Description
This crunchy kale winter salad with pomegranates, root veggies, feta and pumpkin seeds checks all the boxes for a beautiful, seasonal side!
Prep Time: 15 min | Cook Time: 20 min | Total Time: 35 min | Course: Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish | Cuisine: American | Keyword: salads, Sides, vegetables, Vegetarian | Servings: 9
Crunchy Kale Winter Salad with Pomegranate
This crunchy kale winter salad with pomegranates, root veggies, feta and pumpkin seeds has everything you need in a side. It’s beautiful seasonal dish to share at parties!
Ingredients
½cupdry quinoacooked according to package instructions
1medium sweet potatoabout 2 cups finely diced
1medium english cucumberabout 2 cups finely diced
½of 1 medium red onionabout 1 cup
3cupscurly kale leavesfinely chopped
½cupflat-leaf parsley
1tablespoonolive oildivided
2pomegranates
1cupfeta cheese crumbles
½cuppumpkin seeds
½cupextra virgin olive oil
¼cupbalsamic vinegar
2clovesgarlicpressed
1tablespoonhoney
2tablespoonplain greek yogurt
Juice of ½ of 1 lemon
1tablespoondijon mustard
½teaspoonsalt
Instructions
- Prep ingredients: Cook quinoa according to package instructions. Dice sweet potato, cucumber and red onion. Finely chop kale and parsley. De-seed the pomegranates.
- To roast your sweet potatoes: Add diced sweet potatoes, and half of the olive oil to a bowl and toss to coat. Once coated, you have two cooking options. To air fry, place in the basket of air fryer and bake at 400F for about 12 minutes, shaking half way. To bake in the oven, spread on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake at 400F for about 15 minutes.
- To a large mixing bowl, add kale and the remaining ½ tablespoon of olive oil. Gently massage to soften the kale.
- Top kale with quinoa, roasted sweet potato, cucumber, red, onion, parsley, pomegranate seeds, feta cheese and sunflower seeds.
- Drizzle with dressing and toss to combine.
- To make the dressing: Add all ingredients to a mason jar, cover and shake to combine.
Notes
*I have included an estimation of the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don’t forget that both your body and soul need nourishment! The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.
Nutrition
Serving: 2cups | Calories: 326kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 372mg | Potassium: 498mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 6183IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 178mg | Iron: 2mg
