Kale and Quinoa Salad with Pomegranates

4.63 from 8 votes

Kale and Quinoa Salad with Pomegranates

A tasty and healthy salad loaded with kale and quinoa. Easy and quick to prepare and adding in pomegranates and goat cheese makes this a balanced meal! I top this salad with a champagne vinaigrette.

Course Main Dish, Salad, Vegetarian

Cuisine Healthy, Vegetarian

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 15

Total Time 40

Servings servings

Calories 170kcal

Author Eileen Murphy Kelly

Ingredients

Quinoa

1 cup uncooked red quinoa can use any type quinoa
2 cups water

Salad

8 cups kale, washed well and torn into bite sized pieces
1 whole shallot, minced
1 whole pomegranate, use arils
⅓ cup crumbled goat cheese

Champagne Vinaigrette

1 Tablespoon chopped shallots
2 cloves chopped garlic
2 teaspoon dijon mustard
⅔ cup champagne vinegar
1 teaspoon agave
½ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
⅓ cup avocado oil

Instructions

Make Quinoa

Pour quinoa into a strainer, rinse quinoa well. Cook quinoa according to the package.

Champagne Vinaigrette

To a blender, add diced shallots, minced garlic , dijon mustard, champagne vinegar, agave, pepper, and salt. Blend well until smooth. Slowly stream in the avocado oil into the blender to emulsify the salad dressing, Set aside.

Prep salad

In a large salad bowl combine kale and shallots. Drizzle some of the Champagne Vinaigrette over the greens. Massage the vinaigrette into the greens to soften the kale.
To the bowl of kale, add the quinoa, pomegranate arils, and crumbled goat cheese. Drizzle some more of the champagne vinaigrette on the salad. Toss well and serve.

Notes

Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and portion sizes

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