i heart kale salad - recipe

[kiropa]

i think i could live on this:

take 1 bunch kale and remove tough stems, add salt and some oil (i used flax), massage to wilt kale

i added some shredded cabbage (because my bunch of kale was small. the cabbage offered some nice crunch)

take 1/2 or whole avocado and massage into kale/cabbage to cream

garnish with a few halved grape tomatoes, hemp seeds and crushed red pepper flakes

oh, i also added a tiny squirt of agave (i liked the tiny bit of sweet mixed with the salted/spiced kale).

this was seriously delicious and simple!

[Colorawdo girl]

woweeeee n yuuuuummmmmmy

[SweetTangerine]

sounds simple and very yum

[Veronica01]

how long can you let it sit? Do you have to leave it for a few hours to eat it? Is tomorrow for lunch too long to leave it? I have not minded purple kale in smoothies, but i haven't liked green kale yet.

[RawFoodieMom]

Sounds really good. Thanks for sharing! :)

[spicyfull]

Thanks for Sharing.

[kiropa]

how long can you let it sit? Do you have to leave it for a few hours to eat it? Is tomorrow for lunch too long to leave it? I have not minded purple kale in smoothies, but i haven't liked green kale yet.

i ate right away -- but this is actually BEST if you massage with salt/oil and let sit for a day then finish prep. this REALLY wilts the kale.

last time i made it, i let it sit for a day before actually making the salad with avo, tomatoes etc. but even after preparing and eating for dinner one evening, the leftovers were still great the next day.

i really love kale.

[Veronica01]

lol i added some a while ago to salad unwilted and i threw it out because i couldn't chew it haha. I bought some last night, so we will see

[RawLibrarian]

Kale wilts beautifully with an oil and/or salt massage. Yesterday I made kale salad very similar to the one described. When I massaged the kale, in a short time water was gooshing out of the kale. I ate some right away, and am enjoying some right now as I write!

[Veronica01]

What do you mean water was gooshing out of the kale? Do you rinse the kale after? That's alot of oil to be eating isn't it?

[kiropa]

i massaged with just a little bit of oil (didn't ,easure, but maybe 1-2 tbsp at most). i do not rinse. it's not really oily as the oil + avo = the dressing.

[Veronica01]

hmm just oil salt and avo and it tastes good?

[kiropa]

so good!

i like spice, so i add red pepper flakes. i also add a squirt of agave as a bit of sweet to balance the salt & spice.

[RawKnitster]

I like to add a small handful of raisins and pine nuts. I like your idea of adding cabbage. :)