Kale Caesar Salad is a fresh and healthy salad.
Tender massaged kale is tossed with a homemade dressing for a perfect bite.
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Caesar salad has always been a comfort staple food of mine. It is a go-to when I’m trying to be healthy but also want something comforting and delicious.
Whether served as a side dish to pasta or as a main topped with your favorite protein, this kale Caesar salad recipe is always a good idea.
Ingredients
- Kale: the key to a good kale salad is to remove the stems and massage the kale with oil. This helps turn the fibrous kale into a more tender leaf. You can also swap half the kale for romaine if you like.
- Olive Oil
- Parmesan Cheese
- Mayonnaise: a traditional Caesar salad dressing emulsifies olive oil and eggs. This simple dressing uses mayo (which is effectively oil and eggs!) as a shortcut.
- White Wine Vinegar: this is the secret ingredient of this recipe. It makes it a little lighter, almost a cross between a traditional Caesar dressing and a vinaigrette.
- Dijon Mustard
- Worcestershire
- Garlic: this recipe uses 1 fresh clove which I find has the perfect garlic “bite” but feel free to add more or less to your liking!
- Lemon Juice
You will also need a mason jar to make the dressing and a serving bowl.
How to Make Kale Caesar Salad
The star of the show in this Caesar salad is the homemade dressing. Making your own dressing is SO easy, you will never use storebought again! You can customize it to your liking and there are no weird added ingredients or preservatives.
- Thoroughly mix all dressing ingredients.
- Toss kale with dressing.
Top with croutons or serve with your favorite garlic bread.
More Delicious Salads
Grapefruit Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing – a fresh salad with homemade dressing
Carrot Raisin Salad – a retro salad with just 4 ingredients
Kale Butternut Squash Salad – another yummy kale salad
Kale Caesar Salad
Ingredients
- 8 cups torn kale stems removed
- ¼ cup olive oil plus additional drizzle
- 2 tablespoons finely grated parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 lemon juiced
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add a drizzle of olive oil to the 8 cups of torn kale and massage into kale.
- In a mason jar, combine olive oil, parmesan cheese, mayonnaise, white wine vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire, garlic and lemon juice. Shake until well combined. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed.
- Toss massaged kale with dressing.
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