Hi Bloggies! Thank you all so much for your support regarding my last post. I appreciate it so much!
Anyways back to business, it has been crazy hot here….like nearly 100F.
When it is this hot out raw foods/salads are the perfect thing to cool you down. Lunch today is amazing, refreshing and cooling- Massaged Kale Salad, Sauteed Portobellos (cold) and brown rice salad.
We also had it for dinner last night
Massaged Kale Salad
Ingredients:
- 1 bunch of kale, washed and ripped into large pieces
- 1 avocado
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1/2t garlic powder
- 1t salt
- 1/2 pepper
- dash of cayenne
- 1T nutritional yeast
Directions:
Place everything into a bowl and then take your (clean) fingers and massage everything into the kale for 2-3 minutes; until evenly coated. Let sit for 5 minutes. Taste for seasonings and serve!
Brown Rice & Veggie Salad
Ingredients:
- 2 cups cooked, day old brown rice
- 2 stalks of celery, diced
- 1/3 cup green onions, sliced
- 2 carrots, diced
- 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
- Dressing: (whisk together)
- 1T dijon mustard
- 1t agave
- 2T red wine vinegar
- 2T olive oil
Directions:
Toss everything together and serve. However this is best made at least 30 minutes prior to eating so that all the flavors can marry.
Alright Bloggies this is short because I have to get back to working.
Q: What is your favorite salad?
This sounds lovely! I agree. With it being so hot I totally do not feel like turning up the heat in the kitchen so salads it is and has been.
Yum! I massage oil onto kale all the time but it didn’t occur to me to massage avocado! Brilliant!
I love eggless “egg” salad (tofu with veganized egg salad fixins’) over massaged collards. Mmm Mmm.
OMG I am all over that masaged kale salad. I’m usually turned off because the recipies always have oil – I love that this one doesn’t! Looks amazing!
Aw, I just read that last post about the loss! I’m so sorry to hear that! I hope you’re feeling a little better after drinking the Harmony Tea. How nice of them to send that! And on a less serious note, the brown rice salad sounds amazing!
Your kale salad looks great. I have yet to make a massage kale salad.
I love large green salads with tomatoes, avocados, tofu cubes sauteed with tamari and garlic, and homemade croutons (I toast a slice of bread, spread it with tahini, sprinkle it with lots of nutritional yeast and cut it in small cubes).
Massaged kale salads are so amazing. I just tried your recipe – wonderful! I love the bright flavour from the lemon juice.