Name: Kale Salad with Green Tahini Dressing Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: For Salad:; ½ kale; 1 cup leftover cooked grains; 2 carrots; 1 radish; 2 tbsp pepitas; For Optional Toppings:; cherry tomatoes; avocado; bell pepper; For Green Tahini Dressing:; ⅓ cup olive oil; ⅓ cup lime juice; handful fresh cilantro; 1 small jalapeno; 2 tbsp tahini; 1½ tsp honey; ½ tsp ground cumin; 1 clove garlic; ¼ tsp fine-grain sea salt; pinch red pepper flakes

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How To Make Kale Salad with Green Tahini Dressing

Raid your fridge and put those leftover veggies in this healthy kale salad. It also has leftover grains and a creamy and tangy lime and jalapeno dressing.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking:

Total: 15 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Salad:

½kale,(medium bunch)
1cupleftover cooked grains,(brown rice, wild rice, quinoa, farro or wheat berries)
2carrots,(sliced into long ribbons)
1radish,thinly sliced and roughly chopped
2tbsppepitas,(green pumpkin seeds), or sunflower seeds, toasted

For Optional Toppings:

cherry tomatoes,halved
avocado,sliced
bell pepper,chopped

For Green Tahini Dressing:

⅓cupolive oil
⅓cuplime juice,(about 3 to 4 medium limes)
handfulfresh cilantro
1small jalapeño,seeds and membranes removed, roughly chopped
2tbsptahini
1½tsphoney,or maple syrup
½tspground cumin
1clovegarlic,roughly chopped
¼tspfine-grain sea salt,to taste
pinchred pepper flakes,optional for extra heat

Instructions

Chop the kale into small, bite-sized pieces. Then, sprinkle the kale lightly with salt, and massage the kale by scrunching handfuls at a time until the kale is darker in color and fragrant.
In a bowl, combine the prepared kale, leftover grains, carrot, radishes, toasted pepitas, and/or toppings of choice.

Dressing:

Combine all of the ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth, pausing to scrape down the sides as necessary. Taste, and blend in additional salt if needed. For a spicier dressing, blend in a pinch of red pepper flakes. If the dressing is too bold, dilute it with a little more olive oil and blend again.
Drizzle the green tahini dressing generously over the salad and enjoy.