This Kale and Spinach Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette is perfect if you are looking to supercharge your body, but also tastes amazing. It is full of wonderful super foods.
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What is a super food?
Superfoods are foods that have a very high nutritional density, meaning that they provide a lot of nutrients and very few calories. They also contain antioxidants, which are natural molecules that help protect the body from free radicals and chronic diseases.
Why This Kale and Spinach Salad Recipe is a Keeper
When you remove the kale stems and add the light lemon dressing taste great and makes you feel so good. Plus it tastes good too.
- Minutes for a Meal: The dressing and salad only takes minutes to assemble.
- Easy Ingredients: Nice fresh ingredients are the key to a wonderful salad.
- Family Friendly: We’re going to add some of your family favorites so they will love it.
- Adaptable: Can make it with different greens, vegetables and dressings. Add a pinch of salt or leave it out it is up to you can roast a garlic clove and add that.
- Makes Great Leftovers: Make a big salad and graze on it all week or make it as a arty favorite, your guests can’t wait to dive in.
If you’re looking for more salad recipes, try these Spicy Southwest Salad, Cherry Jello Salad with Fruit and Strawberry Poppyseed Salad.
What is the Best Way to Cut Kale?
The key to enjoying your kale is to remove the thick tough stem and just eating the tender leaf. To cut, run your knife along the sides of the stem to remove. That is one of the reasons that baby kale is more tender. After you remove the leaves from the stem, chop the leaves if you wish.
Ingredient Notes for Kale Salad
You can but pre washed and cut bags of lettuce at your local grocery store to save time. Garnish by add your favorite toppings.
- Greens: A bunch of Kale and Baby Spinach, washed and dried. Baby is tender.
- Toppings: Blueberries, slivered almonds.
Citrus Vinaigrette
- Juice: Orange juice and Lemon Juice for that citrus kick.
- Canola Oil: A good quality oil.
- Mustard: A Dijon mustard will help emulsify the dressing and also adds flavor to balance out the acid.
We think this Mandarin Orange Ginger Dressing would also be great on this salad.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Variations and Substitutions such as Feta Cheese or Avocado for Spinach and Kale Salad
You can make this salad dressing with so many things. Mix it up with your favorite ingredients.
- Lemon Dressing: Use different oil for the dressing. Try extra virgin olive oil.
- Balsamic Vinegar: Add a deeper flavor with the addition of this vinegar.
- Fruit: A salad with apples, fig, blueberries, strawberries or whatever you like. Add a little lemon zest. A little tart cranberry helps too.
- Massage: If using something like dinosaur kale use your hands rub a teaspoon of olive oil into the kale, massaging it for 3-4 minutes until softened and glossy.
Special Equipment Needed for Green Kale Salad Recipe
- Salad Spinner: Make sure that your vegetables are clean and ready to eat with handy tool.
- Juicer: Get every last drop with this manual juicer.
How to Make Baby Kale Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette Dressing
You can remove the stem and chop the leafy greens in advance. Also, make the citrus Vinaigrette to make a wonderful salad even easier.
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These are the basic steps for making best kale salad. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
STEP 1: In a Large Bowl
First, rinse and clean your baby kale and baby spinach. Then in a large bowl, toss the spinach and kale together. Then add the berries, shallots and almonds and then gentle toss.
STEP 2: Make Dressing
Next, juice your fresh lemon and fresh oranges. Then in a small bowl, whisk together the vinaigrette ingredients. The all purpose seasoning has a little salt and pepper but feel free to add more.
STEP 3: Drizzle
Lastly, drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad and serve.
Recipe FAQs for Delicious Salad
Expert Tips for Making This Chopped Kale Vegetable Salad Recipe That Taste Great
- Add Toppings: Slice avocado, cucumber, sunflower seeds, thinly sliced apple, cranberry, walnuts to this simple salad.
- Greens: In place of or in addition to the kale leaves, try purple cabbage or romaine lettuce or use a different variety such as curly kale.
- Cheese: Crumbles of blue cheese, feta cheese or parmesan cheese.
- Grains: Feel free to add quinoa salad or couscous to the leafy greens.
- Protein: Add chicken breast, turkey or tuna to the healthy salad.
- Different Vegetables: Finely chop some red onion or heirloom cherry tomatoes and add to the salad ingredients.
- Additional Dressing: Make extra for leftover salad or use this mustard dressing on so many things.
- Short Cut: I’ve got bagged salad at Trader Joe’s for easier preparation.
What to Serve with Spinach and Kale Salad Recipes
Kale and Spinach Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette
Equipment
- Salad Spinner
Ingredients
Salad
- 2 cups Kale, baby, washed and dried
- 2 cups Spinach, Baby, washed and dried
- ½ cup Blueberries
- ⅛ cup Shallots, thinly sliced
- ⅛ cup Slivered almonds
Grapefruit Vinaigrette
- ⅔ cup orange juice, fresh squeezed
- ¼ cup Lemon juice, fresh squeezed
- 1 cup Canola oil
- 2 tablespoons Shallots, finely minced
- 3 teaspoons Honey
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon All purpose seasoning
Instructions
- In a large bowl, toss the spinach and kale together.
- Add the berries, shallots and almonds and gently toss.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the vinaigrette ingredients.
- Drizzle vinaigrette over the salad and serve immediately.
Expert Tips
- Add Toppings: Slice avocado, cucumber, sunflower seeds, thinly sliced apple, cranberry, walnuts to this simple salad.
- Greens: In place of or in addition to the kale leaves, try purple cabbage or romaine lettuce or use a different variety such as curly kale.
- Cheese: Crumbles of blue cheese, feta cheese or parmesan cheese.
- Grains: Feel free to add quinoa salad or couscous to the leafy greens.
- Protein: Add chicken breast, turkey or tuna to the healthy salad.
- Different Vegetables: Finely chop some red onion or heirloom cherry tomatoes and add to the salad ingredients.
- Additional Dressing: Make extra for leftover salad or use this mustard dressing on so many things.
Love being able to walk right off my front porch here in AZ and pick a beautiful pink grapefruit!