Kale Salad with Warm Roasted Sweet Potato and Carrots
If you’re like us, as the weather gets cooler, you begin to crave warming, hearty foods. Unfortunately, the season’s comforting foods also tend to be high in calories and fat.
The best way to combat this crisis? A Cozy Fall Salad! That’s right, we will let you in on a little secret: salads don’t have to get put on the backburner during the fall and winter! Salads can be satisfying and comforting, we promise.
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This kale salad makes use of delicious sweet potato and carrots- two veggies that are hearty and filling, yet kind to the waistline. It’s the kind of salad that feels just right to eat curled up with a good book by the fireplace- the ultimate comfort to get through the cold October nights!
Did we mention this salad is also bursting with vitamin A, C, and K? Awesome eyesight, glowing skin, and strong bones? Check, check, and check. Quite frankly, we can’t think of any reason not to enjoy this salad. Autumn just got a whole lot tastier.
Kale Salad with Warm Roasted Sweet Potato and Carrots
Ingredients
Serves 4
1 bunch (whole head) Dino Kale, de-stemmed and washed
1 cup sweet potato, roasted and cut into ½ inch cubes
1 bunch (6 medium) carrots, roasted and cut into coins
Dressing:
1 Tbsp. Olive oil
1-1/2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
Juice from 1/2 a lemon
1/4 tsp ginger powder
Pinch of salt, pepper
Directions
Chop the kale into bite sized pieces and add to a bowl. Make the dressing by mixing all the ingredients, and pour it over the kale. Massage the kale for a minute or two, until it begins to become softer and less rigid. * Once the kale is nice and tender, add the sweet potato and carrots to the salad, and toss to combine. Bon Apetite!
*Taste and Nutrition Tip: Massaging the kale with the dressing makes it easier for your body to digest, and it makes the texture amazing!
Nutrition per serving:
Calories: 121 Fat:3.5g Carbs: 21 g Protein: 3g Sodium:100 mg sat fat: .05 g unsat fat: 3 g fiber: 3.5 g sugar: 6g
- 1 bunch (whole head) Dino Kale, de-stemmed and washed
- 1 cup sweet potato, roasted and cut into ½ inch cubes
- 1 bunch (6 medium) carrots, roasted and cut into coins
- Dressing:
- 1 Tbsp. Olive oil
- 1-1/2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- Juice from ½ a lemon
- ¼ tsp ginger powder
- Pinch of salt, pepper
- Chop the kale into bite sized pieces and add to a bowl.
- Make the dressing by mixing all the ingredients, and pour it over the kale.
- Massage the kale for a minute or two, until it begins to become softer and less rigid. *
- Once the kale is nice and tender, add the sweet potato and carrots to the salad, and toss to combine. Bon Apetite!
- *Taste and Nutrition Tip: Massaging the kale with the dressing makes it easier for your body to digest, and it makes the texture amazing!