Kale Salad with Maple-Balsamic Dressing

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This quick, simple, yet flavorful salad is easy to throw together and made with baby kale, Granny Smith apples, dried cranberries, red onion and a delectable maple-balsamic dressing.

A fantastic salad that caters to many dietary restrictions, including gluten-free, nut-free, vegetarian, vegan, Paleo and AIP diets.

aiprecipecollection.com / AIP Recipes Kale Salad with Maple-Balsamic Dressing

Kale Salad with Maple-Balsamic Dressing

Yield: 6 servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes

♥ RECIPE & IMAGES BY: Andrea - Formerly "Hurried Health Nut" ♥

Ingredients

For the Kale Salad:

For the Maple-Balsamic Dressing:

Instructions

  1. Wash and prep your ingredients.
  2. Add all salad ingredients to a large salad bowl.
  3. Add dressing ingredients to a small mason jar or dressing bottle and shake well to combine.
  4. Drizzle over salad ingredients and toss to coat. Serve fresh.

Notes

Adding some nuts will add a fun crunchy aspect to your kale salad (in addition to the crunch of the apples and onions). While nuts are not AIP-compliant, they are still Paleo, vegan and vegetarian. If you’d like to maintain AIP compliance, or stay nut-free, you can also try adding some sliced tigernuts (which are actually tubers, not nuts).

If you’re having a hard time finding AIP-compliant dried cranberries, try adding another winter fruit. Pomegranate, chopped fresh cranberries, kumquat, or clementine orange slices would all work well in this Kale Salad.

With thanks to Andrea (formerly Hurried Health Nut). When Andrea decided to close her website I reached out and she lovingly agreed to allow her recipes to live on at the AIP Recipe Collection so that folks around the world can continue to enjoy her whole-food recipes that provide maximum nourishment with minimal effort.