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kale salad with lemon tahini dressing in a serving bowl
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Chickpea Kale Salad Recipe (With Lemon Tahini Dressing)

5 from 7 votes
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!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 5 servings
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Calories: 324
Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

Kale Salad
  • 6 oz curly kale about 5-6 cups, washed, rinsed
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • salt and black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice freshly squeezed
  • ½ cup carrot julienned
  • ¼ cup red bell pepper sliced thin
  • 1 ½ cup crispy chickpeas
Lemon Tahini Dressing
  • ¼ cup tahini
  • 2 teaspoon honey
  • ½ teaspoon dijon mustard
  • 1 ½ tablespoon lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoon olive oil
  • salt
  • black pepper I used lemon pepper
For Serving
  • 1 ½ tablespoon dried cranberries
  • 1 tablespoon hemp seeds
  • 2 tablespoon crushed pecans
  • ¼ cup parmesan cheese shavings or nutritional yeast, optional

Method
 

  1. Make my recipe for air fryer chickpeas. You’ll need half of the recipe.
  2. 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.
  3. Combine tahini dressing ingredients in a bowl and whisk until creamy. Let flavors marinate for 10 minutes in the fridge.
  4. Transfer kale to serving bowl/platter and add carrots, bell peppers, chickpeas.
  5. Drizzle with tahini dressing and top with pecans, cranberries, hemp seeds, parmesan.
  6. You can leave it as is or toss the kale in tahini dressing before serving. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 324kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 7gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 126mgPotassium: 263mgFiber: 3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 5836IUVitamin C: 46mgCalcium: 176mgIron: 2mg

Notes

  • Crispy Air Fryer Chickpeas
  • 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.

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