Today, I’m sharing one of favorite winter salads made with lacinato kale (also known as Tuscan kale or dinosaur kale), blood oranges, and topped with roasted edamame.
The salad is as simple as can be, made really special by the dressing that is sweet, spicy, and fruity (yes, all at the same time).
Tips: I eat a lot of kale. So, to make life easier, I often use kitchen shears to strip the leaves off of the stems and cut them into strips.
And, in terms of substitutions, you can always use a flavorful buckwheat or another dark honey instead of chestnut, if you can’t find it.
Kale and blood orange salad
You’ll need:
- 3 cups lacinato kale, shredded
- 1 blood orange, segmented
- a handful of dry roasted edamame
- 4 T olive oil
- 1/2 t sriracha
- 1 heaping t whole grain mustard
- 1/2 buckwheat honey
- 1 T blood orange juice (save it when segmenting your juicy orange!)
1. Wash, strip, and shred or cut the kale. Peel and segment the blood orange. Combine in a large bowl.
2. Make the dressing: combine sriracha, mustard, honey, and juice, then slowly whisk in the olive oil to create an emulsion. You can use a fork for this too, not necessarily a whisk.
3. Dress salad, top with edamame, and toss to combine.
Quite intriguing. I would never have thought of adding such ingredients as roasted edamame or sriracha to a leafy-greens-citrus salad! Beautiful colors too
Thanks, Darya! The sriracha adds a nice little kick (and I do tend to put it on almost everything :)), and the edamame adds a good crunch.
I love both nice little kicks (in my plate), and crunch! 🙂
Sounds like a terrific salad…I like your addition of the sriracha for a spicy sweet taste.
Thank you, Karen! It’s quite bright and wholesome.
I love blood oranges 🙂
Me too!
How pretty. We’re addicted to kale now. Must buy more!
Me too, me too!
What great color in the salad!
Thanks! One of the many things I love about it.
this looks amazing! I only ever drink my kale in green smoothies or sautee it with mushrooms, but Im going to try this salad out! great recipe – thanks for sharing!
So glad you like it, enjoy!
Beautiful and vibrant and this dressing sounds like a winner. When a salad is so colorful, it has to be healthy.
Thank you so much, Bam! It is indeed tasty and healthy.
I love sweet dressing with a kale salad. But I’m looking forward to this sweet and spicy version next time.
Thanks, Nicky! Let me know how you like it!
What a delicious looking salad! I love the layout of your site also, just gorgeous.
Thank you so much, Julie!
Looks so healthily delicious! 🙂
Thank you!