiday dinner.
Do you have a microplane grater/zester? It’s usually used to zest citrus, but we love it for hard parmesan cheese. It grates the cheese perfectly for this salad.

Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad

Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with bacon, pomegranate, avocado and roasted salted pistachios topped with parmesan cheese. This salad is so easy and so good!

Author Kami - NoBiggie.net

Ingredients

1/2 pound Brussels Sprouts shaved
1 cup bacon cooked and crumbled
1 large avocado diced
1 pomegranate seeds
1 cup pistachios roasted and salted
salt and pepper to taste
parmesan cheese grated fine

For the Salad Dressing

1/2 cup Olive Garden's Italian Dressing

Instructions

To start, shave the Brussels Sprouts. We used a food processor to shave them, with the slicing blade attachment. You can also buy them in a bag already shaved. Place the shaved Brussels Sprouts in a large bowl.
Add the cooked and crumbled bacon, pomegranate arils, diced avocado and pistachios. Garnish with a fine grating of parmesan cheese and season with little salt and pepper.
When ready to serve, add the salad dressing over the salad and toss to combine.

Recipe Notes

We love Olive Garden's Italian Dressing. If you cannot find it in stores near you, feel free to use your favorite Italian salad dressing in its place.

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