Thursday, February 19, 2015

Pinterest Failure: Thai Chicken Salad with Peanut Dressing

Holy smokes, an actual failure!

I wanted to try out a healthy, simple recipe that I pinned not too long ago, and it was this:

It came from Nature Box, a business that sends healthy snacks
I didn't get a chance to take step by step photos, but know it was super easy and took me around 10-15 minutes to put together.

So here is the salad with shredded carrot, shredded cabbage (pre-packaged from Trader Joe's-very convenient), green onions, cooked chicken from Trader Joe's, chopped nuts and cilantro.  The dressing on the left is just peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, lime juice and sugar

I stored them in the fridge until hubs got home from school, and before I served I added a chopped avocado

Salad all mixed up

Looks pretty good, right? ... 
The first few bites were okay, but then the more I ate the more I didn't like it.  I could tell hubs didn't like it either.  I got about half way through it and announced that I was not a fan, and so did he.  The salad components itself were great, but it was the dressing that was off.  I thought it was too peanut buttery, and hubs thought it needed something else too.  So success on the salad ingredients, failure on the dressing.

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