Almond Butter Salad Dressing
Oil free kale salad with lots of a flavor from an almond butter salad dressing with lime undertones.
Ingredients
Almond Butter Salad Dressing
- 3 tablespoons creamy almond butter
- 1 tablespoon water
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1/2 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon garlic minced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground chili paste , Sambal Oelek
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Kale Salad
- 1 large bunch of kale
- assorted chopped vegetables: green onions, red onion, red pepper, carrot, cucumber or broccoli slaw
Almond Topping
- 1/4 cup lightly salted almonds
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
Instructions
Almond Butter Dressing
- Place all dressing ingredients in a small bowl and whisk until full combined.
Almond Topping
- Crush almonds into pieces.
- Place in small bowl and add in chili pepper.
Kale Salad
- Destem kale, chop and place in large bowl. Salt lightly and massage salt into kale.
- Place dressing in small amounts around edge of bowl. Massage into kale. Use as much or as little dressing as you would like. I used about 3/4 of the dressing recipe.
- Place in refrigerator and marinate for a few hours.
- Remove from fridge. Top with vegetable toppings of choice and almond topping mixture.
Notes
- *for thicker dressing use 1 Tblsp water, for thinner dressing use 2 - 3 Tblsp water.