Walnut Garlic Kale Salad

Oops! I forgot the sweetener for the dressing. It still turned out pretty good though! I drizzled some maple syrup over the top of our salads and mixed it in. Honestly, though, I couldn’t taste a difference! It has a very strong garlic/tamari taste. Sutton thinks it was a little too salty. I think 1 tablespoon of tamari would be enough.

They didn’t have any fresh figs at the store, so I ended up with dried turkish figs. I also don’t like olives, so those were out! I added some shredded carrot because we had some extra. I also added walnuts! Now the salad was named “walnut garlic salad” but I think there was a typo because “walnuts” was not an ingredient in it! Oh, and I also forgot to get the zucchini when I was shopping. This is one recipe, I made many, many mistakes on. Luckily it still turned out tasty.

The chickpeas and nuts make this salad pretty filling, which is nice! This is the first time we’ve had a kale salad. I liked using red kale because I think it has a milder taste than the curly green or lacinato kale.

Sutton Rated: 4
Angie Rated: 3.5

Note: All of the changes I made are shown in the recipe below

Source of original recipe: http://www.thisrawsomeveganlife.com/2012/09/holy-garlic.html#.UlqV8ryKTQx