Best Kale Salad -RAW & Marinated (w/ Pomegranate, Pine Nuts & Raisins)

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: avocado

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Avocado adds creaminess with healthy fats, while cottage cheese is budget-friendly.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds offer similar crunch and nutrition, while sunflower seeds are often less expensive.

Wash the Dinosaur kale and destem it by cutting on either side of the stem.

Wash the kale in a water bath about three times until the water runs clear.

Line up the cut pieces of kale and roll them tightly like a cigar, then slice them thinly to create ribbons.

Slice the pomegranate underwater to avoid mess and remove the seeds, keeping some seeds and juice for the salad.

Juice one lemon and combine it with the pomegranate juice.

Add raisins (about 1/4 cup) to the lemon and pomegranate juice mixture to plump them up.

Taste the mixture; if it needs sweetness, add a squirt of agave.

Add about 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil, 1/4 teaspoon of garlic, and a pinch of salt and pepper to the kale, massaging it in to coat the kale well.

Pour the lemon and pomegranate juice mixture with the plumped raisins into the kale and mix well.

Add pine nuts to the salad before serving.

Let the salad marinate for at least 10-15 minutes before serving.

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