11 salads with kale you'll love this season

Delicious and easy-to-make salads with kale you can make at home for a nutritious, refreshing and satisfying meal

Kale is a favorite food in our household.

We use it extensively in salads, and since we discovered the ‘trick’ of massaging it, the results have been even better, so our consumption of kale has increased even more!

In Ireland, kale used to be a winter vegetable but now it is easy to find in all seasons, so we also use it with more summery flavors such as mango.

It is a nice alternative to our cabbage salads, also a common choice in this house.

I like to eat many raw vegetables, and I am partial to pulses, so my salads usually have a huge variety of these, depending on what I have in the fridge.

Since I do not love vinegar nor balsamic, most of my dressings are made with olive oil, lemon, or a combination of the two, although Dijon mustard is nice with some of these!

These are several kale salads ideas we like. I hope you love them too!

1. Kale, Apple, and Walnut Salad

Kale
Thinly sliced apples (Granny Smith or Fuji)
Crumbled feta cheese
Chopped walnuts
Dried cranberries
Lemon-honey vinaigrette

2. Kale and Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

Ingredients:

Kale
Roasted sweet potato cubes
Sunflower seeds for crunch
Olive oil dressing

3. Kale, Avocado, and Pine Nut Salad

Kale (shredded)
Sliced avocado
Pine nuts (lightly toasted)
Shredded carrots
Lemon and oil vinaigrette for dressing

4. Kale and quinoa rainbow salad

Kale (thinly chopped)
Cooked quinoa
Sliced fennel
Chopped walnuts
Salt and olive oil for dressing

5. Kale, Beet, and Walnut Salad

Kale (chopped)
Roasted or boiled beets (cubed or sliced)
Goat cheese or blue cheese
Chopped walnuts (toasted)
Dijon vinaigrette or just olive oil and salt

6. Kale, Chickpeas, and Avocado Salad

Kale
Chickpeas
Avocado
Lime or lemon and olive oil vinaigrette

7. Mediterranean inspired Kale Salad

Kale (finely chopped)
Cherry tomatoes (halved)
Sliced cucumbers
Kalamata olives
Crumbled feta cheese
Toasted pine nuts
Lemon-oregano dressing

8. Kale, Mango, and Cashew Salad

Kale
Sliced mango (you can add blueberries too, if you like an extra burst of flavor, but only a few or it will upset the overall balance)
Pumpkin seeds
Lemon vinaigrette

9. Kale and Pear Salad with Gorgonzola

Kale
Thinly sliced pears
Gorgonzola or blue cheese crumbles
Toasted walnuts
Lemon and honey vinaigrette

10. Kale, Carrot, and Almond Crunch Salad

Kale
Julienned carrots
Thinly sliced radishes
Sliced almonds (toasted)
Sesame seeds
Lemon and olive oil dressing

11. Kale, Cucumber, Feta Cheese Salad

Kale
Cucumber slices
Feta cheese
Sesame seeds
Greek yoghurt dressing