This salad is great on its own, but can also be served as a side salad with lunch or dinner. If I ever start having friends over for vegan dinner parties (which I want to start doing!), I would make them this salad as a starter. It's one of those salads that makes people really like kale!
Vegan version of True Food Kitchen's Tuscan Kale Salad
Food as Medicine Kale is among the most nutrient-dense commonly eaten vegetables. One cup provides 1,327 percent of the Daily Value (DV) for vitamin K, 192 percent of DV for vitamin A, and 88 percent for vitamin C. | |
Ingredients | |
4-6 cups kale, loosely packed, sliced leaves of Italian black- midribs removed and chopped into strips or bite-size pieces (any store-bought kale will work) juice of 1 lemon 3-4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic, mashed salt & pepper, to taste hot red pepper flakes, to taste 2/3 cup mozzarella Diaya cheese 1/2 cup freshly made bread crumbs from lightly toasted bread (or store-bought panko bread crumbs) | |
Instructions | |
Ingredients Chopped kale Dressing Finished kale salad Ready to serve Want to know more about True Food Kitchen? Here is info from Dr. Weil's website: Concept: All True Food Kitchen locations feature dishes that closely adhere to the principles of Dr. Weil's anti-inflammatory diet. They are intended to be a new kind of restaurant: one in which delicious flavors, healthy nutrients, environmental awareness and an inviting atmosphere come together to create an unforgettable dining experience. Dishes are influenced by Mediterranean, Asian and Californian cuisine, and include soups, appetizers, salads, pasta, rice and noodle dishes, wood grilled dishes, sandwiches and burgers, brick oven pizzas and desserts. Sample dishes: Wild Smoked Salmon with Shaved Radishes; Lemon Cream & Wasabi Peas; Sashimi Tuna Salad with Avocado, Cucumber, Tomato, Edamame & Ginger; Curry Chicken with Rice Noodles; Tuscan Kale Salad; Cauliflower & Cashews; Herbed Hummus; Green Tea Soba Noodles with Peas; Bok Choy & Lemongrass; Fresh Tomato Pizza with Pasilla Chile & Manchego; Grilled Wild Ahi Sliders with Wasabi, Radishes and Cucumber on Pumpernickel; and Natural Half Chicken with Farro, Walnuts, Dried Fig, Brussels Sprouts & Squash. Engrained in True Food Kitchen's ethos is a commitment to a conscious, community-based dining experience - a commitment that ensures that, no matter how many locations are established, True Food will never become what one thinks of as a "chain." Food sources:
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Hello! Was admiring (your?) lovely kitchen on the home page header and wondering if you can advise brand/type/stone of the counter tops? Thank you!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Here is another Kale Salad worth trying...I had a sample at local health food store and it is great - don't know who to credit it to but hope you like it if you have a chance to try it.
ReplyDeleteKale-Avocado Salad with Miso Dressing
2-4 cups mixed kale (purple and green curly kale is good) chopped small
1 chopped avocado
1 chopped tomato
1/4 cup chopped red onion
1/4 toasted pine nuts
1/2 cup Miso dressing
Miso dressing
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup water (original recipe is for 1/2 cup oil, no water)
juice of 1/2 lemon (or more)
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
2 TBSP mellow white miso
1 TBSP grated ginger root
1 TBSP grated turmeric root
2 cloves garlic
salt and pepper
I blended the dressing but if you feel like grating and chopping and crushing you can do that too. :)
Mix together and leave in fridge for 20+ minutes before eating
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