This whole Spring thing has me salading up a storm.
I can't believe I'm posting two salads in a row. WHO AM I.
I'm in a phase. A noshing phase. I take bites of three million different things instead of eating a real meal. First I'll snack on a brown rice cake with avocado, then I'll grab a salted chocolate chia popcorn ball, then I'll go for a pickle, then I'll dig into the hummus stash, and so on and so forth until my stomach says ENOUGH, you noshing nincompoop!
This salad is an attempt to cure the noshing nonsense, to sit down and eat a real meal with real colors and real nutrients. I love massaged kale salads because they get better and better as they sit in the fridge. Plus, they're so damn green that it's next to impossible not to feel healthier after eating one.
Whenever I'm explaining how to massage kale to new Alchemy employees, they look at me like I have three heads. Yes, I want you to massage the kale. With your hands. That's what I said.
When I initially partnered up with Blue Diamond to create some deliciousness with their new honey roasted cinnamon almonds, I thought I'd make no-bake bites or protein bars or some other stereotypical blogger snack. But then I thought about strawberry season and massaged kale and needing nutrients in this bod of mine and decided right then and there that I would showcase them as a salad topping. These almonds are quite the show stopper. It took next level self-control to hold myself back from shoving the whole container in my face before the pictures.
And then I realized that I would be photographing them with the lid on so down my trap they went.
If you've been reading this blog for longer than five minuets, you probably know that I'm in a serious relationship with cinnamon. When cinnamon and sugar get in close contact with almonds, spectacular things happen.
Like spectacular kale salads with spectacular toppings. Coconut. Strawbs. Dried cherries. Red onion. Jammy dressing. Sweet, salty, tangy, chewy, crunchy. Can you even handle all the different textures and flavors?
I simply cannot.
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Strawberry Coconut Kale Salad
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Cuisine: Salad
Description
A healthy and delicious spring kale salad with cinnamon almonds, coconut, and strawberries.
Ingredients
For the dressing:
- ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 ½ tbsp strawberry jam
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- Freshly ground black pepper
For the salad:
- 2 large bunches kale, de-stemmed and chopped
- ½ small red onion, thinly sliced
- ¾ cup Blue Diamond Honey Cinnamon Almonds, chopped
- ⅓ cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- ½ cup dried cherries (or dried cranberries)
- ¾ lb strawberries, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Place dressing ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Place kale in a large bowl. Pour dressing over top and massage dressing into leaves until the kale is softened and dark green.
- Add onion, almonds, coconut, cherries, and strawberries. Toss to combine.
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