If you try this recipe, let us know! Leave a comment, rate it, and don’t forget to tag a photo #minimalistbaker on Instagram. 5-Minute Detox Salad (No-Mix Dressing!).Curried Cauliflower, Grape, and Lentil Salad.Abundance Kale Salad with Savory Tahini Dressing.This would make the perfect side to just about any main, especially our Easy Grillable Veggie Burgers, Sweet Potato Lasagna, or My Favorite Vegan Pizza! BONUS: We also find that it sautés nicely (even with the dressing and chickpeas) if you’re looking for a cooked version! More Salad Recipes 3-Ingredient Tahini Sauce for Everything.How to Make Tahini Dressing (Our Go-To!).This lemon vinaigrette dressing recipe is super simple to make. In all of our testing, we haven’t found a better dressing for kale than tahini! It’s a match made in salad heaven. Often, I post salad recipes with a dressing included a kale salad with carrot ginger. You’ll notice in the photo below that by the end of massaging the kale gets quite glossy and is slightly reduced in volume. A pinch of salt added near the end of massaging adds even more flavor. Use clean hands to massage for about 3 minutes to soften the leaves and infuse the leaves with the oil and lemon. Our go-to method: Add chopped kale to a large bowl and top with lemon juice and olive oil. The other reason is to infuse the kale with more flavor before the dressing is added. The reason it’s often recommended to massage kale is simple: Kale is quite tough and fibrous and can be difficult to chew compared to other greens like romaine lettuce or spinach.īy massaging it for as little as 2-3 minutes with a little oil and/or lemon juice, it becomes more tender, making it easier to chew and digest. Next, give your kale a chop and add it to a mixing or serving bowl. (The discarded stem can either be composted or used to make DIY vegetable broth.) That’s okay! We actually love the texture the stem provides, just not the bulkier, larger portion of the stem as it can be quite fibrous and difficult to chew. When you do this, the greens break off, usually taking the top 1/2 or 2/3 of the stem with it. We love using this quick and simple method for removing the greens from the stem: Simply grab the bottom, stalky end of the stem and run your other hand upward along the stem using a tight hold to remove the greens. That being said, lacinato can still be massaged, we just prefer curly! Lacinato kale (also known as dinosaur or Tuscan kale) can be a bit too tender and delicate in our experience, making it not as ideal for massaging. Here’s why: Best Kale for Massaged Kale Saladīecause some kale varieties are more delicate than others, we suggest using curly kale for massaging because it’s quite hearty, fibrous, and benefits from a good massage. And we're always here for balance.This 15-minute, 6-ingredient salad starts with the kale - our favorite variety being curly. This Kale and Radicchio Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette is such a perfect counter balance to all the rich, savory, sometimes mushy, meaty dishes on the holiday table. But entirely not necessary to the success of the salad. If you're feeling a bit of smokiness, then the addition of some crumbled bacon is really, truly lovely. Almonds are there for crunch and toastyness and the red onion provides a necessary peppery bite. Sliced apples make for a lovely sweet crunch against the tough greens. I love including dried cranberries for their sweetness, chewy texture and gorgeous pop of color. The rest of the toppings can be totally up to you. With the addition of orange juice for a touch of sweet, thyme for some herbacious-ness and lots of quality oil, it's the perfect counterpoint to the bitter kale and radicchio in the salad. And this cranberry vinaigrette takes them to a whole new level. And in a mixed drink here and there.īut fresh cranberries are a deliciously fun sweet-sour bite. They're such an underappreciated fruit, since they only ever seem to pop up as cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving dinner. Finished with a punchy fresh cranberry vinaigrette. and flavor) - mixed with sweet apples, crunchy almonds, red onion and dried cranberries. It's a bracing combination of bitter greens - kale and radicchio (for color. This Kale and Radicchio Salad has been one of my contributions to Thanksgiving dinner for the past couple years. Italian) and was typically the same combination of green and red leaf lettuce, carrots, cucumber, red peppers and red onion.Įxcept on holidays, when we always tried to do something festive! Growing up, we had a salad with dinner every single night. With tons of harvest-themed toppings and a punchy fresh cranberry based vinaigrette to finish it off! A super festive salad for any holiday table! This Kale and Radicchio Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette is just as tasty as it is pretty.
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