Parmesan Pistachio Kale Salad.
Embarrassingly easy recipe, coming right up!
Okay, are you ready? This parmesan pistachio kale salad has only four ingredients before you add the dressing. Just four! Kale. Parmesan. Pistachios. Olive oil. ( < for a quick kale spa day/massage. Which isn’t even totally necessary.)
That’s it!
Of course, I make it a leeeeeettle more complicated by making a quick creamy parmesan dressing, and while it is SO good (and made with greek yogurt! #goodforus) and delicious on the salad, you could probably use another dressing you enjoy that is already made. Or you could totally just use the olive oil, add a touch more salt and pepper, and be done!
SO FAST.
This is the ultimate kale side salad. The easiest one. I’m saying it!
And so perfect in flavor because while it’s delicious on its own, it also isn’t super overpowering with any one flavor. Which makes it an excellent side to dish to, well… anything!
Annnnd. If you’re not into pistachios, another fabulous crunchy substitution would be pine nuts. Toasted pine nuts! I actually alternate them both in this salad frequently. Freaking love both.
Speaking of this exact salad, the flavor comes from my all-time favorite kale chips that I made for Seriously Delish. Another Seriously Delish inspired recipe! They are parmesan pistachio kale chips and you blend everything together, coat the kale and bake it. HOLY FLAVOR BOMB!
Those are so super delicious and I realize that kale chips are very 2009, but I still love them so. We all love them. We can take down a single pan of kale chips in this house within ten minutes or so. Adore adore adore.
Let’s never allow them to go out of style, okay?
So YEP this salad is making my life complete at the moment. It’s really good for lunch. It’s perfect with chicken or steak or even a pasta dish! You can use curly green kale or lacinato (which I used here) and don’t forget the most important rule!
LOTS of parm, always. Because cheese is life.
Parmesan Pistachio Kale Salad
Ingredients
- 2 bunches lacinato kale leaves removed from stems and chopped
- 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 cup roasted pistachios chopped
- 1/4 cup shaved parmesan cheese
creamy parmesan dressing
- 1/2 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
- 3 tablespoons greek yogurt
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tablespoon freshly snipped chives
- 1/2 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 lemon juiced
- 1/2 cup olive oil
Instructions
- Place the kale leaves in a large bowl. Drizzle with the olive oil and massage the oil into the leaves.
- Let the kale sit while you make the dressing. In a food processor, combine the cheese, yogurt, garlic, mustard, vinegar, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Blend until pureed. With the processor still on, stream in the olive oil until a creamy dressing forms. [This will make more dressing than needed, but you can store it sealed in the fridge for about 3-4 days and stir well before using.]
- Drizzle a few tablespoons of the dressing over the kale and toss it well. I like to toss this for a food 1 to 2 minutes so the dressing is evenly dispersed. Cover with the chopped pistachios and shaved parmesan. Serve!
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50 Comments on “Parmesan Pistachio Kale Salad.”
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My daughter is a big kale fan….unfortunately we don’t share that sentiment. How much would it surprise her if I made something with kale? :) I’ll have to whip this one up on her next visit.
hahaha! you should. :)
Ooooh this looks delicious!
thanks jamie!
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You make the best flavor combinations!
thanks jen!
This salad looks incredible!
thanks amy!
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ahh a new classic! Haven’t been in a while, your new site is beautiful <3
thanks laura!
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Yum!!! This salad looks delicious and I actually want to eat it in the winter!
thanks nicole!! xo
already in my lunchbox….the trick is now to actually wait until tomorrow’s lunch to consume.
love this!
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Oh yea!! yum yum! … do you mean 2 bunches of kale though?? or are stalks = bunches? haha Because I’m thinking of only 2 stalks=leaves.. and that is the smallest salad ever! LOL
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Fantastic. Granted, I was the only one that loved it… But that’s no surprise 😆 had it with your buffalo chicken pizza.
Only you, Jessica, could make kale look this mouthwatering!
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Made the dressing and havin salad tomorrow for lunch – to show myself some LOVE.
Also, having dreams of putting this on a pizza.. then saw that you had made a pistachio pesto pizza. WHOA
I love this recipe, I use the Kale stripper to help me make it faster: https://modernkitchenmaker.com/blogs/news/10-kitchen-gadgets-youll-never-understand-how-you-lived-without
Instead of going with regular store bought dressing I decided to go along with your recipe and try out the parmesan dressing. It was absolutely stunning and refreshing thanks a lot Jessica! By the way, healthy meals like this are a dime in a dozen so here are some supplements that might come in handy to some of your readers https://www.eathealthyandthrive.com/best-iron-supplements/
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This recipe was delicious; however, I changed a couple things:
1. I put the kale is the food processor.
2. I added an apple and croutons.
I came home with an empty bowl!!!
I’m on a personal mission to get people to eat and love kale, and this recipe makes it easy to enjoy. I served this to friends and it was adored by all. Will definitely make again. Plus it’s not hard to make and uses things I usually have in the kitchen.
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Made this several times now and it’s delicious! It’s in our “kale salad” rotation :)
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Love this salad and the dressing is so easy to make … calorie count.?
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No mention of what to do with the chives?
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Loved using toasted pine nuts!
The dressing is bowl-licking worthy!