Kale Salad with Avocado and Lemon
Have you been looking for a way to add more nutrients into your diet, but find yourself unwilling to buy that big bag of dark green kale from the grocery store? This is a very quick and easy way to disguise the bitterness of kale but still get the benefits from eating it, including high amounts of fiber, iron, vitamins K, A, and C, calcium, and antioxidants. Plus you get the added health benefits of avocado (heart healthy, helps lower cholesterol, shown to reduce the appearance of certain types of cancer) and fresh lemon juice (aids digestion, lowers blood pressure).
ALL you need is:
2 large handfuls of kale, rinsed and de-stemmed (enough kale to fill a medium/large salad bowl)
1 avocado, peeled and pitted
1/2 lemon, juice of
After you have rinsed the kale, remove the leaves from the ribs and put leaves into your salad bowl, discarding ribs (stems). I used a bag of pre shredded kale from Trader Joe's, but if you are using whole leaves, make sure you tear them into bite sized pieces.
Add avocado and lemon juice to bowl and mix ingredients with hands, much like you are kneading dough. This allows every bite of kale to be covered in the avocado and lemon, unlike many salads where you only get the dressing in certain bites. The avocado does a great job balancing out the bitterness of the kale. Enjoy!
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