These tasty Kale Salad Recipes are the best! Today I’m sharing 26 delicious recipes that will take you from Kale? to KALE YEAH!!!
A good Kale Salad is worth it’s weight in gold.
Scratch that. Kale salad doesn’t weigh that much — it’s worth much much more than that lol!
Since kale is such a hearty and robust green, it can last AGES in the fridge when properly prepped and stored.
My all-time favorite way for keeping it fresh longest is to wash and dry the kale, remove the leaves from it’s stem, chop the kale leaves into bite-sized pieces, then lightly massage it with an itty bitty drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of salt. This way it’s prepped and ready to go.
From there you can pile it into baggies and pop it in the fridge, or even store it in a plastic container lined with paper towels to absorb any pesky condensation/moisture and keep the leaves fresher longer.
Tasty Kale Salad Recipes
These are my all-time FAVORITE kale salad recipes and my go-to whenever I need a fresh and healthy salad with lots of flavor and texture.
Some are best right away while others meal prep like a CHAMP and will keep in the fridge for a few days, ready for all your salad needs.
My lemon parm kale salad and the below quinoa kale salad are hands-down my most popular kale recipes with over 100 rave reviews! It’s fast, flavorful, and oh so delicious!
★★★★★ “Loved it! I thought I didn’t like kale until I made this salad” – Izzie
The great thing about this scrumptious salad is that it’s totally meal prep friendly! Make it in advance to enjoy all week long as a scrumptious side salad for your favorite protein or main dish.
★★★★★ “This recipe is a keeper, perfect blend of flavors and filling, with the chickpeas and quinoa. Have made it over and over!” – Elizabeth
★★★★★ “Absolutely fantastic! I’ve been eating this salad almost all week long and it’s been so flavorful and filling each time. It is the perfect salad for meal prepping. I didn’t realize the recipe called for fresh cranberries and used the dried ones I had one hand, still great but looking forward to trying the fresh next time!”- Soraya
This is one of those recipes that checks all the boxes for me. In addition to being deliciously healthy and loaded with superfoods, this roasted butternut squash kale salad is filling, flavorful, and totally crave-worthy! I’m completely obsessed with it!
★★★★★ “This is a great salad! I’m trying to get my husband to eat some kale and he loves this salad! It’s easy to put together and I also really like the homemade dressing for it.” – Diane
This scrumptious salad is fresh, delicious, and totally make-ahead so feel free to prep this bad boy the night before and pack it along in lunches the next day if you’d like!
★★★★★ “The Greek lemon dressing was the best part! This is definitely like a restaurant meal at home.” – Brandi
Flavor and texture-wise it’s pretty much a masterpiece. I love the combination of fluffy quinoa with tender kale, crisp cucumber and bell pepper, juicy tomatoes, creamy feta, and crunchy sliced almonds.
I chop everything up as small as I can so I can load a little bit of everything into every forkful and, honestly, sometimes I eat it so fast I just grab a spoon for easy shoveling.
★★★★★ “I can’t stop eating this!!!! I turned a 16yr old veggie hater into a kale lover with this recipe.”- Jackie
I LOVE making this salad! It’s super duper healthy but thanks to a kiss of sweetness from the cranberries and pecans, it’s still totally fun and beyond flavorful!
★★★★★ “This is the first recipe of any kind I have taken to (several) church lunches and brought home an empty or practically empty bowl and requests for the recipe! It’s going to Thanksgiving dinner at my niece’s home this Thursday.” – Gala
This Mexican Kale Salad tastes like it came fresh out of a restaurant. It has a welcome little kick of heat from the jalapeños and the crispy cayenne spiked chickpeas that I absolutely adore.
Once you toss the chickpeas in with the salad and dressing all the flavors from the individual ingredients do a little dance, make a little love, and get down with your taste buds!
More Must-Make Kale Salads
If you get a chance to try any of these tasty kale salad recipes, let me know!
Leave some love in the comment form below or tag your photos with @peasandcrayons on Instagram so I can happy dance over your creation. I can’t wait to see what you whip up!
Crazy for Kale? Here are a few more recipes!
- LOVE this Cheesy Broccoli Kale Pesto Pizza
- Tropical Mango Kale Smoothie – perfect for Spring and Summer!
- Cheesy Kale Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
- Tortellini Kale and White Bean Soup via Stephie Cooks
- Lemon Orzo with Parmesan, Kale, and Cherry Tomatoes
