Kale Ceasar Salad with Cashew Dressing

Serves: 6 | Prep: 15 min. | Total: 20 min

Ingredients

I love service this salad at a dinner party because it's a huge crowd pleaser and can accomodate many different allergies or dietary restrictions.

The cashews and chickpeas are also very substantial and filling. This is a great side, but it can also be a delicious vegetarian meal all on it's own!

Kale Salad

1 bag of President's Choice Mixed Kale
1 can of President's Choice Blue Menu chickpeas, rinsed an drained
Olive Oil & Salt
1 head of romaine lettuce, washed and torn (optional)

President's Choice Parmigiana Reggiano, grated (optional)

Vegan Cashew Caesar Dessing

1/2 cup of President's Choice unsalted cashews, soaked an hour
1/4 cup of water
2 heaping tsp capers

1 tsp President's Choice Dijon Mustard
1 tbsp vegan worcestershire sauce
1 overflowing tbsp of lemon juice (1/2 lemon)
1 tsp garlic powderpepper and salt to taste

Chickpea Croutons

Heat the over to 400 degrees. On a baking sheet, pour 1-2 tbsp of olive oil to liberally coat the chickpeas and sprinkle with salt. Place them on the middle rack in the oven to toast until crisp and brown for about 15 minutes.

You can occasionally stir to help them cook evenly. You will now they are ready when they are golden and crunchy. Once they are done, let them cool to crisp up even more.

Vegan Cashew Caesar Dressing

In your blender, combine the cashews, water, capers, mustard worcestershire, lemon juice, and garlic powder. Blend until thick and creamy and well combined. The capers can add quite a bit of salt, but taste the dressing and adjust with any additional salt and pepper as desired.

I like my dressing even more lemony, so feel free to plat with the seasoning to your tastes. Give it one more quick blend to make sure everything is well mixed.

Assembling
your Salad

Empty the kale into a serving bowl. if using romaine, toss it with the kale to that there is an even, colourful mix of leaves. Pour about half the caesar salad dressing over your greens and toss until every piece is lightly coated.

Toss it Up

Sprinkle your chickpea croutons over your greens and, if using, grate a generous amount of parmesan cheese over everything. I like to layer the ingredients and toss just before serving my guests.