Best Ever Kale Salad
 
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Yummiest kale salad you'll ever eat. If you like sundried tomatoes and pumpkin seeds and lemony deliciousness, at least. Unlike most salads with greens and dressing, this one is good for making ahead - I actually prefer if the dressing has been mixed in in advance. And it works well as a potluck item or bagged lunch since it is ready-to-eat/dressing-pre-incorporated!!
Recipe type: Appetizer & Sides
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • Kale, 1 large bunch, rinsed, de-stemmed and chopped/torn into small pieces
  • ⅓ cup quality cold pressed, extra virgin olive oil
  • Juice of 1 lemon (about ¼ cup or so)
  • ⅛ cup wine vinegar (red or white)
  • 1 Tbsp maple syrup
  • ½ cup sundried tomatoes, chopped into small pieces
  • ⅛ cup red onion, diced small
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped
  • salt & pepper - a few dashes of each
  • ⅓ cup pumpkin seeds (or other seed/nut of your choice)
  • optional: avocado, black olives and/or capers
Instructions
  1. Rinse kale, remove tough stems and chop or tear kale into small bite-sized pieces.
  2. Toss kale bits with some of the olive oil in a large bowl - really massage the oil into the kale, to soften the leaves. Let sit for a few minutes while you prepare the dressing.
  3. In a medium-sized jar, prepare the dressing: combine remaining olive oil, wine vinegar, lemon juice, maple syrup, garlic, red onion, sundried tomatoes, salt and pepper. Shake it all up in the jar - it will be a pretty 'lumpy' dressing.
  4. Toss dressing into the bowl of kale along with the pumpkin seeds and any other optional add-ins.
  5. Mix well and serve.
  6. Enjoy!
Recipe by The L'Oven Life at https://thelovenlife.com/best-ever-kale-salad/