The Best Kale Salad Recipe
This Kale Salad Recipe is packed with dried cranberries, nuts, red cabbage, and more. It's topped with a creamy and sweet coleslaw dressing.
Servings 6 servings
Calories 684kcal
Ingredients
Salad
- 15 ounces kale 2 bunches
- 2 cups spinach chopped
- 2 cup red cabbage shredded
- 2 yams small
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp coarse pepper
- 2 carrots grated
- 1 cup dried cranberries chopped
- 1 avocado chopped
- 1 apples chopped
- 1 cup almonds sliced
Coleslaw Dressing
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1½ tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- ½ tsp ground pepper
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp honey
Instructions
Salad
- Preheat oven to 400°
- Peel yams and dice into ½ inch cubes. Place on a baking sheet and mix with olive oil, kosher salt, and pepper. Bake yams at 400° until golden brown. It takes about 20-30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.
- Chop kale, spinach, avocado, apples into small ½ inch pieces. Place in a big salad bowl.
- Peel and shred carrots and add to the salad.
- Thinly slice the red cabbage and add to the salad.
- Add the cooled roasted yams to the salad.
- Chop cranberries and top the salad.
- Lastly, sprinkle salad with sliced almonds.
- Serve and drizzle salad dressing on the salad.
Coleslaw Dressing
- Whisk mayo, sugar, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, pepper, and honey together in a bowl until smooth and creamy.
Nutrition
Calories: 684kcal | Carbohydrates: 86g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 37g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Monounsaturated Fat: 17g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 676mg | Potassium: 2066mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 12018IU | Vitamin C: 136mg | Calcium: 234mg | Iron: 4mg