Brussels Sprouts Salad With Sugared Cranberries, Goat Cheese & Walnuts

• 1 cup Water
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 pound Fresh Cranberries, Washed
• 2 pounds Fresh Brussels Sprouts, Washed, Dried And Cored
• 2 whole Lemons, Zest And Juice
• 1-1/2 Tablespoon Honey
• 1/2 cups Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 dash Salt And Black Pepper
• 2 ounces, weight Goat Cheese Crumbled
• 4 slices Lower Fat Bacon, Cooked And Crumbled
• 1/2 cups Walnuts, Chopped And Toasted
• 1/4 cups Turbinado Or Cane Sugar

1. Note the sugared cranberries must be refrigerated overnight. So plan ahead!
2. 1. To make sugared cranberries: Bring water and sugar to a boil in a saucepan. When sugar is dissolved, remove pan from stove and allow to cool until warm. Add the simple syrup to a bowl with the fresh cranberries. Secure with a lid, place in refrigerator and allow to sit overnight. Remove cranberries from bowl and dry on a cooling rack for 1 hour. While cranberries dry, prep salad.
3. 2. Shred Brussels sprouts by sending them through the vegetable shoot on a food processor, or chop with a chef's knife. Place in a large bowl.
4. 3. To make dressing: Zest and juice lemons into a bowl. Add honey and whisk in olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Thoroughly mix dressing with shredded Brussels sprouts.
5. 4. Top salad with crumbled goat cheese, crumbled crispy bacon and toasted walnuts.
6. 5. Place cranberries back in a bowl and toss with turbinado sugar until coated. Place sugared cranberries on top of the salad. Enjoy!

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/salads/brussels-sprouts-salad-with-sugared-cranberries-goat-cheese-walnuts/ (may not work)