Super foods unite! This salad is unbelievable! The flavors all blend well together and the avocado sauce has the perfect amount of kick! I really enjoyed making this because it has a lot of my favorite foods to cook and eat! It was the perfect size for two people; my husband and I polished if off!
Spiralize sweet potato, season with olive oil and salt and bake in oven at 400 degrees for 25 minutes
Add avocado , cilantro, lime juice, lime zest, olive oil, and salt to food processor, blend well
Season kale with salt and massage well
Kale, quinoa, black bean, sweet potato and avocado salad
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Author: Meg's Meal Planning
Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa
- 1 bunch kale, ribs removed and chopped into bite size pieces
- 3 tbsp olive oil, divided
- Zest of 1 lime
- 1 lime, juiced
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 sweet potato
- 1 avocado, sliced and pitted
- ½ jalapeño pepper, seeds and stem removed. You can use more to make it spicy
- Handful of fresh cilantro, chopped
- ½ can black beans, drained and rinsed
Instructions
- Prepare the quinoa as per packed directions. Set aside to cool.
- Spiralize sweet potato onto baking sheet. Season with 1 tablespoon olive oil and ½ teaspoon salt. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.
- Place kale in serving bowl and season with salt. Then massage kale with hands for 1 minute in order to really blend the salt. Whisk together 1 tablespoon olive oil, juice from ½ lime, and lime zest. Drizzle over kale. Set aside.
- Add avocado, ½ jalapeño pepper, cilantro leaves, juice from ½ a lime, lime zest, and salt to a food processor and blend well.
- Add cooled quinoa to kale, stir to combine. Distribute the kale to plates and top with sweet potato, black beans, and avocado sauce.
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Top with roasted sweet potato, black beans, and avocado sauce