I love this salad. It is fresh, tasty, healthy and keeps beautifully! The best part is that it has so much going on, it easily makes a satisfying meal. Full of nutrient dense kale and cabbage, pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries, you can really sink your teeth into this one.
Kale is one of the greens that you should be including in your diet. Kale is a nutritional star! Full of fiber, antioxidants, vitamins B6, K, C, A and phytonutrients. It also has lutein, which is great for your eyes! Don’t be afraid to cook some kale too as it’s vitamin K levels increase a ton. I like to eat both raw and cooked to cover all my bases.
Just remember that kale is one of the greens that you should be buying organic as kale may contain organophosphate insecticides, which EWG characterizes as “highly toxic” and of special concern.
We all know that cabbage is one of the cruciferous veggies that are so good for us and purple cabbage has an even higher concentration of anthocyanin polyphenols, which are significantly more protective phytonutrients than green cabbage.
Mix up a big batch of this (the recipe makes a large batch). It will keep well for days.
Kale and Cabbage Salad with Creamy Honey Mustard Dressing
- 3 bunches organic kale, de-stemmed and torn into bite sized pieces
- 1/2 head red cabbage, chopped
- 1/2 cup sliced scallions
- 1 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1 1/2 cup dried cranberries
1. In large bowl, toss together all ingredients. Pour dressing over salad and mix well.
Dressing
- 1/2 cup cashews
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 lemons, juice from
- 2 tablespoons honey (not vegan) or liquid sweetener of choice
- 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup cold pressed olive oil
- Himalayan salt and pepper
1. Place all ingredients in high-speed blender and blend until smooth.
Serves 6
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This sounds delicious! And something that I definitely want to try this weekend!
Only you can have me salivating a salad. Looks incredible!
I just went out and picked some baby kale from the garden. It’s super sweet now that we’ve had several frosts this winter. Thanks for a great recipe. I used agave syrup instead of honey.
Yum! I used agave, and subbed an apple for the dried cranberries since I didn’t have any. The dressing is super tasty, and really easy to make — I look forward to adding this to my kale salad arsenal. Thanks for such a great recipe!
This salad looks delicious. I just happen to have all the ingredients. I love the combination of pumpkin seeds and cranberries. This will be perfect for dinner tonight.
Will it keep for days with the dressing on?
I have eaten it for up to 3 days with the dressing on. It could probably go another day or two. It is actually better after it sits.
Can the pumpkin seeds and cashews be salted
Raw nuts and seeds have not been roasted and salted. It changes the composition of the nuts. I do not use roasted, salted nuts in the recipes and don’t know how they would work.
I love Kale, but fine it tough. Squeezed Kale salad is great because it tenderize when squeezed. Cabbage is different. I will have to try this salad. Maybe the dressing does something to the composition of the veins in the kale leaf.
This looks awesome! I’ve been wanting some more kale salad recipes. Thanks! And what a good idea to put cashews in the dressing.
Can you use another nut other than cashews in the dressing?
I would remove the veins from the kale before chopping. You would do this for both hot and cold kale recipes.
Yes…de-stem and then tear (or chop) into bite sized pieces. Cheers!
I personally don’t like wasting food when possible. If you steam the kale and cut it all into tiny pieces it tastes amazing. The stems taste great! Just saying.
My dogs love kale stems and I love raw kale, which is pretty cool since this is a raw site.
Just saying.
Loved it!!!
I recently switched to raw with my mother (I do all the “cooking”) and weird thing is…my mother is able to tell where I got recipe minute he tastes the food. She always knows when I followed yours and makes huge announcement with happines in her voice and when I followed some other recipe.
) … now, I only need to create paypall and can’t wait to get your books. Thx.
I took this salad to a potluck earlier this month and it got rave reviews. The dressing was amazing. I’m whipping up another batch of dressing tonight to see if it tastes as good on other salads. I suspect it will. Thanks for sharing your beautiful recipes and your loving light!
Are you using classic liquid honey or raw honey when you use honey in your recipes? It seems like a dressing would take classic honey. I was recently introduced to raw honey. It was delicious and I much preferred its milder flavor so I’d planned to use it exclusively.
I only use raw honey. Period.
this is my go-to salad. I eat it almost every night with dinner.
This salad is Delicious! I have tried so many raw recipes from other sites and none are like yours! You really have this figured out! I love your website! Thank you for sharing your recipes!
Just made this delicious salad!! It’s a keeper!!
yum! I just finished a big bowl of this salad. The dressing is great! I had 2 plump juicy lemons on hand just plucked ready to use. Makes quite a bit-so i shared with my co-workers. The salad looked so pretty they could not resist.
Wow! This salad is amazing! I have made it twice already this week! I have been looking for ways to incorporate more delicious, super healthy kale into my diet and this salad was perfect! Totally hit the spot! Thanks for sharing!
can u use almonds in the place of cashews
Cashews are used to get a creamy texture. That can’t be achieved with almonds.
Can I soak the cashews a few hours? – I do this when making the dressing for your super yum broccoli and raisin salad.