How to Make Kale Salad That Tastes Delicious
This simple kale salad has just five ingredients (kale, olive oil, salt, garlic and lemon juice) and is destined to become your new favorite way to make kale salad.
Ingredients
Scale
- Two large bunches of curly kale, rinsed and dried
- 2 large cloves of garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 lemon juiced (about 1 tablespoon, more to taste)
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt, divided
- Pepper to taste
- Optional: 1/4 cup pine nuts, parmesan, nutritional yeast
Instructions
- Rinse and dry your kale. Run your hand along the stem to remove the green leaves. Chop the kale loosely and add to a large mixing bowl.
- Separately, mince two large cloves of garlic (the pieces should be really small). Sprinkle minced garlic with a pinch of pink Himalayan sea salt. With the back of a large spoon, or the flat side of a large knife, crush minced garlic into a paste.
- Add garlic paste, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 1/4 teaspoon of salt to kale mixture. Then with clean hands massage for about 3 minutes. The point of massaging is to infuse the kale with the garlic and break down the fibrous characteristics of the kale.
- Add lemon juice.
- Set aside for 5 minutes and wash hands.
- Add 1/4 teaspoon of pepper (optional) and additional salt to taste.
- Serve with pine nuts, parmesan or nutritional yeast.
Notes
- You can substitute garlic powder for fresh garlic (about 1 teaspoon) but the salad will not have the same flavor. I highly recommend using fresh garlic for this recipe.
