Kale salad

kale

I had to go to a work related event this weekend so I had to bring a dish to share. I made a kale salad to take.

I bought two batches of red kale at Whole Foods.

I pulled the leaves off the stalks and washed them. It's important to get all the excess water off the leaves so I usually let them drain in the drainer for awhile. You can also squeeze any excess water off as your transferring them to the bowl.

Kale can be a little chewy if you don't massage the leaves in something. So I buy this dressing pictured next. They sell it at Whole Foods and I'm sure other health food stores. It is also gluten free and comes in other flavors too.

I used about half a bottle of the dressing. I poured it into a large bowl with the kale and massage it into the kale. The salad won't need any other dressing after this.

Salad dressing

I let the salad soak up the dressing while I cut up the strawberries. You can put as much fruit and any kind of fruit in it that you want.

I also cut up some sweet grape tomatoes to go in it.

Then I added some dried cranberries and some unsalted almond slivers. You can use any type of nuts you desired.

I can also think of other things you could add such as shredded or shaved carrots or radicchio. I've done that before.

I didn't add cheese to this so that it would work for vegans too. But I have added feta cheese and other types to it.

Below are some more preparation pictures.

 





















Here's some photos of some previous variations that I've made. The main difference was the dressing and the apples rather than strawberries. Mother's Kitchen and Market makes the same salad only with a lemon juice instead of a dressing.