Antioxidant Kale Salad with Lemony Extra Virgin Olive Oil Dressing
Jan 10, 2019, Updated Dec 13, 2020
Healthful, good-for-you ingredients with amazing flavors. Say “YES” to more plant-based foods in your regime.
This nutritious and delicious salad includes: organic red curly kale, heirloom cherry tomatoes, chick peas, breakfast radishes, cooked quinoa, roasted butternut squash, natural sliced toasted almonds, sun gold (yellow)kiwi and microgreens
Ingredients
- 4 cups Organic Red Curly Kale, washed, dried and torn 2" pieces
- ½ cup heirloom cherry tomatoes, multi-colored, cut in half
- ½ cup chick peas, cooked and drained
- ½ cup breakfast radishes, multi-colored, sliced thinly
- ½ cup cooked quinoa, tri-colored
- ½ cup roasted butternut squash, cut into thin half moons
- ¼ cup natural sliced almonds, toasted in oven until lightly golden
- ½ cup Sungold Kiwi, peeled, cut into thin half moons
- ¼ cup microgreens, your favorite variety
- 1 recipe Lemony Extra Virgin Olive Oil Dressing**, (will have some leftover for another use)
Instructions
- Prepare ingredients from the list.*
- Wash and dry the kale. Strip the leaves from the hard stems, discard stems. Tear the kale into 2" pieces, can also thinly slice.
- Add to a large bowl to fit. Add a few tablespoons of Lemony Extra Virgin Olive Oil Dressing and massage into the greens. Add the remaining ingredients - except almonds. Add a few more tablespoons of dressing, mix in.
- Serve with toasted almonds on top (they will get soggy if added earlier.)
- Optional Add-Ins: Sliced Avocado, dried fruits, fruits such as clementines, strawberries, pears and blueberries. Other lettuces and legumes.
- *Cook quinoa, roast butternut squash, toast almonds and make Lemony Extra Virgin Olive Oil Dressing. ** Nice everyday Extra Virgin Olive Oils: Lucini and California Olive Ranch (grassy, fruity and herbal.)
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