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Massaged Kale Salad with Bell Peppers and Raisins

June 8, 2018 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

Massaged Kale Salad with Bell Peppers and Raisins

Enjoy kale without heating up your kitchen. Just massage raw kale into sweet tenderness and toss with dressing. It costs only $1.39 a serving using organic ingredients. My girlfriends loved this healthy recipe at a dinner party last week. It’s the perfect salad for a busy week or brown-bagging because you can make it on Sunday night and eat it all week long.

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Massaged Kale Salad with Bell Peppers
Massage raw kale to make it tender and sweet, then toss with raisins and bell pepper for texture and more sweetness. Vegan and gluten-free.
Massaged kale salad with red bell peppers and raisins
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Course side dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Passive Time 30 minutes
Servings
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Ingredients
  • 2 pounds kale raw, such as Red Russian kale
  • 1 medium bell pepper red or yellow if available
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 medium lemon or 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
Course side dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Passive Time 30 minutes
Servings
servings
Ingredients
  • 2 pounds kale raw, such as Red Russian kale
  • 1 medium bell pepper red or yellow if available
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 medium lemon or 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
Massaged kale salad with red bell peppers and raisins
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Instructions
  1. Rinse kale and remove center stems. (Save stems to use in tomato sauce or another recipe.) Stack half the leaves, roll them up, and cut across the roll to make 1/4-inch wide ribbons. Cut across rolls again once or twice until kale ribbons are an inch or so long, like green confetti.
    Kale salad before being massaged
  2. Put kale into a glass bowl or other non-reactive container. Massage and squeeze kale for five minutes, until it is soft and tender. squeeze lemon. Seed and chop bell pepper. Reserve a handful of bell pepper for garnish. Toss kale with remaining bell pepper, raisins, lemon juice, olive oil, and salt. Taste and adjust seasonings. Top with reserved bell pepper. Chill for at least 30 minutes to allow lemon to further soften kale.
  3. Serve chilled or at room temperature. Keeps 5 days refrigerated.
Recipe Notes
  • If you get tired of eating kale salad, steam it to serve hot or use a handful or two as the vegetable in a socca, mixed directly in with the batter. (Wildly Affordable Organic and Fifty Weeks of Green each have a socca recipe.)
  • I like Red Russian kale because the flat leaves are easy to clean and stack. They are also relatively mild in flavor. Use other varieties if you want.

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