Mango Kale Salad with Chicken

I baked some chicken tenders to take with my lunch. Had enough for a couple of salads, too. After marinating for couple hours in buttermilk and spices (curry, pepper, cardamon, cinnamon,  I baked the chicken pieces. (Not sure how to account for the calorie count when you marinate and most of the marinade isn't absorbed, so I used one of my other chx recipes for the calorie count - dredge in spices and cook on top of stove.)

Toss, layer or whatever - make the salad as follows:

1+ cups of kale, ripped to bite size pieces
1 mango, peeled and chopped
1 apricot, pitted and chopped
40 red grapes, halved
4 oz chicken breast, cooked and chopped up
2 Tbsp Fig Balsamic Dressing (Cindy's Kitchen for Whole Foods)


Rated a 4.68 on the Kale Scale

Kale Salad with Mango Salsa

I bought the mango salsa to go with a hunk of fresh rockfish, and used the extra to go in the Kale Salad. The salsa was made fresh at Whole Foods.  This salad was delicious and a nice pairing to the fish.

Mix, toss, layer - whatever you want - make salad with:

1+ cups of kale, ripped to bitesize pieces
4 oz mango salsa (diced with mango, pineapple, lime, jalapeno, cilantro, red pepper)
1/4 cup watermelon, cut up
2 Tbsp sliced olives, black
3 tsp coconut, shredded, unsweetened (Bob's Red Mill)
2 Tbps Fig Balsamic Dressing (Cindy's Kitchen for Whole Foods)

Rated a 4.65 on Kale Scale

Two Fruit Kale Salad

A nice little salad to go with a salmon fillet. Next time, I'd add 1/2 of the dressing on the bottom and 1/2 on the top. But, was still good.

Layer, mix, toss - whatever - put this together with:

1.25 cups Kale, ripped to bite size pieces
1 apricot, chopped
1 plum, chopped
3/4  of one carrot, shredded
2 Tbsp Fig Balsamic Dressing (Cindy's Kitchen)
2 tsp pumpkin seeds, toasted and spiced (chili, cinnamon, curry)


Rated at 4.5 on the Kale Scale.

June Kale Salad

Simple, and using stuff I have in my fridge. Delicious!

Toss, layer, mix these ingredients to make the salad:

1.25 Cups Kale, ripped to bite size
20 red grapes, halved
8 olives, castel vetrano, green, pitted, halved
8 grape tomatos, halved
3 radishes, sliced thin
1 Tbsp pumpkin seeds, toasted and spiced (curry, cinnamon, chili)
.5 oz cheddar, white, sliced thin and place around the salad

Top with and serve:

2 Tbsp Fig Balsamic Dressing



Rated 4.7 on the Kale Scale

Coconut Dusted Fruit 'n' Kale Salad

Using unsweetened shredded coconut from Bob's Red Mill - delicious! This was a simple salad and very tasty.

In this order (only because it's the way I made it, you can layer, toss or whatered):
1.25 cups of kale, ripped to bite size
1 apricot, pitted and chopped up (fresh not dried)
1 pear, Bosc, cored and diced big
25 grapes, red, halved
1 tsp shredded coconut, unsweetened
1 Tbsp pumpkin seeds, toasted and spiced (cinnamon, curry, chili)
2 Tbsp Fig Balsamic Dressing (the kind with 30 cal per serving)

Serve!


Rated a 4.7 on the Kale Scale.

Kale Fruit Layered Salad

A fruit salad for dinner. Very good!

Layer #1
3/4 cup kale, ripped to bite size
5 grapes, halved
1/4 cup blueberries
10 strawberries, cut up
1 tsp coconut flakes, unsweetened
1 tsp pumpkin seeds, spiced and toasted
1 Tbsp Fig Balsamic Dressing

Layter #2
1/2 cup kale, ripped to bite size
15 grapes, halved
1/4 cup blueberries
1/2 oz white cheddar, crumbled
1 tsp pumpkin seeds, spiced and toasted
1 Tbsp Fig Balsamic Dressing

Rated a 4.7 on the Kale Scale

Indian Samosa Wrap on a Bed of Kale

This was a simple, easy and pretty darn healthy.

Steam or microwave
 1 cup of Kale and put on your dinner plate.

Microwave
1 Amy's Kitchen Indian Samosa Wrap and place that on top of the kale.

Top with
1/2 cup yogurt (non-fat, greek) and 1-2 teaspoons spiced pumpkin seeds.

Rated a 4.67 on the Kale Scale.