The season and the abundance of lettuce, kale, spinach and other greens call for salads. This week’s food blog features a kale and broccoli salad and a vinaigrette and two salad options to make with that vinaigrette.
Kale Broccoli Walnut Salad
This salad is based on a salad made by a chef friend of mine, whose recipe you can see here. It is delicious, healthy, and addictive. The recipe has been modified for ingredients found in this week’s box and other ingredients that come from Fair Ridge Farms, like local organic apple cider vinegar and maple syrup.
Ingredients
1-2 broccoli heads, chopped into florets, and chopped broccoli leaves and chopped peeled stems
1 bunch kale, chopped into fine slivers
2-3 green onions, white and green parts, chopped
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup whole milk Greek yogurt, unsweetened
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 tsp salt, or to taste.
1/2-2/3 cups walnuts
Toss broccoli, kale, cranberries, and walnuts together into a large bowl. In a small bowl, stir together yogurt, vinager, maple syrup and salt to make dressing. Stir dressing into the large bowl with the other ingredients.
This dressing keeps well, and the kale gets more tender the longer it marinates in the dressing. Store in the refrigerator, and eat right away–or keep the salad for up to five days–if it lasts that long. I promise this is a delicious salad.
Simple Red Wine and Olive Oil Viniagrette
stir together in a small container:
1 clove garlic, smashed
Salt, to taste
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar (or other vinegar to your liking)
1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
optional: chopped fresh herbs to your liking.
Salad ideas to serve with the viniagrette include a Greek salad (lettuce, olives, feta, green onions, cucumbers, and whatever else you would like to add–I added grapes and red cabbage) or a spinach salad (chopped fresh spinach, lettuce, green onions, hard boiled Fair Ridge Farms eggs, and bacon). Enjoy!
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