Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Kale Salad with toasted pecans

**I'm always looking for new kale salad recipes.  I was in Vegas last week and had a delicious kale salad at SW Steakhouse at the Wynn.  They have a great vegan menu there! Anyways, the waiter gave me the ingredient list but not the amounts so i just came home and winged it! It was delicious!! The whole family liked it! I used all organic ingredients.

Ingredients:
1 bunch kale
1 cup toasted pecans (chopped) (I toasted them in a tsp of coconut oil for 10 min at 350 degrees)
half apple

dressing:
olive oil
Nutiva hemp oil
Braggs apple cider vinegar
salt & pepper

Wash the kale and cut out the core.  Then, roll the kale up tight and finely dice.  Finely dice the apple.  You want thin slices...not cubes.  The apple tastes better in the salad when it is fine.  Chop the pecans after they've been toasted.

Take equal parts olive oil, hemp oil, and apple cider vinegar and put in a salad dressing container.  Shake well.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  Taste the dressing before you add it to the salad to make sure it is to your liking.  If you don't have hemp oil, use double the olive oil.  If you have never tried hemp oil, I strongly recommend it for salad dressings.  Buy only organic and I recommend the Nutiva line.

Toss the dressing with the kale and apples and let sit for 30 minutes.  Top with toasted pecans when serving.  Enjoy!



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