Sunflower Crunch Salad with Creamy Sunflower Dressing
Our Sunflower Crunch Salad is chock full of crunchy veggies that have been tossed in our creamy sunflower dressing that you will fall in love with. The perfect make ahead salad to serve to large crowds.
Servings: 8 as a side
Calories: 207kcal
Equipment
- Food Processor
- Bullet or High Speed Blender or Small Food Processor
Ingredients
For the salad
- ½ sml bunch kale (3 cups shredded)
- ¼ head white cabbage (4 cups shredded)
- 1 sml wedge red cabbage (2 cups shredded)
- 2 medium carrots (1 cup grated)
- 1 cup sunflower seeds toasted
For the dressing
- 1 cup toasted sunflower seeds
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 garlic clove minced 
- Sea salt and cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180F (360C) for 15 minutes or until golden brown and allow to cool.
- Place your sunflower seeds on an oven tray, place in the middle of your oven and roast until golden (approximately 10-15 minutes) then allow to cool.
- Wash your kale under cold running water and strip leaves from stems, then shred finely. Place in mixing bowl add some sea salt and olive oil and massage till soft.
- Wash your cabbages well, remove the core and the outer damaged leaves. Then either shred by hand, with a mandoline slicer or for super-fast salad making use the slicing attachment in your food processor.
- Wash, trim and peel your carrots and coarsely grate with either a box grater or with the grating attachment in your food processor.
- Place your sunflower seeds in a high-speed blender and blitz into a powder. Add remaining dressing ingredients, season and blitz until smooth and creamy.
- Your dressing should be the consistency of mayonnaise if it is too thick just add some more water to loosen. Taste and adjust seasonings according to your liking.
- Add all of your ingredients to the large bowl with the kale, season with sea salt and cracked black pepper, pour over the dressing. Toss well until the vegetables are all well coated with the dressing, you may need to add some additional water or olive oil to loosen if your dressing is too thick.
- Taste and adjust seasonings to your liking, arrange in a salad bowl and keep chilled in your fridge until you are ready to serve.
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Nutrition
Calories: 207kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 77mg | Potassium: 349mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 2584IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 2mg