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Southwestern Kale Power Salad

URL: https://cookieandkate.com/southwestern-kale-power-salad/

Ingredients

Quinoa and kale

  • 1 cup quinoa
  • 1 bunch kale, ribs removed and chopped into very small, bite-sized pieces
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 medium lime, juiced
  • ½ teaspoon fine salt

Sweet potatoes

  • 2 medium sweet potatoes (about 1 ½ pounds), sliced into small, ¼-inch cubes
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • ½ teaspoon fine salt

Avocado sauce

  • 2 ripe avocados, sliced into long strips
  • ¼ cup lime juice (about 2 limes)
  • 1 medium jalapeño, deseeded, membranes removed and roughly chopped
  • 1 handful cilantro leaves
  • ½ teaspoon ground coriander, optional
  • ¼ teaspoon fine salt, to taste

Everything else

  • 1 can (14 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained, or 1 ½ cups cooked black beans
  • cup crumbled feta
  • ¼ cup pepitas (green pumpkin seeds)

Instructions

  1. Rinse the quinoa and cook it in a pot with water, simmering for 15 minutes and letting it rest covered for 5 minutes.
  2. In a skillet, warm olive oil and cook the sweet potatoes with spices and a bit of water, covering to steam until tender, then caramelizing them.
  3. Massage the kale with salt, then dress it with olive oil and lime juice.
  4. Blend the avocado sauce ingredients in a food processor until smooth.
  5. Toast the pepitas in a skillet until golden.
  6. Combine the quinoa with the kale and divide into bowls, topping with sweet potatoes, black beans, avocado sauce, feta, and pepitas.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
4 large salads
Calories
400
Total fat
20g
Total carbohydrates
50g
Total protein
12g
Sodium
500mg
Cholesterol
10mg

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