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Kale-Quinoa Salad with Orange Vinaigrette

April 28, 2017 By Patricia 25 Comments

A healthy, hearty salad with great toppings doesn’t have to be hard to come by. Kale-Quinoa Salad with Orange Vinaigrette is easy to make and will serve you well for your next meal.

Kale-Quinoa Salad with Orange Vinaigrette is a super-hearty salad. It's easy to make, and has loads of good ingredients!

Do you ever find yourself at a restaurant, wondering what to order? You try to be good and choose something on the healthier side, so you decide on a salad.

Awesome, right? But you know darn well that your salad is a salad in name only. You ordered it just for all the tasty toppings and yummy dressing! Just me?? Yeah, I’ve been down that road more than once!

This kale-quinoa salad with orange vinaigrette is a salad you’ll definitely want for the tasty toppings and yummy dressing, and you’ll keep digging down into it to get to the hearty kale. It’s delicious and healthy!

Kale-Quinoa Salad with Orange Vinaigrette is a fabulous salad! It's filled with good-for-you ingredients!

Restaurant salads can be pretty lame sometimes. I can’t stand when I’m served a salad filled with big white stems and pale, PALE green leaves. This salad is the opposite of that type of lame salad.

If a hearty salad with awesome toppings and fab dressing is your thing, you’ll love my kale Cobb salad with buttermilk ranch dressing, too!

My kale-quinoa salad with orange vinaigrette includes a bit of fruit (clementines and blueberries), and a few veggies like cucumbers and jicama, along with the superfood hero, quinoa. Quinoa is so good for you, in case you didn’t know.

Kale-Quinoa Salad with Orange Vinaigrette is a salad that's full of goodness! It's an easy salad to make that will be perfect as your next meal!

Quinoa is low in calories and fat, high in protein, vitamins and minerals, and has a bunch of other benefits, too. It’s also a naturally gluten-free food, and soooo versatile.

I’ve made a warm breakfast dish using quinoa — creamy breakfast quinoa with roasted butternut squash — and a fun appetizer, too: (baked) quinoa bites with carrot and cilantro.

The dressing is tangy with a nice citrus vibe, and oh-so-easy to make. Don’t you just love homemade dressings? Nothing yucky included!

Kale-Quinoa Salad with Orange Vinaigrette makes a great meal. This salad is filling, delicious, and healthy!

Here’s a tip for the kale: massage the kale for several minutes before tossing it into your serving bowl. It might sound funny, but it definitely helps break the kale down a bit to make it easier to digest, and remove a bit of its bitterness.

Kale is a super hearty green, and you’ve probably sautéed it or steamed it before serving it. When you toss it into salads raw, it can taste a bit bitter and tough to chew. Massaging it helps, and it will still keep its nice texture.

Your hands may turn a lovely shade of pale green, but it’s worth it!

You’ll love kale-quinoa salad with orange vinaigrette for all the right reasons! I hope you give it a try soon.

Kale-Quinoa Salad with Orange Vinaigrette is a fabulous salad filled with all sorts of goodies. You'll love the dressing, too!

Nutrition

Calories

346 cal

Fat

5 g

Carbs

68 g

Protein

8 g
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Yields Serves 4

Kale-Quinoa Salad with Orange Vinaigrette
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Ingredients

    For the vinaigrette:
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 1/2 olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • Salt and ground black pepper to season
  • Zest from two of the clementines used in the salad
  • for the salad:
  • 1 cup cooked quinoa
  • 1 large bunch kale, stripped from stems and cut into bite-sized pieces, washed and dried
  • 2-3 clementines (or tangerines), pith removed, sectioned
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries
  • 1/3 cup jicama, cubed
  • 1 medium cucumber, sliced into thin rounds, then halved

Instructions

    For the vinaigrette:
  1. Combine the orange juice, olive oil, honey, vinegar, and zest in a bowl and whisk to combine. Taste and adjust as needed. Season with salt and pepper. Whisk before serving.
  2. For the salad:
  3. After washing the kale, pat it dry it with a few paper towels, then add it to a large bowl. Use your hand to massage and squeeze the leaves togheter for several minutes. Do this until the leaves turn a darker green and soften.
  4. Add the kale to a serving bowl. Spoon the cooked quinoa over the top, and arrange the clementines, blueberries, jicama, and cucumber around the edges of the salad.
  5. Spoon the vinaigrette over the top, toss, and serve.
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Filed Under: Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, Recipes, Vegetarian Tagged With: hearty salads, homemade salad dressing, kale, orange vinaigrette, quinoa, salads, superfoods, vinaigrette

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Comments

  1. candy says

    April 28, 2017 at 3:07 pm

    I love a great salad, honestly the orange vinaigrette sound to die for.
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      April 28, 2017 at 10:45 pm

      Thanks so much, Candy! We loooove the vinaigrette!
      Reply
  2. Lavonnia AllisonBurres says

    April 28, 2017 at 3:46 pm

    I've been looking for a great vinaigrette. Anything that tastes as good as that sounds, I'm all for it!
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      April 28, 2017 at 10:44 pm

      Thanks so much! I hope you give it a try
      Reply
  3. Lane & Holly @ With Two Spoons says

    April 28, 2017 at 4:00 pm

    This salad is amazing! All of my favorite flavors!
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      April 28, 2017 at 10:44 pm

      Thanks a bunch, Lane! Hope you get a chance to try it soon!
      Reply
  4. Meghan @ Cake 'n Knife says

    April 28, 2017 at 4:00 pm

    I am loving the variety of ingredients in this salad! The orange vinaigrette is a great pop of citrus.
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      April 28, 2017 at 10:44 pm

      It really is! Thanks so much, Meghan!
      Reply
  5. Brandy | Nutmeg Nanny says

    April 28, 2017 at 6:44 pm

    Craving that vinaigrette! Adds so much flavor!
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      April 28, 2017 at 10:43 pm

      Thanks! Yes - it's really fab!
      Reply
  6. Kate says

    April 28, 2017 at 10:53 pm

    THis looks and sounds healthy and delicious! I pinned it to try it later! :)
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      April 30, 2017 at 3:09 am

      Thanks very much, Kate! Enjoy!!
      Reply
  7. Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious says

    April 29, 2017 at 12:30 am

    What a beautiful salad! I can't wait to try that orange vinaigrette!
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      April 30, 2017 at 3:09 am

      Thanks so much, Dorothy!
      Reply
  8. Laura at I Heart Naptime says

    April 29, 2017 at 3:17 pm

    This looks so amazing! And I've found, too, massaging kale is the secret to getting my kids to eat kale. They definitely eat it if it's been massaged... but I'm guessing they'll be even more happy to eat it with this dressing - yum!
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      April 30, 2017 at 3:09 am

      Thanks, Laura! Yes, for sure massaging the kale is a good thing! Hope you and your kids like this!
      Reply
  9. Mira says

    April 29, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    This looks so delicious and satisfying. Also love that it's GF!
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      April 30, 2017 at 3:08 am

      Thanks a bunch, Mira!
      Reply
  10. Katerina @ diethood .com says

    April 29, 2017 at 5:57 pm

    Oh my goodness, this salad is absolutely amaaazing!! I can't wait to try it!!
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      April 30, 2017 at 3:07 am

      Thank you, Katerina! Hope you like it!
      Reply
  11. Barb says

    April 29, 2017 at 6:23 pm

    Yummy! this looks so good! I love healthy and refreshing salads like this one. Thanks for sharing! xoxo Barb www.flashesofdelight.com
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      April 30, 2017 at 3:06 am

      Thanks so much, Barb!
      Reply
  12. Quinn Caudill says

    May 1, 2017 at 2:38 pm

    I love the change of pace of using quinoa and the vinaigrette sounds incredible!
    Reply
    • Patricia says

      May 4, 2017 at 3:27 am

      Thanks very much, Quinn!
      Reply

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