Description

This salad is so beautiful, it can also serve as your table centerpiece! But it is delicious and healthy as well.

Ingredients

• 1 bunch kale, purple if possible
• fresh basil leaves, both green and purple varieties
• fresh thyme sprigs
• fresh mint leaves
• fresh parsley
• 1/2 small red onion, peeled, halved and thinly sliced
• 2-3 T. sunflower seeds
• edible flowers like pansies, for garnish
• Tangerine poppy seed vinaigrette:
• freshly squeezed juice from 1 large tangerine
• 2 T. olive oil
• 1 t. mustard
• 1 t. honey
• freshly squeezed juice from 1/2 lemon
• 1 T. poppy seeds
• salt, to taste

Steps

1. Wash kale well; trim the tough stems off and discard. Remove and discard the spines of each leaf. Massage kale well, then chop or shred; add to a large wide salad bowl.
2. Toss in herbs, onions, and seeds. Keep to about a 4 to 1 ratio of greens to herbs; go heavy on the basil.
3. Dressing: