Yesterday I decided to take a break and surprise Ryan at school with a lunch date. It's Education Week here in Maryland and parents are welcomed into the school.
Moments before leaving for morning errands I realized that meant I would have to pack a lunch. So I grabbed a recycled to-go container (I'll never buy tupperware again just take home leftovers from restaurants, geesh!) and stuffed it with kale for a quick salad.
This is what I posted on instagram…
The result was amazing! A sweet, fresh, raw bite of sunshine. That's about the only way I can describe it. My only regret was not thinking to add sunflower seeds, which would have been the perfect for a little crunch and protein.
Here's what I did add…
Ingredients
- 4-5 large leaves of Curley Kale without he stems removed, chopped into thin ribbons
- 1 fresh clementine peel and chopped
- 1 tablespoon dried cranberries
- ½ tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- ½ tablespoon red whine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- pinch of salt
- drizzle of honey (about 1 tsp)
Instructions
Everything went in the container. The lid went on and I shook it like crazy. It then sat in my car for about 2 hours and I enjoyed the salad with these 2 goof balls...
and a bunch of 2nd graders who I swear, never saw a toddler before. Evan was quite popular at the lunch table. 🙂
Note: The salad did not look as pretty when I ate it, but man, it tasted good!
Raw kale! Still nodding my head and this is the 3rd one I've made. Who would have thunk it!
Note: I use the nutrtitional infomration to calculate points for reference only.
📖 Recipe
Quick Kale and Clementine Salad on the Run
Ingredients
- 4-5 large leaves of Curley Kale without he stems removed chopped into thin ribbons
- 1 fresh clementine peel and chopped
- 1 tablespoon dried cranberries
- ½ tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- ½ tablespoon red whine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- pinch of salt
- drizzle of honey about 1 tsp
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients4-5 large leaves of Curley Kale without he stems removed, 1 fresh clementine peel and chopped, 1 tablespoon dried cranberries, ½ tablespoon apple cider vinegar, ½ tablespoon red whine vinegar, 1 teaspoon olive oil, pinch of salt, drizzle of honey
Notes
- I use the nutrtitional infomration to calculate points for reference only.
Traci
Love love raw kale. Try adding juice of half a lemon, splash of olive oil and some kosher salt to chopped kale. Massage with your hands for few minutes until you get a whiff of banana (I SWEAR it happens) - it changes the texture of the kale and is amazing! Then add mango or mandarins and enjoy. I hated kale until I saw this on a cooking show and tried it --- life changing!
Lauren @ mostly i run
I had a roomful of people who never had kale raw before beg me for the recipe after I served them the Crunchy Cleansing Salad (http://everydayglow.com/bbc-diet-spunky-salads/). You'll love it!