Simple Kale Salad

This is one of my go to salad recipes that I often make when I am short on time. The ingredient list is small and the prep time is minimal. I also have a few variations of this salad (see variations at end of recipe), so I can either jazz it up for a main dish or keep it simple as a side salad.

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 1 bunch of kale, sliced thin (I like the curly kind for this recipe but Lacinato kale works too)

• 1/2 to 1 whole avocado (a whole one tastes best!)

• 1/2 large lemon or 1 whole small lemon

• Salt and pepper to taste

• 2-3 tbsp. rawmesan

Instructions:

1. Wash, spin, and cut your kale. I bunch the kale leaves together and slice them into thin strips.

2. Place kale in a salad bowl and squeeze lemon on top.

3. Add the chopped avocado, salt, and pepper.

4. Massage the kale until is a little wilty. See photos below.

5. Sprinkle with rawmesan and serve!

6. See variations-scroll down.

Variations

You can basically add anything to this salad--be free!

1. 1. Add bell peppers, cucumbers, carrots, radicchio, onion, and roasted chickpeas. Skip rawmesan. (See photo on left)

2. 2. Add purple onion, cooked lentils, and oranges.

3. 3. Add 1 tbsp white balsamic vinegar to the massaging section. After massaging, add chopped/sliced purple onion, sliced purple cabbage, and 1 chopped apple afterwards (optional raisins/cranberries/nuts/seeds). Skip rawmesan.