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The Best Kale Salad

Prep Time

20m

Cook Time

Total Time

20m

This kale salad is the ultimate combination of healthy and delicious. With a zesty lemon dressing, crunchy carrots, sweet corn, and savory almonds, every bite is full of flavor and texture. Topped with hard-boiled eggs and smoked white cheese, it's the best kale salad you'll ever taste.

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Servings: 4

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1 bunch lacinato kale, ribs discarded and leaves cut into thin strips

1 teaspoon olive oil

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 teaspoon maple syrup, or more to taste

¼ teaspoon ground cumin

1 pinch garlic powder, or to taste

1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste

salt and ground black pepper to taste

½ cup frozen roasted corn (such as Trader Joe's), thawed

¼ cup crushed tortilla chips

¼ cup dry-roasted almonds, coarsely chopped

2 tablespoons grated smoked white cheese (such as Beecher's Smoked Flagship)

2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped

Place kale in a large serving bowl; add 1 teaspoon olive oil and 2 pinches salt. Gently massage oil and salt into kale. Set aside to allow kale to soften, about 10 minutes.

To make the dressing: Combine 1/4 cup olive oil, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, maple syrup, cumin, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper for vinaigrette in a plastic or glass container with a lid. Cover the container and vigorously shake until dressing is light yellow and evenly combined.

Layer carrots, roasted corn, tortilla chips, almonds, and smoked cheese on top of kale.

Drizzle vinaigrette over salad; mix with tongs until evenly distributed. Gently stir chopped eggs into salad.

The Best Kale Salad

Ingredients

Lemon Dressing

Salad

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Nutrition Facts

The Best Kale Salad

Ingredients

Lemon Dressing

Salad

Steps

Nutrition Facts Nutrition facts are based on 1 serving. If servings is not specified, 6 is assumed for the total recipe.

Nutrition Facts