Raw Kale Salad with Balsamic

Ingredients

• Pine nuts

  Nuts, dried

  ⅓ cup or 45g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Rice wine vinegar

  1 tbsp or 15g

• Balsamic vinegar

  ¼ cup or 64g

• Honey

  1 tbsp or 21g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  3 tbsp or 41g

• Cranberries

  Sweetened, dried

  ¼ cup or 30g

• Parmesan cheese

  Grated

  ¼ cup or 25g

• Kale

  Raw

  4 cup, chopped or 268g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ½ tsp or 1g

Directions

1. Heat a small skilled on medium high heat. Spread the pine nuts in an even layer on the bottom of the pan, cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned. Then remove to a bowl to allow to cool. Hint when toasting nuts: do not take your eyes off of them! Nuts can go from browned to burned very quickly.
2. Use a sharp knife to cut out the tough midrib of each kale leaf, and discard or compost. Slice the leaves crosswise into thin, 1/4 inch wide, slices. The easiest way to do this is to work with a small bunch of leaves at a time, stack the leaves and roll them into a loose cigar shape. Then using a sharp knife, work from one end of the "cigar" to the other, slicing a 1/4 inch off from the end. Place the kale slices into a large bowl.
3. In a smaller bowl, whisk together the balsamic vinegar, olive oil, rice vinegar, honey, salt, and pepper. A half hour to an hour before serving, toss the kale together with the toasted pine nuts, the dried cranberries, and the dressing, allowing the kale to marinate a bit. Right before serving, stir in the grated Parmesan cheese.

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