A Delicious and Easy Kale Salad

Hear me out on this one, even if you don’t like kale you will probably like this salad. I’m not a huge kale fan, and I have eaten this salad for lunch almost every day in the last two weeks.

I first heard about this salad from Courtney Shields in her Insta Stories. I watched her stories and moved on with my life at first. When I went to Trader Joe’s that weekend to stock up on produce they had kale on sale and I figured it had to be a sign. Here is how I made my version.

I truly believe the trick to this recipe is all in the food processor. I bought this manual food processor from Pampered Chef years ago, and I almost never use it. It is perfect for this recipe, but any food processor will work. All I do is remove the thick stem from the kale and throw it in the food processor in small batches.

I chop it up until it looks like this. I work in small batches and chop up as much as I want to eat that day. You will want more than you think, so chop away.

Then I throw a sliver of onion in the processor and chop that up as small as I can get it. The amount of onion you need will be all up to personal preference. I prefer red onion, but I used yellow onions last week because that is what I had.

I have experimented with dressings on this salad and I have three that I rotate. The photo is 1/2 lemon juice and 1/2 olive oil. I ran out of lemons a few days ago so I used raspberry vinaigrette and it was delicious. Today I used balsamic vinaigrette and it was yummy too, so my conclusion is any vinaigrette or this lemon juice/ olive oil mixture will work. You can go heavy on the dressing, the kale can hold up to more liquid than most lettuce.

For a little sweetness, I added dried cherries from Trader Joe’s. You could use fresh fruit, raisins, any dried fruit really. The possibilities are endless.

The last secret is grated parmesan cheese. Use quite a bit of it. The combo of the kale, citrus from the dressing, sweetness from the cherries and the parm is magical.

Mix it all together and enjoy it.

Let me know if you try it and what you do to make it your own.