Name: Kale Salad Bowls Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For Salad Bowl:; 8 cups Lacinato; 2 cups farro; 1 avocado; ½ small red onion; ⅓ cup dried cranberries; ⅓ cup pepitas; 1 cup Tahini Dressing; For Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Chickpeas:; 2 medium sweet potatoes; 15 oz chickpeas; 2 tbsp olive oil; ½ tsp garlic powder; ½ tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp smoked paprika; cayenne; Kosher salt and black pepper

How To Make Kale Salad Bowls

Enjoy a flavorful serving of these refreshing salad bowls for lunch today! It’s loaded with kale, sweet potatoes, and chickpeas in a creamy tahini dressing.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 30 minutes

Total: 40 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Salad Bowl:

8cupsLacinato,or curly kale, roughly-chopped, tough stems removed
2cupsfarro,or quinoa, cooked, optional
1avocado,peeled, pitted, sliced
½small red onion,peeled, thinly sliced or diced
⅓cupdried cranberries
⅓cuppepitas
1cuptahini dressing

For Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Chickpeas:

2medium sweet potatoes
15ozchickpeas,drained and rinsed
2tbspolive oil
½tspgarlic powder
½tspground cumin
½tspsmoked paprika
cayenne,a pinch
Kosher salt and black pepper

Instructions

Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Chickpeas:

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, add the sweet potatoes and chickpeas, then drizzle them with oil.
Sprinkle evenly with the garlic powder, cumin, smoked paprika and cayenne, then toss until evenly combined.
Pour the sweet potato mixture out onto the prepared baking sheet in an even layer.
Season evenly with a few pinches of salt and pepper.
Bake for 30 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are cooked through and soft.
Transfer the pan to a cooling rack. Set aside.

Salad Bowl:

Add the kale to a serving bowl, or portion it evenly between food storage containers. Add in the cooked farro.
Top evenly with the roasted sweet potato, chickpeas, avocado, red onion, dried cranberries, and pepitas.
Drizzle the tahini dressing evenly over the salad.
Serve, and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Check out our Tahini Dressing Recipe to go with these delicious kale salad bowls!
Store the salad in sealed containers for up to 4 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 1346.07kcal
Fat: 60.05g
Saturated Fat: 8.41g
Trans Fat: 0.00g
Monounsaturated Fat: 25.50g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 21.83g
Carbohydrates: 169.98g
Fiber: 35.01g
Sugar: 27.77g
Protein: 49.98g
Sodium: 944.49mg
Calcium: 382.71mg
Potassium: 1938.58mg
Iron: 15.77mg
Vitamin A: 476.93µg
Vitamin C: 11.71mg

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