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Junked Up Kale Salad
Nutty wild rice combines with tender turkey, sweet grapes, crunchy almonds and a light, creamy dressing in this wonderful salad.
Recipe Summary Junked Up Kale Salad
A salad for kale lovers and haters. Leftovers hold up well for about a day.Ingredients | Wild Rice Salad Recipes
1 bunch curly kale, stemmed and leaves shredded
1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
¼ teaspoon kosher salt, or as desired
2 cloves garlic, peeled
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
1 ½ teaspoons olive oil
2 cups walnut pieces
1 lemon, juiced
2 cups cooked wild rice
2 apples (such as Gala or Pink Lady), diced
1 cup dried cranberries
½ cup shredded Italian cheese blend (such as Trader Joe's® 4-Cheese Romano Blend)
¼ cup sesame seeds
¼ cup chia seeds
¼ cup hemp seeds
¼ cup flax seeds
2 tablespoons bread crumbs
2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese, or to taste (Optional)
Directions
Place kale in a large bowl. Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil over kale and season with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Massage oil and salt into kale until evenly coated, adding more oil or salt if needed.
Mash garlic and 1/4 teaspoon salt together using a mortar and pestle until it forms a paste; add 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil and mix well. Spoon garlic mixture over kale.
Crush walnuts using the mortar and pestle until a granular texture forms; add to kale mixture. Pour lemon juice into mortar to loosen any remaining walnut and garlic pieces and pour over kale mixture. Mix kale mixture together using your hands until evenly mixed.
Mix wild rice, apples, dried cranberries, Italian cheese blend, sesame seeds, chia seeds, hemp seeds, flax seeds, and bread crumbs into kale mixture using your hands until salad is evenly combined. Transfer salad to serving bowls and top with blue cheese.
If you really love your greens, add some torn spinach or lettuce right before serving as they won't hold up well to massaging.
Mince the garlic with the salt if you don't have a mortal and pestle.
Substitute 1/2 cup cubed toast for the bread crumbs, if desired.
Info | Wild Rice Salad Recipes
prep:
30 mins
total:
30 mins
Servings:
8
Yield:
8 servings
