This out of ordinary vegan recipe, the Token Kale Salad, will without a doubt impress all your guests. It is made with delicious homemade pesto, shredded dinosaur kale, hemp seeds, and chopped cashews.
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Vegan Recipe: Token Kale Salad
With the many health benefits of a vegan diet, it is not surprising that more and more people are looking for vegan recipes. Thankfully the Edgy Veg is there to help. The Edgy Veg is a funny and absolutely delightful cookbook that everyone should get. Because it is filled with carnivore approved vegan recipes, we should all find something to please our taste buds. After all, don’t we all want to get healthier? For this reason, I would like to invite you to try this delicious vegan recipe, the Token Kale Salad.
Vegan Recipe: Token Kale Salad Recipe
Serves 4 as a side or 2 as a main.
As the saying goes, “You don’t make friends with salad” — until you do. This kale and pesto salad is so beyond run-of-the-mill. Pasta sauce on salad? Why didn’t anyone think of this earlier? It’s a match made in BFF heaven. It’s delicious on its own, but let’s face it: salad is a sad meal, so pair it with a burger (pages 209 to 213) or a hearty bowl of Half-Baked Mac and Cheese (page 170). Now, that’s what I call balance.
4 cups shredded dinosaur kale
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1-1/2 cups Presto Pesto
1/2 cup grape tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
1/4 cup finely diced red onion
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tbsp hemp seeds
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup chopped cashews
In a large bowl, drizzle kale with olive oil and massage leaves with your hands. Add pesto and continue to massage, until kale is completely coated. Add tomatoes, red pepper and red onion to salad. Sprinkle with nutritional yeast, hemp seeds and sea salt and pepper to taste. Toss well to combine and top with cashews to serve. Hack It! It might seem a bit strange to massage your food, but you’ll be amazed at what a quick five-minute rubdown can do. Take handfuls of kale and rub them together. Play some spa music, for the full effect. As you massage, you will start to notice the leaves getting darker in color and becoming silky in texture. The longer you massage your kale, the more it will break down and become less bitter. Massage kale with pesto or dressing of choice and refrigerate up to 48 hours in advance.
Token Kale Salad
Ingredients
- 4 cups shredded dinosaur kale 1 L
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 30 mL
- 1-1/2 cups Presto Pesto (see recipe, below) 375 mL
- 1/2 cup grape tomatoes halved 125 mL
- 1/2 cup diced red bell pepper 125 mL
- 1/4 cup finely diced red onion 60 mL
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast 30 mL
- 1 tbsp hemp seeds 15 mL
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped cashews 60 mL
Instructions
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In a large bowl, drizzle kale with olive oil and massage leaves with your hands. Add pesto and continue to massage, until kale is completely coated. Add tomatoes, red pepper and red onion to salad. Sprinkle with nutritional yeast, hemp seeds and sea salt and pepper to taste. Toss well to combine and top with cashews to serve.
Recipe Notes
Hack It! It might seem a bit strange to massage your food, but you’ll be amazed at what a quick five-minute rubdown can do. Take handfuls of kale and rub them together. Play some spa music, for the full effect. As you massage, you will start to notice the leaves getting darker in color and becoming silky in texture. The longer you massage your kale, the more it will break down and become less bitter. Massage kale with pesto or dressing of choice and refrigerate up to 48 hours in advance.
Courtesy of The Edgy Veg: 138 Carnivore Approved Recipes by Candice Hutchings and James Aita © 2017 www.robertrose.ca Available where books are sold. Photo credit: Brilynn Ferguson
I have not heard of massaging the kale! Sound interesting though. Pinned! Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim