Everyday Kale Crunch Salad
The quickest everyday kale crunch salad! It takes 5 minutes to throw this quick kale salad together! It’s the perfect salad to serve with seared salmon, grilled chicken, and pretty much anything else. The dijon apple cider vinaigrette makes it tastes just like Chick-fil-A version of the kale crunch salad!
Servings: 4 large servings
Ingredients
Dressing:
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard or honey mustard
- ¼ teaspoon EACH: salt AND pepper
Salad:
- 8 ounces of cleaned kale greens
- 1 ½ cups shredded green cabbage or shredded sprouts, radicchio
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
- ⅓ cup roasted almonds crushed or sliced
Instructions
- WHISK: combine the oil, vinegar, maple syrup, mustard, salt, and pepper in a mason jar and shake with a lid on or whisk it together in a measuring cup.
- TOSS: Add the kale and the green cabbage to a large mixing bowl. Toss with ½ the dressing, taste and adjust with additional dressing as desired. Top with cranberries and roasted almonds. Taste and adjust with additional dressing if needed. Let sit for 5-10 minutes before serving so the kale soaks up all that yummy dressing!
