Kale Salad With Oven-Dried Grapes, Toasted Walnuts, and Blue Cheese

The blue cheese, dried fruit, and nuts in this kale salad are a classic ingredient combination, but the pairing is made extraordinary here thanks to oven-dried grapes, which remain plumper and juicier than conventional raisins. Oil-rubbing the kale leaves, meanwhile, tenderizes them just enough. The result is a deeply familiar set of flavors, made better.

Kale Caesar Salad

The key to a great kale Caesar salad is to marinate the kale in olive oil while you prepare the dressing and croutons. Oil breaks down the tough leaves, turning them tender-crisp.

Warm Kale and Caramelized Mushroom Salad

Mushrooms are sautéed until deeply golden brown and paired with hearty kale leaves and a nutty sherry vinegar dressing. It's an easy vegetarian meal in a bowl.

Roasted Delicata Squash and Kale Salad With Hazelnut-Parmesan Crumble

Sheet-pan roasted delicata squash and kale with a mustardy vinaigrette and a savory hazelnut crumble.

Kale and Quinoa Salad

A Kale and Quinoa Salad that happens to star 2 superfoods. The addition of fresh dill and coriander/cilantro and a fresh lemon dressing makes all the difference, as well as a sprinkle of feta and almonds.

Make-Ahead Roasted Squash and Kale Salad With Spiced Nuts, Cranberries, and Maple

This salad combines sweet roasted butternut squash with roasted kale in a vinaigrette flavored with maple syrup and sherry vinegar, along with some spiced pecans for crunch and dried cranberries for a nice chewy texture.

Kale, Apple, and Pancetta Salad

With slightly bitter kale and radicchio, crispy-salty pancetta, tart apples and sweet maple syrup, this hearty winter salad hits all the right taste buttons. It's also just a beautiful salad. Be sure your apples aren't too sour, especially if using Granny Smith—you'll need a little sweetness to balance out the tartness of the vinaigrette.

Spicy Kale Caesar

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Roasted-Chickpea and Kale Salad With Sun-Dried Tomato Vinaigrette

A hearty salad of chickpeas roasted with cumin and paprika until dense and nutty, combined with kale, fresh herbs, pine nuts, and sun-dried tomatoes. This is a salad that gets even better on the second day.

Pomegranate Salad & Holiday Salad Marathon!

Festive Pomegranate Salad with fresh pomegranates AND a pomegranate dressing! Spinach, kale, honey wanuts & blue cheese. Great Christmas salad!