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massaged kale salad with brown rice and beets

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  • Author: Jennifer McDaniel
  • Prep Time: 10
  • Cook Time: 10
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 head of kale (we love Dinosaur), finely chopped
  • 2 T. extra virgin olive oil
  • Fresh juice of 1 large lemon
  • 1 T. honey
  • 1/2 t. salt
  • 1/4 t. cracked black pepper
  • 2 beets, roasted
  • 2 c. cooked brown rice
  • 2 oz. goat cheese

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, add chopped kale, olive oil, lemon juice, honey salt and pepper. With your hands, massage the kale until it is tender.
  2. Chop cooked beets into a small dice.
  3. Combine and gently mix beets, kale, and brown rice.
  4. Crumble 1/2 oz. of goat cheese on top of each salad.

Notes

How to roast beets: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Wash beets with a vegetable scrubber. Remove the greens and root end with a knife. Sprinkle beets with kosher salt and wrap whole beets in aluminum foil. Place on a baking sheet. Roast in the hot oven until the beets are fork tender, 10-15 minutes. Let beets cool, and with your hands, peel away the roasted skins under running cool water.

We used our instant pot to cook the rice. Instant Pot Brown Rice: Add 1 T. olive oil to instant pot. On “saute” mode, warm oil and add 1 cup rinsed, uncooked brown rice. Stir until all oil has coated rice. Add 1.5 cups vegetable broth OR water + 1 t. salt to rice. Cancel saute. Seal the lid of the instant pot and cook on manual mode for 15 minutes. Allow instant pot to naturally release. Fluff with fork.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 2 bowls
  • Calories: 270
  • Sugar: 8.5 g
  • Sodium: 407.2 mg
  • Fat: 11.4 g
  • Carbohydrates: 36.9 g
  • Protein: 7.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 6.5 mg