The Salad Series and a Sweet Kale, Carrot and Blueberry Salad.

I like salads I really do. My favourite lunchtime trips have been to cafes that provide an assortment of salads for you to choose from; the kind of places that make big wholesome salads with simple combinations you never thought to try. However, as I have mentioned before those types of cafés don’t really exist around my part of England. ‘Make them yourself’ I hear you cry, and you wouldn’t be wrong in doing so. I should. But recently I have lost my salad mojo and haven’t been feeling all that inspired. So in order to get some yummy salads back into my life I have decided to start a Salad Series, aka challenging myself to post at least two new salad recipes every week over the next month or so.

And here is the first! A massaged kale salad. Sweet, super simple and delicious. Give it a go!

Ingredients:

200g shredded kale

1 orange

1 tbsp pure maple syrup

2 carrots

A large handful of blueberries

3 tbsp coconut flakes

Method:

Begin by peeling and juicing the orange, either with a conventional juicer or by quartering the orange and squeezing the juice out carefully with your hands.

Place the juice into a large bowl with the kale and maple syrup. Using your hands massage the mixture together until the kale starts to become soft.

Spiralize the carrot (if you don’t have a spiralizer you can use a peeler to create strips or a box grater, grating the carrot length-ways). Then add to the kale and softly mix to combine.

Empty the salad into a serving bowl and top with the blueberries and coconut.