Serves 2

Ingredients

• 8 ounces of mushrooms, more or less depending on how many you want on your salad. I used oyster mushrooms 
• Oat milk (you can use any kind you like)
• AP flour
• Seasonings of choice 
• 2 bunches of kale (I like Lacinato kale)
• Avocado spray 
• 1 can of chickpeas, rinsed and drained 
• Lemon juice
• Olive oil
• Salt 
• Ranch, homemade or store-bought 
• Buffalo sauce, homemade or store-bought 

Directions  

1. Heat the oven to 400. Add parchment paper to a baking sheet and set aside. 
2. I added about a cup of oat milk to a small bowl and added a pinch of salt. In another bowl, I added some flour, garlic powder, paprika, onion powder, and salt. I did about a cup of flour and figured I could add more if I needed to. 
3. Separate the mushrooms into smaller pieces, but still keep most of them intact. Dredge them through the oat milk and then the flour mixture, shaking off any excess flour. Add to the baking sheet and continue until all the mushrooms are breaded. I then sprayed them with avocado spray. 
4. Roast for 30 to 45 minutes, flipping halfway through, until crispy and brown all over. 
5. While the mushrooms are in the oven, prepare your kale, by cleaning and finely chopping. Then add it to a bowl. I like to squeeze a bit of lemon juice, salt, and olive oil and massage it in. Set aside. 
6. To make the crispy chickpeas, I added a couple of tablespoons of oil to a skillet and cooked them on high heat for about 5 to 10 minutes until they were crispy. I just seasoned them with salt but you could add garlic powder or anything you like! 
7. Now prepare your ranch and buffalo sauce, if you’re making it. I have my ranch dressing recipe on my website. For buffalo sauce, I do about 2 to 3 tablespoons of butter that’s melted into a 1/4 to 1/2 of Frank’s red hot sauce. 
8. Once the mushrooms are done, sprinkle a good amount of salt on them. I like to try one at this point to see how much salt they need. 
9. It’s time to assemble! To serve, in a salad bowl or plate (depending on how big your bowl is a plate may be easier), add kale, some of the crispy chickpeas, and mushrooms. Then drizzle however much buffalo or ranch dressing you like!