Kale Salad with Chickpeas and Grapefruit Vinaigrette

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Kale Salad with Chickpeas and Grapefruit Vinaigrette

This summer kale salad bowl hits all the boxes: plant based protein, crunchy roasted chickpeas, avocado, kale, lettuce, topped with a bright grapefruit vinaigrette. You can even make it vegan by not adding the feta cheese!

Prep Time6

Cook Time15

Total Time21

Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Servings: people

Calories: 505kcal

Author: Randa Derkson

Ingredients

For the roasted chickpeas:

2 Cups chickpeas rinsed
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tsp vinegar
½ Tsp salt
½ Tsp pepper
½ Tsp paprika

For the salad:

2 Cups kale shredded
2 Cups lettuce shredded
¼ Cup feta cheese crumbled
½ Grapefruit segmented
1 Avocado sliced

For the dressing

⅓ Cup olive oil
1 Clove garlic grated
2 Tbsp grapefruit juice
1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a bowl combine the chickpeas with the olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and paprika. Place onto a baking tray and take to the oven. Bake for 15 minutes.
Remove from oven and let it cool.
Prepare the dressing. Mix the olive oil with garlic, salt and pepper, balsamic vinegar and grapefruit juice.
Assembly the salad: In a bowl mix the kale with the lettuce, pour half of the dressing and massage the leaves. Top with the grapefruit, avocado, roasted chickpeas the feta cheese. Add more dressing if needed.

Notes

Container Counts

Full recipe: 4 green, 1 purple, 4 yellow, 2 blue, 4 orange, 6 tsps.

Per serving: 1 green, 1/4 purple, 1 yellow, 1/2 blue, 1 orange, 1 1/2 tsps.

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