Cranberry Walnut Kale Salad, a healthy but holiday festive salad that will be the perfect healthy greens for any holiday gathering!
This Cranberry Walnut Kale Salad is soooo easy. And so good! It made a nice green side for Thanksgiving this year among all of the savory hearty goodness.
I doubled the recipe size to accommodate lots of people and I’m glad I did! 2 bunches of kale, 2/3 cup of dried cranberries, and about a cup of walnuts. Then a super simple honey, fresh lemon, olive oil dressing.
First, a good clean and prep of the kale into a large bowl.
Then the dressing. I juiced a few lemons…
…added some oil…
…and finished it with some local raw honey. I love this honey!
Once it was all whisked up, I poured about 3/4 of it over the kale and then ‘massaged’ it into the kale with hands, which was pretty much just making sure it was all well incorporated and mixed well into the kale.
Once dressed, I added the cranberries,
and the walnuts,
then we had a fast and easy but flavorful Cranberry Walnut Kale Salad. Eating some of this salad made me feel much less guilty about all of the amazing cornbread stuffing I may or may not of had multiple servings of throughout the course of our 8 hour Thanksgiving meal(s).
Cranberry Walnut Kale Salad
Ingredients
- 1 bunch of curly kale
- 1/3 cup of dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup of walnuts or any other nuts
- 2 teaspoons of local raw honey
- 3 tablespoons of a good olive oil
- juice of one lemon
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Clean the kale from the stems and then rip into small bite sized pieces into a large bowl.
- Juice the lemon and then whisk in olive oil and honey. Add a pinch of salt to taste.
- Pour about 3/4 of the dressing onto kale and with hands mix well and massage into kale until slightly wilted. Taste and then add more dressing to taste.
- Add cranberries and walnuts and mix.
- Drizzle with a little more dressing to taste, give a final mix and enjoy!
Yum!! I love your addition of walnuts. What a great buttery crunch to add to the bitter kale and sweet tart cranberries! Thanks for making my recipe; I’m glad you liked it 🙂
Easy and delish. I love kale and I’m not embarrassed to say it out loud. Looks great, Tracy
As you shouldn’t be! Kale is the best! 🙂
This salad looks prefect for the holidays. I always enjoy your creative and healthy recipe and I’ve nominated you for the Liebster Award 🙂
For more information check out http://mealswithmel.com/2014/12/01/the-liebster-award/
Thanks, Mel! 😀
YUMMMMYYYYY! I made a similar ISH salad for Thanksgiving! (Mixed greens, sugared walnuts, dried blueberries and cranberries, and FETA!)- the hubs ate it right up. This looks delightful, I need to try Kale, I still haven’t!
What the whaaaa? You HAVE to try kale! Especially when you get your dehydrator from Santa! 😉