Local Savour’s Kale Salad with Honey Pomegranate Dressing
**Editor’s Note: Special thanks to Local Savour’s Elizabeth Van Huffel for providing the below recipe for a truly great “skin healthy” salad that is easy to make and easier to eat. Please visit Local Savour for more great recipes**
Something happens just before Halloween, the calendar begins to fill up and the sugary treats seem to come out of nowhere. It’s the time of year when you can’t seem to slow down or catch your breath and it’s perhaps during these moments when I search for more balance in the everyday meal. Between the holiday office parties, the school festivities and just getting together with friends, food and drinks are always at the helm of it all. The Local Savour Kale Salad with Honey Pomegranate Dressing is not just another pretty salad, this one is loaded with flavor and nutrition so you can keep the good times rolling this holiday season.
This salad is light but fulfilling and tastes great. It’s also filled with tons of vitamins and minerals for optimal skin health including:
- Kale –– this super green leafy cancer fighter is loaded with vitamins K, A & C, fiber, and has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
- Pomegranate Seeds –– helps reduce heart disease, is thought to reduce blood pressure and has anti-inflammatory properties.
- Almonds –– one of the healthiest nuts around, high in vitamin E, Magnesium and has been associated with reducing the risk of heart disease with it’s monounsaturated fats (the same found in olive oil).
- Navy Beans –– high in protein, fiber, and ferulic acid and has been known to reduce cholesterol levels.
- Feta Cheese –– rich in flavor, this crumbly cheese is packed with vitamin A, calcium and riboflavin.
Here’s the full recipe:
Ingredients:
5 cups fresh kale – chopped
1 (15 ounce) can navy beans – well drained
1 cup feta cheese – crumbled
1/2 cup slivered almonds
1 cup pomegranate seeds
1 small shallot – peeled and finely chopped
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 Tablespoon honey
1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
Instructions:
Place a small pan over medium to low heat and add in shallots, olive oil, honey, apple cider vinegar and pomegranate seeds. Stirring occasionally for 1-2 minutes until honey begins to dissolve. Once dissolved, remove from heat and set aside.
Place kale, beans, feta and almond slivers into a large mixing bowl. Pour pomegranate dressing over the top and gently toss together. Finish salad with cracked black pepper and serve.
Elizabeth Van Huffel is a self-proclaimed food geek, local food curator, advocate, and founder of Local Savour. With over 20 years of restaurant experience, working with some of the finest chefs in North America, a background in restaurant public relations, and owning a small catering company mixed with an extensive knowledge of food and wine, she is more than passionate about food. Local Savour navigates through the local food scene to unite tastes, bites, eats and flavors into a dish near you. Established in 2010, the award-winning Local Savour.com set out to prove that a quick and easy meal can still look amazing and taste grand while satisfying both you and your family –– bringing a little fine-dining flair and grace to your table without the fuss or pretension while guiding readers through the bounty of Texas Farmers Markets, vendors and producers. The website has now grown over the years into capturing audiences with collaborations on and off of the web both locally and nationally, with the newly founded Local Savour Cooking Channel and now through it’s new seasonal Farmers Market inspired e-book series.
Looks yummy! Going to give it a try this weekend.
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