Description
Warm, light, satisfying, beautiful – the best salad for winter.
Ingredients
Scale
- Kale leaves – 2-3 for each person, stripped from tough stems and ripped into pieces
- 1/2 pound bacon, cut into 1” pieces
- 1 red onion, sliced into rings
- 1 package mushrooms, sliced
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 Tbsp honey
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- grated parmesan cheese
- tomatoes, and any other veggies you like in a warm salad
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place bacon pieces, onion rings and mushroom slices on a deep baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes, stirring after 20 minutes.
- Rinse kale well. Bring 1″ of water to a boil in a large pan. Using a steamer basket, steam the kale for 5 minutes.
- Whisk together lemon juice, olive oil, honey, oregano, salt and pepper. Prepare any additional veggies for the salad.
- To assemble the salads, make a nice bed of steamed kale, pile up about 1/4 of the still-hot bacon mixture on top, decorate with tomatoes, drizzle 1-2 Tbsp of the dressing over everything, and top with some grated parmesan cheese.
