Winter Kale Salad with Grapefruit & Asian Dressing (Vegan, Nut, Gluten, Grain Free & Low Carb)

Name: Winter Kale Salad with Grapefruit & Asian Dressing (Vegan, Nut, Gluten, Grain Free & Low Carb)
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 5-6 stems Red lettuce leaves (green will do as well) (cut into smaller pieces); 2-3 stems Green kale (cut into smaller pieces); 2-3 (1-1 1/4) dl (cups) Red cabbage (thinly sliced); 6-8 Brussels sprouts (thinly sliced); 2 Grapefruits (segmented); 2-3 tbsp Pumpkin seeds; 1-2 tbsp Furikake seasoning (or sesame seeds); 2 tbsp Japanese soy sauce or tamari; 1 tbsp Rice vinegar; 1 tsp Lime juice; 1 tbsp Fiber syrup or agave; 1 cm Ginger (grated); Chiliflakes, to taste

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Winter Kale Salad with Grapefruit & Asian Dressing (Vegan, Nut, Gluten, Grain Free & Low Carb) In A bowl with a fork with a bite of the salad on it. Shown from front

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This recipe is for a fresh, crunchy, colorful and flavorful Kale salad with grapefruit and an asian dressing. This salad only includes a few easy ingredients, takes 10 minutes to prepare and goes with just about everything. Serve it for lunch, as a side dish or top with your favorite protein. It is vegan, nut, gluten, grain free and low carb.

A few might think that winter is not the season for salads. I would say that those people are incorrect. Because when do you need something fresh, crunchy, nutritious and colorful more than during those dark winter days?! With all the heavy foods that comes with winter and the Christmas holidays a tasty and nutritious salad is exactly what one needs! I used to think that it’s hard to make a tasty, fun and colorful salad during winter.. because if you just line up ingredients like green kale, red cabbage, brussels sprouts.. it might not sound that intriguing or fun. But when used and combined in the right way, they make the most tasty, crunchy, fresh, flavorful, nutritious and last but not least, colorful salad! This salad is made with five main ingredients, some seeds and an easy yet flavorful dressing. By mixing different tastes, textures, colors and favors you can turn a few easy ingredients into a very flavorful and divine winter salad. This salad is a mix of westerns winter ingredients, tasty and juicy grapefruit and an asian inspired dressing. I love to have this salad for lunch, serve it as a side dish or top with my favorite protein and eat as a main course. It is vegan, nut, gluten, grain free and low carb.

A few tips:

I used red lettuce for this salad, but you can use regular lettuce or fresh spinach as well.
Use a ripe and juicy grapefruit. I try to buy the ones that have a soft and slightly wrinkled peel. They’re usually ripe and sweet on the inside.
If you don’t have or like grapefruit oranges can be used as well.
The red cabbage and Brussels sprouts should be sliced very thinly, hence use a mandolin if you have one to make it easier.
You can use other seeds than pumpkin seeds. You can also swap the pumpkin seeds for hazelnuts, almonds, or cashews. If you want to make the salad both seed and nut free you can use pomegranate seeds instead. The taste will of course be affected, but they add a nice and crunchy texture just as the seeds and nuts do.
Adjust the amount of chili flakes in the dressing according to taste.
Pour the dressing over the salad about 5-10 minutes before serving, to make sure the kale has the time to absorb the dressing.

Ingredients for this Winter Kale Salad with Grapefruit & Asian Dressing:

Red lettuce
Green kale
Red cabbage
Brussels sprouts
Grapefruit
Pumpkin seeds
Furikake seasoning
Japanese soy sauce or tamari
Rice vinegar
Lime juice
Fiber syrup oragave
Fresh ginger
Chiliflakes

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