OK, I know I’ve probably said this about another recipe, or two, or three… But this salad combines 5 of my all time favorite ingredients! Kale, sweet potato, avocado, tahini and chickpeas. Dessert recipes excluded, pretty much all my favorite recipes that I’ve posted on here have included at least one of those ingredients. So, really, you can’t go wrong when you put them all into one bowl together!
I think that this salad perfectly sums up the month of May we are having here in Arizona. Last year at this time I was most likely sweating up a storm and cursing the sun. I was probably dreading the walk from my car into the air conditioned house and wondering what the heck we were thinking when we decided not to buy a house with a pool. I was also probably surviving solely on popsicles and salads.
Well, so far this May I have been trying to convince my husband that we need to have a fire in the backyard every night, while sitting outside wearing pants and a sweatshirt with a blanket wrapped around me. I’ve also been taking steaming hot showers daily and dreaming about how nice a big pot of soup or hot cup of tea would be. The weather here right now is just confusing and delightful and also making me nervous about what is to come. Either it is a sign that we will have a mild summer all summer long, or it will get twice as hot as normal in a few weeks to make up for the perfect weather we are having right now.
So, this salad is helping me to cope with the fact that all I wanna do is eat salads since it is May, but I also want to have winter comfort food like roasted sweet potatoes and kale. I also added some avocado for some creaminess, sunflower seeds for some crunch, and chickpeas, because they go with everything! I then topped this off with a creamy tahini miso dressing. And, I must say that this salad is pretty perfect for whatever kind of crazy weather you may be having this month š
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Kale Salad with Sweet Potato, Chickpeas & Avocado
- Yield: 4-6 1x
Ingredients
- 1 bunch of curly kale, chopped into bit size pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 small squeeze of lemon
- 1 1/2 – 2 cups cooked chickpeas
- 1 avocado, cut in half, diced, and scooped out
- 1/4 cup roasted & salted sunflower
Roasted Sweet Potatoes:
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into bite size pieces
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- salt
- pepper
Creamy Tahini Miso Dressing:
- 1/2 cup tahini
- 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons light miso
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Place diced sweet potatoes on an oven sheet and drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake sweet potatoes for 25-30 minutes, until tender on the inside and starting to brown on the outside, flipping once.
- While sweet potatoes are baking, place all chopped kale into a large bowl. Drizzle with 1/2 teaspoon olive oil, 1 pinch of salt, and 1 small squeeze of lemon juice. Massage kale for a few minutes and place in refrigerator until needed.
- Add all dressing ingredients to a blender and blend until combined.
- Assemble to salad: Place desired amount of kale, sweet potatoes, avocado, chickpeas and sunflower seeds into a bowl and top with desired amount of tahini miso dressing.
Notes
*If making this salad for a party or get together, you may add everything to a large bowl and combine, rather than assembling one bowl at a time.
*If making ahead, wait until last minute to dress.
- Category: Salad, Gluten Free, Vegan
This pretty much encompasses all of my fave things, plus I love all the texture here š
I’m glad we have the same taste in food!! We should totally have a dinner party š
This is such a gorgeous bowl of veggies. Those are five of my favorite things too. Love the miso and tahini dressing! So delicious!
Those are five of my favorites too! I cannot get enough of tahini right now – this bowl of goodness sounds awesome! haha š Hope you had a wonderful long weekend!
You’re right, this sort of salad is light and hearty all at once, so it can please both desires. Enjoy your cool spring weather!
I am loving the sound of the dressing. Also, I am a big fan of kale in salads. it just adds so much texture.
This looks absolutely lovely! Love all of the bright colors and the fresh veggies!
Ooh, sitting in a yard with a fire all wrapped up warm and scoffing a big bowl of this would make my day (let’s make that my week!)
This has got some of my fave ingredients in too, it’s sooo healthy … and I’ve been meaning to try a tahini dressing for ages. Think I’d better pin this one! š
You’ve got all of my favorites here, too, and I love the sound of that dressing! š
This salad looks so good, Izzy! Love the chickpeas and all the other amazing flavours! š
Sittin by the fire, under the stars with a blanket sounds so inviting! I’ve been hoping for clear nights for starlit evenings too, but we’ve been cloudy for the past week… with almost no rain. Confusing weather, yes. Texas is getting the rain we so badly need right now.
This salad, Izzy is fabulous and has so many of my favorite flavors too! Massaging the kale is magic.. and with that tahini dressing I bet the sweet potato flavor shines! Delicious!
This salad is so gorgeous, Izzy! I love the pretty pops of color! And the sweet potatoes and chickpeas sound like the perfect combination with that miso dressing. Yum!
YES YES YES! This is totally a “Liz” salad too. It has all my favorite things as well. And that tahini-miso dressing. Oh my. Pass me a big bowl!
Miso ANYTHING is my weakness. This salad looks so delicious, I love kale and chickpeas!