Simple Kale Salad with Creamy Garlic Dressing

Kale has been getting lots of attention lately, and not without good reason. It’s a great food to incorporate into your everyday diet, offering many benefits in addition to its distinctive bitter green taste. Here’s just a glimpse of the tale of kale:

• It’s packed full of many great nutrients, such as  vitamin K, vitamin A and vitamin C.
• It not only contains lots of calcium, but it’s easy for your body to draw that calcium and get the benefits of it (yes, much better than cow milk!) In other words, you get ‘Great calcium absorption from kale.’
• It’s easy to prepare and include in your meals.
• It’s delicious, especially when combined with sweeter tasting ingredients that balance out its bitterness.

Kale can be prepared and added to your meals in so many simple ways! Add it to soups or smoothies, sauté it with onions and garlic, or make a delicious kale salad. Ready to include kale in your next meal? Why not try out my Simple Kale Salad? It has a bit of sweet to balance the bitter. Nourishing and delicious!

Top tip: Don’t forget to massage your kale, as the recipe describes. Massaging your kale makes it easier to digest and it tastes better too!

Yield: serves 2 as main meal, 6 as a side

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Simple Kale Salad with Creamy Garlic Dressing

Ingredients

Simple Kale Salad

• 1 head Kale stems removed
• 2 tbsp Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
• 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 1 pinch Sea Salt
• 1/4 Red Onion sliced thinly
• 1 Sliced Avocado
• 1/4 cup Sunflower Seeds
• 1/4 cup Dried Organic Cranberries

Creamy Garlic Dressing

• 3 tbsp Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
• 2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
• 1 tbsp Raw Honey
• 1 pinch Sea Salt
• 2 cloves Garlic minced
• 1 tsp Organic Dijon Mustard

Instructions

1. Tear kale leaves into smaller pieces and add to medium sized bowl. Drizzle with oil, lemon juice and sprinkle with salt. Massage kale for about 3 minutes or until it starts to soften.

2. Add onion, avocado, sunflower seeds and cranberries and toss.

3. Place all dressing ingredients in a Mason jar and shake.

3. Drizzle Creamy Garlic Dressing over salad and enjoy!