Sat Oct 19 2024
Kale Date Salad With Green Apple
This salad has the perfect amount of crunch, sweetness, savouriness and literally everything that makes a salad crave-worthy.
Note:
Quinoa can be cooked in advance to have the dish ready in under 15 minutes.
SERVINGS:
COOKING TIME:
Ingredients
Salad
- 200 g kale, chopped
- 200 g romaine lettuce , roughly chopped
- 1/2 cups quinoa
- 460 g chickpeas, strained and rinsed
- 10 dates, pitted and chopped
- 100 g plant based feta cheese
- 60 g walnuts, roughly chopped
- 1 green apple, thinly sliced
Dressing
- 1/2 cups olive oil
- 3 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp syrup
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook the quinoa according to package instructions.
- Make the dressing by combining all ingredients (olive oil, vinegar, shallot, syrup, dijon, salt and pepper) in a small bowl and mix until combined.
- Assemble the salad by adding kale, lettuce and quinoa along with the dressing to a large bowl. Toss to combine. Add the remaining salad ingredients (chickpeas, dates, plant feta cheese, walnuts and green apple) and toss once more until well combined.