Author Notes
This salad is great to make ahead of time for dinner or for a light lunch. I call this recipe caesar salad on steroids. I've added a nutritional boost by swapping iceberg lettuce for kale, croutons for crispy chickpeas, and swapping mayo for nutritional yeast and olive oil. I've also added my beloved egg for additional protein and juicy tomatoes for a pop of color. —francesca
Ingredients
- Salad
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1 bunch
Lacinato Kale
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4
Cocktail Tomatoes
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1 cup
Cooked Chickpeas
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Shredded Pecorino Romano Cheese
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1 teaspoon
garlic powder
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1/4 teaspoon
Freshly Cracked Black Pepper
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1/4 teaspoon
Sea Salt
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1
Hard Boiled Egg, halved
- Caesar Dressing
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2
Garlic Cloves
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1/4 cup
Olive Oil
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1/4 cup
Water
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2 teaspoons
Dijion Mustard
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Juice of a Half lemon
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1/4 teaspoon
sea salt
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2 1/2 teaspoons
Nutritional Yeast
Directions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
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Cook chickpeas or if using canned rinse chickpeas and dry. Lay chickpeas out on a flat baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and season with garlic powder and sea salt. Bake for 20 minutes or until crispy. Remove from oven when done to cool.
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Rinse kale and de-stem the leave from the stem. Chop and place the de-stemmed kale large bowl. Using your hands, add a touch of olive oil, enough to coat your hands, and massage kale for a few minutes. This should roughly take about 3-5 minutes until the leaves are softened. The motion should be similar to kneading bread dough.
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Large dice the tomatoes and add them to the bowl along with the cooled chickpeas.
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To make the dressing add the garlic, mustard, olive oil, sea salt, nutritional yeast, and lemon juice to a food processor. Pulse until smooth.
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Drizzle dressing over salad. Garnish with freshly cracked black pepper, hard boiled egg, and as much shredded pecorino cheese as you'd like.
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