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Everyday Superfood Salad with Blueberry Ginger Dressing

5 from 1 reader review
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 -6
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Ingredients

Salad

  • 4 cups chopped kale
  • 2 cups finely chopped broccoli florets
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 small beet, shaved thin
  • 1 medium carrot, shaved thin
  • 1 ripe avocado, peeled, pitted and sliced
  • ⅓ cup chopped fresh basil
  • ¼ cup blueberries

Blueberry Ginger Dressing

  • ¼ cup blueberries
  • ½ inch piece piece of ginger, peeled
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste
  • ¼ cup olive oil

Seed Mixture

  • 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
  • 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
  • 2 teaspoons flax seeds
  • 2 teaspoons chia seeds
  • 2 teaspoons hemp seeds
  • ¼ cup puffed quinoa (or puffed millet, puffed rice etc)
  • pinch ground coriander
  • pinch salt

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, massage the kale and chopped broccoli with the lime juice, salt and pepper. Keep massaging until the leaves seem a bit more tender. Taste a leaf for seasoning, adjust and set aside. Chop and prep all of the other salad ingredients and set aside.
  • Make the dressing: combine all of the ingredients in a blender and blend on high until you have a creamy and unified mixture. Check for seasoning and sweetness, adjust and set aside.
  • In a medium sauté pan, combine all of the omega seed sprinkle ingredients over medium heat. Stir them around here and there until they smell toasty and the coriander is a bit more prominent. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
  • Arrange the massaged kale and broccoli on your serving plate. Top the greens with the beets, carrots, avocado, chopped basil, and blueberries. Season the whole thing with salt and pepper again. Stir up the dressing (it should have thickened a bit) and drizzle it all over the top and garnish the salad with the omega seed sprinkle. Serve it up!

Equipment

  • Blender

Recipe Notes

  • I throw some ground coriander in with the seeds, but any spice you're into would be great.
  • This salad can definitely hang for a few hours if you keep the blueberry dressing off until you're ready to serve.
  • And a note on the blueberry dressing: the flavour isn't like a liquified pie filling with ginger. There's a fresh and tart quality to it. If you want a more pronounced blueberry quality, I would suggest cooking the berries down in a saucepan with the maple syrup for a bit before you blend up the dressing.
The everyday superfood salad is filled with kale, broccoli, mixed seeds, avocado, and topped with a fresh blueberry dressing