This salad is filling and big enough for a full meal on it’s own. I love a good loaded salad and this one is very nutrient dense, making it even better! It uses my favorite kind of kale – lacinato – which is the big flatter type of kale. The key to enjoying this kind of kale is to massage it! Add a little olive oil and lemon juice to it and literally give it a hand massage. This might sound weird but it softens and brightens it up, which both helps you digest it and it makes it taste better!

RECIPE

Serves 2-3

Salad Ingredients:
-1 bunch lacinato kale
-2 tbsp lemon juice
-1 bunch romaine
-1 medium sweet potato, chopped
-2 organic chicken sausage links
-1/2 haas avocado
-1 red bell pepper, chopped
-4 hard-boiled eggs
-1 tbsp avocado oil
-1/4 cup chopped cilantro
-1/4 cup cotija or feta cheese

Dressing Ingredients:*
-1/2 cup chopped cilantro
-1/2 cup chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (about 2 of the peppers plus the liquid)
-3 tbsp lime juice
-2 tbsp avocado oil
-1 tbsp coconut aminos (or tamari or soy sauce)
-1 to 2 tbsp maple syrup
-Pinch of salt

*This dressing is spicy!! We like heat in this house. If you do not like spicy dressings, I’d advise using less chipotle peppers and more avocado oil and cilantro, and perhaps add more maple syrup.

Instructions:
1. Wash and chop the kale. “Massage” the kale with the lemon juice – just rub the kale with your fingers. This helps break it down and makes it 1) taste better and 2) digest easier.
2. Wash and chop the romaine and add it to the kale.
3. Chop your sweet potatoes, toss with avocado oil, and roast on a pan in the oven at 450 F for about 15-20 minutes. Once they are done, remove from pan and allow to cool a bit.
4. While the potatoes are roasting, cut your sausage into thin slices and cook over medium heat on the stove until they are cooked through and well browned. Remove from heat and dab with paper towels if necessary, as chorizo is often quite greasy when cooked.
5. Dice up your bell pepper, hard-boiled eggs, cilantro, and avocado.
6. Add all of the ingredients for the dressing in a blender or food processor and pulse until the chipotle peppers are fully blended in.
7. You may either toss all ingredients together with the dressing and serve, or you may assemble the salad “cobb” style by placing the lettuce and kale down and forming rows of each ingredient along the top of the salad. I did a little of both, as seen in the photos. Top with the dressing and enjoy!

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Southwestern Cobb Salad

A spicy nutritious salad that can be a meal all on it's own.

Keyword: Cobb, Salad, Southwestern

Ingredients

Salad Ingredients

• 1 bunch lacinato kale
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 1 bunch romaine
• 1 medium sweet potato chopped
• 2 chicken sausage links sliced
• 1/2 haas avocado
• 1 red bell pepper chopped
• 4 hard boiled eggs
• 1 tbsp avocado or olive oil
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 1/4 cup cotija or feta cheese

Dressing Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cilantro
• 1/2 cup chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• 3 tbsp lime juice
• 2 tbsp avocado or olive oil
• 1 tbsp tamari or soy sauce or coconut aminos
• 1 tsp maple syrup or honey
• pinch of salt

Instructions

• Wash and chop the kale. "Massage" the kale with the lemon juice – just rub the kale with your fingers. This helps break it down and makes it 1) taste better and 2) digest easier.
• Wash and chop the romaine and add it to the kale.
• Chop your sweet potatoes, toss with avocado oil, and roast on a pan in the oven at 450 F for about 15-20 minutes. Once they are done, remove from pan and allow to cool a bit.
• While the potatoes are roasting, cut your sausage into thin slices and cook over medium heat on the stove until they are cooked through and well browned. Remove from heat.
• Dice up your bell pepper, hard-boiled eggs, cilantro, and avocado.
• Add all of the ingredients for the dressing in a blender or food processor or high powered blender and pulse until the chipotle peppers are fully blended in.
• You may either toss all ingredients together with the dressing and serve, or you may assemble the salad "cobb" style by placing the lettuce and kale down and forming rows of each ingredient along the top of the salad. I did a little of both, as seen in the photos. Top with the dressing and enjoy!