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Cucumber and Kale Salad with Creamy Pumpkin Seed Dressing

5.0 (2 reviews)
Ali Segersten (author)
CUCUMBER KALE SALAD CREAMY PUMPKIN SEED DRESSING-1

Serve this flavorful cucumber-kale salad as a side dish, or add any type of cooked protein (such as baked chicken breasts or baked salmon) and serve as a light main dish. Don't skip the fresh mint! It is the secret ingredient that ties all of the flavors together.

Salad

3 cups finely chopped curly kale
2 medium English cucumbers sliced
2 green onions thinly sliced
½ cups finely chopped parsley
¼ cups finely chopped fresh mint
1 handfuls microgreens

Dressing

½ cups pumpkin seeds (soaked for 3-4 hours)
2 green onions chopped
6 tablespoons water
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons raw apple cider vinegar
½ teaspoons Herbamare (or sea salt)
5.0 2 reviews

Wen…

Aug 17, 2022

Delightfully crunchy. The fresh mint adds a wonderful dimension--I used the entire usual herb box I get at the grocery store, so it was probably more than 1/4c. I appreciate that the cucumber and dressing add more moisture to the salad. I'm glad I inadvertently omitted the green onion from the dressing, as it had strong enough fresh onion flavor for me without the extra 2 onions in the dressing. It took me a little longer than 20 minutes to prepare (I didn't exactly time it), and I'd say it's still an easy and not average difficulty preparation for me. Holds up well after even 2 days of refrigeration; the dressing doesn't need to be stored separate from the salad--the veggies don't break down from the dressing. Update: For a leftover modification, I added raw firm tofu sprinkled with coconut aminos.

Jes…

Apr 17, 2022

This was good! The mint I purchased from the store wasn’t very fresh. I will certainly make this again when I have quality mint available. The pumpkin seed dressing was tasty.

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