This healthy salad is full of kale, pecans, cranraisins, garlic, salt and pepper and more for a delicious side dish to your dinner.
Craig and I picked up a large bunch of kale this week in our CSA box, along with lots of chard, lettuce, and other greens. I knew we needed to start on these vegetables right away. Because we always get so many greens I am always on the lookout for a new recipe to use these vegetables with. I spotted this Shredded Kale Salad on Pinterest and knew this was the one I wanted to try. I used purple curly leaf kale but you can use any kale; curly leaf or plain leaf, green or purple.
This healthy salad is full of kale, pecans, cranraisins, garlic, salt and pepper and more for a delicious side dish to your dinner.
Kale Salad
This healthy salad is full of kale, pecans, cranraisins, garlic, salt and pepper and more for a delicious side dish to your dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 bunch kale
- 1 garlic clove (minced)
- 1/4 cup lemon juice (fresh squeezed)
- 3 TBS olive oil
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 cup pecans (chopped and toasted)
- 1 Tbs olive oil
- 1/8 tsp sea salt
- 1 cup cranraisins
Equipment
- Large Mixing Bowl
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Spread pecan pieces on a cookie sheet and toast in your oven at 350 degrees for 8 minutes
- In the meantime chopped your kale into bite size pieces
- Wash your kale using a salad spinner
- While your kale is drying mix your dressing
- In a food processor or magic bullet put the minced garlic, lemon juice, 3 Tbs olive oil, 1/4 tsp sea salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper and mix to combine
- Place your kale in a large bowl and pour your dressing over the top
- Mix the dressing well into the kale using your hands to help marinate and tenderize the kale
- Sprinkle your cranraisins over the top of your kale
- In a clean food processor or clean magic bullet container place your toasted pecans, 1 Tbs olive oil, and 1/8 tsp sea salt
- Process the pecans until the oil and salt is incorporated and your pecans are like fine nuts but stop before it becomes like pesto
- Sprinkle the pecans over the kale and cranraisins
- Mix everything together and put into an airtight container in your fridge for 30 minutes to incorporate the flavors, marinating and tenderizing the kale more
- Serve cold with a good bread or muffin
Enjoy this delicious and healthy salad!
The toasted pecans are the best and add just the right touch.
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