Tahini Kale Salad
This tahini kale salad has the best creamy tahini dressing, sweet fruit and crunch from seeds. Serve as a light lunch or side salad for summer BBQs, as picnic food or for holiday celebrations.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 117kcal
Equipment
- Skillet
Ingredients
- 4 oz kale
- 1 apple diced
- 2 tablespoon pumpkin seeds
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
For the tahini dressing
- ¼ cup tahini
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 garlic clove minced or finely diced
- ½ teaspoon maple syrup optional
- pinch salt
- pinch black pepper
- 3 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Remove the hard stems from the kale, and dice very finely.
- Add the kale to a large bowl, sprinkle with half a teaspoon of salt and pour in a teaspoon of olive oil. Massage the kale so it softens and wilts, takes just a few minutes.
- Toast the pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds in a dry skillet (without oil) until they start to slightly brown and pop.
- Make the tahini dressing by combining the ingredients and whisking well. Add more water to thin the dressing if required.
- Add the apple, toasted pumpkin and sesame seeds to the kale and drizzle over the tahini dressing. Toss to combine and coat the kale in the dressing.
Notes
- Be sure to remove the hard tough stems from the kale, and to massage it. It will be quite tough if you skip this step.
- To thicken the tahini dressing add a little more tahini. To thin, a little more water. Adjust to preference.
- Move the seeds around in the skillet to prevent any burning as they toast.
- Please note that nutritional information is offered as a courtesy. It is auto-generated and should be understood to be an estimate not a guarantee.
- kale is not rated. It is low histamine on other lists.
- sesame (also for tahini), apple cider vinegar and garlic, which all score 1.
- black pepper, which scores 2.
Nutrition
Calories: 117kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Sodium: 209mg | Potassium: 178mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1912IU | Vitamin C: 20mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 1mg