Lemony Kale Chickpea Avocado Salad. is a kale salad recipe made with avocado, canned chickpeas, and a lemony olive oil vinaigrette. This is where nutrition, flavor, and texture all meet up, dance on your taste buds, and remind you that eating healthy really rocks!
Lemony Kale Chickpea Avocado Salad
Oh, how I love a good kale salad recipe…let me list the ways:
- Gluten-free, vegetarian, dairy-free, and no added sugars
- 15-minutes…couldn’t be easier to assemble
- Uses common ingredients found in most grocery stores…and pantries
- NO cooking required
- Loaded with nutritious ingredients
- Zingy flavors…combined with soft and crunchy textures. Boom!
This salad recipe is crazy-easy and can be thrown together just before serving, or a few days in advance.
It’s a great side dish during dinner, or pack it into your weekday lunch.
Kale salad recipe steps (massaged kale salad):
1. whisk together vinaigrette ingredients in a bowl
2. pour over kale and massage thoroughly with the dressing (DO NOT skip this step or you’ll have dry kale, which kinda sucks)
3. fold in chickpeas and avocado…and devour
Ingredients needed for this kale salad recipe:
- lemon juice
- garlic
- salt and pepper
- olive oil
- kale (Dino or curly)
- can of garbanzo beans
- ripe avocado
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Please drop me a line in the comments below telling me that you’re getting this lemony kale salad all up in your belly.
As always, I just want you to see for yourself how easy and delicious “healthy” can be.
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Traci Antonovich
Yields 4 cups
Fresh avocados, chickpeas, and kale are dressed in a citrus vinaigrette. Healthy and zesty!
15 minPrep Time
15 minTotal Time
4.9 based on 15 review(s)
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1 clove Garlic (minced)
- 1/4 tsp Kosher Salt
- 1/8 tsp Black Pepper
- 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 10oz bag Kale (8 cups, stems removed)
- 1 15oz can Garbanzo Beans (drained, rinsed)
- 1 ripe Avocado (diced)
Instructions
In a bowl, whisk together LEMON JUICE, GARLIC, SALT, and PEPPER; slowly drizzle in OLIVE OIL, vigorously whisking until creamy emulsion forms.
When ready to serve, pour vinaigrette over KALE and firmly massage until kale begins to soften and all surfaces are coated; (don't be gentle with it, be firm!).
Gently fold in the CHICKPEAS, AVOCADO; cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
Feel free to add extras to this salad...such as chopped nuts, cheese, or fresh fruit.
Traci Antonovich
About my recipes: Minimal meat & more plants!
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