Kale Salad with Roasted Cauliflower and Broccoli

Kale Salad with Roasted Cauliflower and Broccoli
Kale Salad with Roasted Cauliflower and Broccoli

This Kale Salad with Roasted Cauliflower and Broccoli is a fabulous warm salad to which I can add whatever is left in my fridge, or some leftover veggies. In this particular version, I added broccoli, cauliflower, and mushrooms. You can achieve the same wonderful results with sweet potato, butternut squash, pan fried zucchini, and crisp-roasted red onions. The vinaigrette for this kale salad is a versatile vinaigrette I use for many dishes. You could also replace barley by any other grain you like. Wheat berries, millet or sorghum would be perfect here. Tuscan kale is usually my favorite, but any kale would be totally cool. Try it once, I am sure you will love it and keep experimenting!

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Kale Salad with Roasted Cauliflower and Broccoli

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 2 servings 1x

Ingredients

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For the Salad:

  • 2 cups cauliflower florets
  • 1 cup broccoli florets
  • 10 asparagus spears, trimmed
  • 2 cups cremini mushroom, cleaned and sliced
  • 3 cups kale, torn
  • Squeeze of fresh lemon juice
  • Olive oil
  • 1 1/2 cup cooked grains (I used barley in this particular version, cook according to package instructions)
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

For the Vinaigrette:

  • Juice of one lemon
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons fresh basil, minced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh Italian parsley, minced
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

      Instructions

      For the Salad:

      Preheat the oven to 375หš. Toss the cauliflower and broccoli florets with some olive oil, salt and pepper. Place on a baking sheet and put in the oven for about 10-15 minutes, until crisp golden on the outside, but still crisp on the inside. Toss the asparagus with some olive oil, salt and pepper, and put in the oven for about 4-5 minutes, until the asparagus are still crispy. While the vegetables are roasting, heat a drizzle of olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the mushroom and sautรฉ for about 10 minutes, until nice and crisp.

      For the Vinaigrette:

      Whisk all the ingredients in a small bowl. Taste and adjust seasoning. Place the kale in a large mixing bowl. Add a drizzle of lemon juice, olive oil, and a pinch of salt. Massage the kale with your hands for about 2 minutes. Add the cooked barley and mix well. Place the kale and grain mixture in two serving bowls. Top with the roasted cauliflower, broccoli, and asparagus. Add on the sautรฉed mushrooms. Drizzle with some vinaigrette, to taste, and enjoy a nice big bowl of deliciousness! It’s as easy as that! Bon appรฉtit!

      Keywords: kale, salad, cauliflower, broccoli

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      Salade de kale avec chou-flour et brocoli rรดtis

      • Author: Karine K
      • Prep Time: 10 minutes
      • Cook Time: 30 minutes
      • Total Time: 40 minutes
      • Yield: 2 portions 1x

      Ingredients

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      Pour la salade:

      • 2 tasses de fleurons de chou-fleur
      • 1 tasse de fleurons de brocoli
      • 10 tรชtes d’asperge, parรฉes
      • 2 tasses de champignons cremini ou cafรฉ, nettoyรฉs et tranchรฉs
      • 3 tasses de chou kale, hachรฉ
      • Jus de citron frais
      • Huile d’olive, au goรปt
      • 1 1/2 tasse d’orge (ou de grains au choix), cuite selon les directives sur l’emballage
      • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

      Pour la vinaigrette:

      • Jus de 1 citron
      • 1/4 tasse d’huile d’olive
      • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de moutarde de Dijon
      • 1 gousse d’ail, รฉmincรฉe
      • 2 c. ร  soupe de basilic frais, รฉmincรฉ
      • 1 c. ร  soupe de persil frais, hachรฉ
      • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

      Instructions

      Pour la salade:

      Prรฉchauffer le four ร  375หš. Mรฉlanger le chou-fleur et le brocoli avec un peu d’huile d’olive, du sel de mer et du poivre, au goรปt. Placer sur une tรดle de cuisson, prรฉalablement recouverte de papier parchemin, et mettre au four. Cuire pendant 10 ร  15 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que les lรฉgumes soient dorรฉs et tendres ร  l’extรฉrieur. Mรฉlanger les asperges avec un peu d’huile d’olive, de sel de mer et de poivre, et ajouter ร  la tรดle de cuisson. Remettre au four et cuire 4 ร  5 minutes de plus, jusqu’ร  ce que les asperges soient croustillantes. Pendant que les lรฉgumes cuisent au four, chauffer un peu d’huile dans une petite poรชle et faire revenir les champignons pendant 10 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce qu’ils soient dorรฉs et croustillants.

      Pour la vinaigrette:

      Fouetter tous les ingrรฉdients dans un petit bol. Goรปter et ajuster les assaisonnements, au besoin. Placer le chou kale dans un grand bol ร  mรฉlanger. Arroser d’un trait de jus de citron, d’huile d’olive, et une pincรฉe de sel de mer. Masser le chou kale avec les mains pendant environ 2 minutes.

      Ajouter l’orge cuite. Remuer dรฉlicatement. Sรฉparer le mรฉlange dans deux bols de service, garnir du chou-fleur, brocoli, asperges, et des champignons. Arroser de la vinaigrette, au goรปt. Bon appรฉtit!

      Keywords: kale, salade, chou-fleur, brocoli

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      Pastina Salad with Roasted Cauliflower, Rapini and Creamy Cashew Vinaigrette

      Pastina Salad with Roasted Cauliflower, Rapini and Creamy Cashew Vinaigrette
      Pastina Salad with Roasted Cauliflower, Rapini and Creamy Cashew Vinaigrette

      This recipe comes from my dear friend Catalina. She always knows how to put together random things to make them taste fabulous. This Pastina Salad with Roasted Cauliflower, Rapini, and Creamy Cashew Vinaigrette isย no exception. And it only takes 30 minutes to prepare. The beauty of this pasta salad is that you can replace the ingredients with similar ones.ย Broccolini instead of rapini,ย orzo pasta instead of round pastina, and if you don’t have cauliflower, you can go withย squash or sweet potato.

      If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it! Please tag @LivityGardens on social.

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      Pastina Salad with Roasted Cauliflower, Rapini and Creamy Cashew Vinaigrette

      • Author: Karine K
      • Prep Time: 5 minutes
      • Cook Time: 30 minutes
      • Total Time: 35 minutes
      • Yield: 4 side servings 1x

      Ingredients

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      For the Oven-Roasted Cauliflower:

      • 1/2 head cauliflower, cut in small florets
      • 2 cloves garlic, halved
      • Dashes of smoked paprika
      • 2 sprigs of fresh thyme and rosemary
      • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

      For the Salad:

      • 1 head of rapini, trimmed
      • 1 cup round pastina
      • 1 shallot, minced
      • 510 cherry tomatoes, halved
      • 1 avocado, sliced
      • 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted

      For the Creamy Cashew Vinaigrette:

      • 1/2 cup raw cashews, soaked overnight
      • 1/2 small lemon, juiced
      • 10 large leaves of fresh basil
      • 5 leaves of fresh mint
      • 56 tablespoons olive oil
      • 1 tablespoon mayo or soft tofu (optional)
      • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
      • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

      Instructions

      Preheat over to 400หš. Put the cauliflower florets and the garlic in a roasting pan. Sprinkle with olive oil, add the thyme, rosemary sprigs, and smoked paprika. Give it a quick stir and put it in the oven for 20 minutes, then stir and put back in the oven for another 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool 10 minutes.

      Incorporate all the ingredients of the vinaigrette in a mini food processor or blender. Mix until the dressing has a nice creamy consistency.

      Cook the pastina al dente according to package instructions. Steam the rapini for about 10 minutes until tender, then drain the excess water by pressing them into a clean kitchen towel. Cut them in small pieces. In a large bowl, add the rapini, pastina, shallots, cherry tomatoes, and roasted cauliflower. Dress the mix with the creamy cashew vinaigrette and add a little more olive oil into the mix. Plate, add the sliced avocado and some toasted pine nuts. Bon appรฉtit!

      Keywords: pastina, cauliflower, rapini, cashew

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      Salade de pastina avec chou-fleur rรดti, rapini et vinaigrette crรฉmeuse ร  la noix de cajou

      • Author: Karine K
      • Prep Time: 5 minutes
      • Cook Time: 30 minutes
      • Total Time: 35 minutes
      • Yield: 4 portions 1x

      Ingredients

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      Pour le chou-fleur rรดti:

      • 1/2 tรชte de chou-fleur, coupรฉe en fleurons
      • 2 gousses d’ail, coupรฉes en deux
      • Quelques pincรฉes de paprika fumรฉ
      • 2 branches de thym et de romarin
      • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

      Pour la salade:

      • 1 tรชte de rapini, parรฉe
      • 1 tasse de pastina
      • 1 รฉchalote franรงaise, รฉmincรฉe
      • 5 ร  10 tomates cerise, coupรฉes en deux
      • 1 avocat, tranchรฉ
      • 1/4 tasse de noix de pin, rรดties

      Pour la vinaigrette crรฉmeuse ร  la noix de cajou:

      • 1/2 tasse de noix de cajou, trempรฉes toute une nuit
      • Le jus dun 1/2 petit citron
      • 10 grandes feuilles de basilic
      • 5 feuilles de menthe
      • 5 ร  6 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
      • 1 c. ร  soupe de mayo ou de tofu soyeux (en option)
      • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de moutarde de Dijon
      • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

      Instructions

      Prรฉchauffer le four ร  400หš. Dรฉposer le chou-fleur et l’ail sur une tรดle de cuisson prรฉalablement recouverte de papier parchemin. Arroser d’huile d’olive, ajouter le thym et le romarin, et le paprika fumรฉ. Remuer et mettre au four pendant 20 minutes. Retourner les fleurons et remettre au four pendant 10 minutes de plus. Retirer du four et laisser reposer pendant 10 minutes.

      Placer tous les ingrรฉdients de la vinaigrette dans un mini robot culinaire ou mรฉlangeur. Mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une consistence crรฉmeuse.ย 

      Cuire les pastina al dente, selon les directives sur l’emballage. Cuire le rapini ร  la vapeur, pendant environ 10 minutes, ou jusqu’ร  ce qu’il soit tendre. Retirer du feu et รฉponger l’excรฉdent d’eau avec un linge de cuisine propre. Hacher.

      Dans un grand bol, combiner le rapini, les pastina, les รฉchalotes franรงaises, les tomates, et le chou-fleur rรดti. Ajouter la vinaigrette et un tait d’huile d’olive. Mรฉlanger dรฉlicatement. Servir garni des tranches d’avocats et des noix de pin rรดties. Bon appรฉtit!

      Keywords: pastina, chou-fleur, rapini, cajou

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      Sweet Potato and Farro Bowl

      Sweet Potato and Farro Bowl
      Sweet Potato and Farro Bowl

      Last night, we had these Sweet Potato and Farro Bowls for dinner. We are still talking about it. They were so refreshing, crisp and pretty, but also complete and filling. You can adapt the bowl to the seasons and to your tastes. I decided to add the white nectarine yesterday, because thatโ€™s what I had on hand. You could use spinach instead of kale, and barley instead of farro. Your bowl, your call.

      Farro, an Italian food composed of the grains of certain wheat species, can be eaten plain, but is usually added to salads or soups. It is one of my favorites because of its crunchiness. If you canโ€™t find it, feel free to use any other grain you like.

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      Sweet Potato and Farro Bowl

      • Author: Karine K
      • Prep Time: 10 minutes
      • Cook Time: 35 minutes
      • Total Time: 45 minutes
      • Yield: 4 servings 1x

      Ingredients

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      • 1 cup farro
      • 1 1/2 pound sweet potato, cut into 1-inch cubes
      • 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for drizzling
      • 3 teaspoons sumac
      • Salt and pepper to taste
      • 1 bunch Lacinato kale, ribs removed and torn into bite-size pieces
      • 1 red onion, sliced thinly
      • 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
      • 3 tablespoons maple syrup
      • Juice of 1 lemon
      • 1 nectarine, peach, pear, or apple
      • 1 avocado (optional)
      • Garnishes: Mint, basil, cilantro, or any other herb you love

      Instructions

      Preheat oven to 450หš. In a large mixing bowl, mix the potatoes, the 2 tablespoons olive oil, the sumac and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well until all the potatoes are coated. Place in the oven and roast for about 30 minutes, turning them over about halfway.

      While the potatoes are roasting, cook the farro according to the package instructions, in a large pot.

      While the farro is cooking and the potatoes are roasting, pickle the onion. In a small saucepan, mix the onion, vinegar, maple syrup and 3/4 cup water. Cook over medium heat for 6 minutes, swirling the pan occasionally. Remove from the heat and set aside.

      Once the farro is cooked, drain the excess water and return the farro to the pot. Add the kale, drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and mix well. Drain the liquid from the pickled onion, add to the pot of farro and kale. Add the sweet potatoes, and add the lemon juice. Check for seasonings. Spoon into shallow bowls and add the fruit, avocado, if desired, and herbs on the side.ย  Bon appรฉtit!

      Keywords: sweet potato, bowl, farro

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      Bol de patates douces et farro

      • Author: Karine K

      Ingredients

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      • 1 tasse de farro
      • 1 1/2 livre de patates douces, coupรฉes en cubes de 1 pouce (2,5 cm)
      • 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive oil, et un trait pour arroser
      • 3 c. ร  thรฉ de sumac
      • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
      • 1 botte de chou kale lacinato, hachรฉ
      • 1 oignon rouge, tranchรฉ finement
      • 3 c. ร  soupe de vinaigre de vin rouge
      • 3 c. ร  soupe de sirop d’รฉrable
      • Jus de 1 citron
      • 1 nectarine, pรชche, poire, ou pomme (selon la saison)
      • 1 avocat (en option)
      • Garnitures: menthe, basilic, coriandre, ou toute herbe prรฉfรฉrรฉe

      Instructions

      Prรฉchauffer le four ร  450หš. Dans un grand bol ร  mรฉlanger, dรฉposer les patates douces, l’huile d’olive, le sumac, et le sel de mer et le poivre, au goรปt. Bien mรฉlanger. Placer sur une tรดle de cuisson et cuire au four pendant 30 minutes, en retournant ร  mi-cuisson.

      Pendant que les patates cuisent, cuire le farro selon les directives sur l’emballage.

      Pendant la cuisson du farro, placer l’oignon, le vinaigre, le sirop d’รฉrable et 3/4 de tasse d’eau dans une petite casserole. Cuire ร  feu moyen pendant 6 minutes, en remuant de temps ร  autre. Retirer du feu et rรฉserver.

      Une fois le farro cuit, รฉgoutter et retourner dans la casserole. Ajouter le chou kale, arroser d’un trait d’huile d’olive, assaisonner, au goรปt, de sel de mer et de poivre, et bien mรฉlanger. ร‰goutter les oignons et ajouter ร  la casserole. Ajouter les patates douces, une fois cuites, et le jus de citron. Goรปter et ajuster les assaisonnements, si nรฉcessaire. Servir garni d’un fruit, au choix, d’herbes au chois, et d’avocat, si dรฉsirรฉ. Bon appรฉtit!

      Keywords: patates douces, bol santรฉ, farro

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