• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Dianne's Vegan Kitchen

Vegan Health & Lifestyle Coach

  • Home
  • Meet Dianne
  • Health Coaching
    • Testimonials
  • Cooking Classes
  • Events
  • Recipes
  • Healthy Living
  • Cookbooks
    • Eating Vegan
    • The Truly Healthy Vegan Cookbook
  • Work with Me
    • Coaching and Classes
    • Partner with Me

Strawberry Kale Salad

July 24, 2017 By Dianne 10 Comments

  • Share
  • Tweet

Drizzled with a vegan buttermilk-style dressing, this Strawberry Kale Salad is the perfect light meal for swelteringly hot summer days. It's makes a great lunch, but it's also perfect for dinner. Drizzled with a vegan buttermilk-style dressing, this Strawberry Kale Salad is the perfect light meal for swelteringly hot summer days. It’s makes a great lunch, but it’s also perfect for dinner. 

Hot, Humid Days

It’s been hot here. The kind of sticky, humid hot that makes any kind of simple activity seem like a daunting task. I don’t want to do anything except sit very still and drink buckets of iced tea.

Strawberry Kale SaladCooking dinner is at the top of my “I don’t want to do” list. Even though I have air conditioning, turning on the oven or standing over the stove to make a hot meal doesn’t sound appealing to me at all. I don’t want to eat hot food, either. On these super hot days, I turn to raw foods and salads.

Strawberry Kale SaladStrawberry Kale Salad

To keep my meals interesting, I’m always on the lookout for new salad recipes. I came across a dish made with baby kale, strawberries, and endives in a recent issue of The Food Network Magazine, and even though the dressing was loaded with dairy products, it looked good. I headed to the kitchen to tweak the salad and veganize the dressing. After some tinkering, dinner was ready. It was cool and refreshing, and I devoured it quickly.

Strawberry Kale Salad comes together quickly, and it makes a terrific lunch or light dinner. It’s great as a side dish or a main meal on days when you want something that’s not too heavy. If you’d like to add a little more oomph, toss in some chickpeas or white beans.

Strawberry Kale Salad

Strawberry Kale Salad
Print

Strawberry Kale Salad

Drizzled with a vegan buttermilk-style dressing, this Strawberry Kale Salad is the perfect light meal for swelteringly hot summer days. It's makes a great lunch, but it's also perfect for dinner. 

Course Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword kale salad, strawberry salad
Yields 4 servings
Author Dianne Wenz

Ingredients

For the Dressing

  • 1/2 cup almond or soy milk
  • 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar divided
  • 1/2 cup raw cashews soaked for two hours, rinse and drained
  • 1 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 2 tablespoons fresh chives chopped

For the Salad

  • 5 ounces baby kale
  • 1 pint strawberries sliced
  • 3 endives sliced
  • ¼ cup sunflower seeds roasted

Instructions

  1. To make the dressing: Mix together 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar and non-dairy milk, and let sit for 10 minutes. It will curdle, which is what you want. Place the curdled milk in a blender along with the cashews, lemon juice, the remaining apple cider vinegar, mustard, sea salt, and garlic. Blend until smooth and creamy. If the dressing seems too thick, add water, a teaspoon at a time. Stir in the chopped chives.
  2. To make the salad: Toss together the baby kale, strawberries, and endives in a large bowl. Drizzle on the dressing and top with the roasted sunflower seeds.

Strawberry Kale Salad

Filed Under: Vegan Recipes, Vegan Salad Recipes Tagged With: gluten free, kale, Non-Dairy, plant-based, salad, strawberries, Vegan, vegetarian

About Dianne

Dianne Wenz is a Certified Holistic Health Coach, Vegan Lifestyle Coach, Plant-Based Diet Nutrition Specialist, and Plant-Based Chef, as well as the author of Truly Healthy Vegan Cookbook.

Previous Post: « Smoky Kale and Chickpeas with Miso Peanut Drizzle from Bold Flavored Vegan Cooking
Next Post: What Do Vegans Eat? »

Reader Interactions

   

Comments

  1. Sophia | Veggies Don't Bite says

    July 24, 2017 at 11:27 AM

    I love strawberries in my salad! Especially with the flavors in that dressing. Looks like a great summer dinner!

    Reply
    • Dianne says

      July 24, 2017 at 4:53 PM

      Thank you, Sophia!

      Reply
  2. Trinity Bourne says

    July 24, 2017 at 1:24 PM

    What a gorgeous bowl of deliciousness. Love the sound of strawberries in there. Has all of my faves – yay!

    Reply
    • Dianne says

      July 24, 2017 at 4:53 PM

      Thank you, Trinity!

      Reply
  3. Amy Katz from Veggies Save The Day says

    July 25, 2017 at 12:20 PM

    I love that your recipe for Strawberry Kale Salad is different than mine so I have yet another option! What a great summer meal.

    Reply
    • Dianne says

      July 31, 2017 at 4:39 PM

      Hah! I didn’t even realize you had one! It’s a yummy combination!

      Reply
  4. Linda from Veganosity says

    July 28, 2017 at 1:02 PM

    This looks so light and refreshing. I’d make a meal out of this with a loaf of crusty bread and a glass of rose. 😉

    Reply
    • Dianne says

      July 31, 2017 at 4:38 PM

      That sounds so good, Linda!

      Reply
  5. Alisa Fleming says

    July 30, 2017 at 7:43 PM

    This is such a lovely salad. I’ve done strawberry spinach, but never strawberry kale. May have to try this one for the extra nutrients!

    Reply
    • Dianne says

      July 31, 2017 at 4:38 PM

      Thank you, Alisa!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Search Site

About Me

Dianne Wenz

Hi! I'm Dianne Wenz and I am a Holistic Health Coach, Vegan Lifestyle Coach, Plant-Based Diet Nutrition Specialist, Plant-Based Chef, and cookbook author. I offer group and individual nutrition and lifestyle coaching programs to people across the U.S., and I teach cooking classes in Northern New Jersey. Contact me today to learn more and to schedule a complimentary breakthrough session!

Follow Me

Follow Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterFollow Us on InstagramFollow Us on PinterestFollow Us on RSSFollow Us on E-mail

Now Available!

Eating Vegan

Now Available!

FOLLOW ME FOR UPDATES

* indicates required



Footer

Disclaimer

Information on this website should not be interpreted as medical advice. Consult your physician for any medical conditions you may need assistance with.

Privacy Policy

See the Dianne's Vegan Kitchen privacy policy.

Note

Blog posts may contain affiliate links. Purchases made through my affiliate programs help me keep this website running. Products may have been given to me free for review, but the opinions expressed on this website are my own.

Copyright

All content Copyright © Dianne Wenz. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission is strictly prohibited.

Subscribe to My Newsletter

* indicates required

© Dianne Wenz. All rights reserved.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.OkRead more