PIN This Spicy Kale Salad Wrap Recipe To Make Later
Less than 10 ingredients, easy, fast & simple to put together. Delicious, satisfying and nutritionally dense this raw spicy kale salad wrap recipe makes for a great lunch or dinner.
Tassilis Raw Spicy Kale Wrap Copycat Recipe
This spicy raw kale salad is always in heavy rotation at our house. Salad can be tricky. Often times not filling enough to get you to the next meal but not this one. The kale makes this salad nice and hearty, the avocado gives you doses of healthy for you fats that keep you satiated for a good while.
This spicy kale salad is quick and easy to make and the cayenne pepper gives it an awesome kick.
You can eat as a salad (above), vegan gluten-free pita wrap, almond wraps (below) or nori seaweed sheet
This spicy kale mix is also a great side dish as well as a main dinner entree. Great with our gluten-free chickpea cornbread recipe.
Benefits of Kale
Kale is a superfood loaded in antioxidants. Including beta-carotene and vitamin C, as well as various flavonoids and polyphenols. Kale also has protein not as much has other protein rich vegetables but 1 cup of kale has 2.0g of protein compared to 8.6g in a cup of green peas.
Can You Eat Kale Raw?
Yes, like other leafy greens you can eat raw or cooked. Great in salads or smoothies. “Compared with raw kale, all cooking methods resulted in a significant reduction in total antioxidants and minerals, including calcium, potassium, iron, zinc, and magnesium” via Healthline.com
How To Store, Freeze & Reheat
Store in airtight container with lid in refrigerator. Kale leaves are hearty and normally massaged Kale would keep for ¾ days. However, this is a salad that has already been dressed and will only be good for ½ days maximum. Eat cold or at room temperature, do not heat.
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Easy Copycat Recipe - Tassilis Raw Spicy Kale Salad Wrap
Ingredients
- 1 head of Kale roughly chopped
- ½ cup Red Onion finely chopped
- 1 Large Avocado diced
- ½ cup EVOO
- 1 cup Dried Sun Tomatoes reserve ¼ cup for later use
- 3 tablespoons Nutritional Yeast
- 2 teaspoon ground Cayenne Pepper or more if you like it extra spicy
- 1 clove Garlic
- 1 Lemon juiced
- 2 tablespoons Braggs Liquid Aminos
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1 package Almond Flour Tortillas - We like Siete Grain Free Almond Flour Tortillas brand
Instructions
- Prep kale by washing, drying (use a salad spinner), roughly chop set aside to let any excess water drain.
- To create sauce in a blender or bullet mixer add olive oil, braggs liquid aminos, juice of lemon, garlic, ¾ cup of sun dried tomatoes, avocado and nutritional yeast and blend until smooth set sauce aside
- In a large bowl combined dried kale, onions, reserved ¼ cup chopped sun dried tomatoes, avocados, cayenne and nutritional yeast. Add sauce and massage mixture with hands to help soften kale leaves. Can add more cayenne if you like it spicier.
- Can eat as a salad or wrap in vegan gluten free pita wrap or nori seaweed sheet
Nutrition
These nutritional figures should be considered estimates. Varying factors such as product types or brands purchased, natural fluctuations in fresh produce, and the way ingredients are processed change the effective nutritional information in any given recipe.
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