This delicious kale salad with zesty lemon dressing is an easy salad that can be enjoyed as a side dish or a light meal for lunch and dinner when combined with these protein-packed Air Fryer Chickpeas!
¼cupparmesan cheese shavings, or nutritional yeast, optional
INSTRUCTIONS
Make my recipe for air fryer chickpeas. You’ll need half of the recipe.
In a large bowl combine kale, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, salt, black pepper, 2 tablespoon olive oil. Massage the kale for 5 minutes. Arrange the kale in serving bowl. Set aside.
Combine tahini dressing ingredients in a bowl and whisk until creamy. Let flavors marinate for 10 minutes in the fridge.
Transfer kale to serving bowl/platter and add carrots, bell peppers, chickpeas.
Drizzle with tahini dressing and top with pecans, cranberries, hemp seeds, parmesan.
You can leave it as is or toss the kale in tahini dressing before serving. Enjoy!
Always choose fresh kale with firm and crispy leaves. Kale with wilted or yellow leaves should be avoided; otherwise, the overall taste and texture of the salad will be negatively affected.
Kale is naturally tough and bitter. You could massage the leaves gently to break down the fibers and soften the leaves.
How do you make kale salad less bitter? This easy kale salad can be made less bitter by gently massing the kale leaves, removing the kale stems from the leaves, and combining the kale with ingredients such as olive oil, garlic, and salt.
The lemon tahini dressing in this recipe also includes honey which adds sweetness to offset the potential bitterness from the kale.