Fuel yourself with this nutrient-packed Protein Black Kale Salad. This salad is easy to make and high in protein and nutrients because of the chickpeas, hemp seeds, and dark leafy greens.
Prep time: 15 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
- 400 g black kale
- 4 tablespoon lemon juice
- 6 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Black pepper to taste
- 1 avocado
- 1 cucumber
- 2 tablespoons hemp seeds
- 1 tin chickpeas
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions
- Pre-heat the oven to 200 C degrees.
- Discard the chickpea water and transfer chickpeas to a mixing bowl with the spices and oil. Transfer to a tray and line with baking paper. Roast the chickpeas for 20 minutes or until crunchy. Set aside.
- In the meantime, clean and rinse the kale. Discard the stalks and chop the kale in 1.5cm slices. Transfer to a mixing bowl and add the lemon juice, oil, salt, and pepper.
- Massage the kale for a minute. Remove the avocado pit and cut into cubes. Rinse the cucumber and cut into cubes.
- In a serving bowl, add kale, avocado, cucumber, and chickpeas. Season with more lemon juice and salt if necessary. Garnish with hemp seeds.