Pickled Kale Salad

This pickled kale salad recipe is amazingly quick and tastes fantastic.  Don’t let the “pickled” concept deter you from trying it.  Everyone loves it!

Ingredients:

  • 1 ¾ cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/3 cup evaporated cane juice or coconut sugar
  • 1 large cucumber
  • ½ medium red onion
  • Small bunch of kale
  • 1 ¼ cups chickpeas (optional)
  • 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ tsp salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper

 

Directions:

  1. Thinly slice cucumber and red onion.  Allow to sit for 5-10 minutes.
  2. Chop kale.  Rinse and drain chickpeas.
  3. Combine vinegar, ½ cup water, and cane juice or coconut sugar in a bowl.  Stir in cucumbers and onion.  Set aside to let “pickle”.
  4. Whisk together 1/3 cup pickling liquid, oil, salt, and pepper.  Toss with kale and chickpeas.
  5. Strain cucumbers and onion.  Toss with kale mixture.

Serves 4