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Weight Watchers Recipe of the Day: Dinosaur Kale Salad
If you are trying to eat more nutritious foods, kale is really hard to beat. It is rich in antioxidant nutrients, anti-cancer nutrients and anti-inflammatory nutrients.
Dinosaur kale, which is also known as Lacinto kale, isn’t as tough as curly kale so it it works well in raw salads, like this easy dinosaur kale salad.
This raw dinosaur kale salad is crunchy, colorful and delicious. The whole family enjoyed it when I made it recently and I think yours will to.
The dressing adds a flavorful punch that really perks up the vegetables and fruit.
It’s a great healthy alternative to coleslaw, colorful and brimming with Weight Watchers Power Foods.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Raw Dinosaur Kale Salad?
According to my calculations, each serving has about 58 calories.
To see your WW Points for this recipe, track it in the WW App!
(You must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.)
3 SmartPoints (Green plan)
3 SmartPoints (Blue plan)
3 SmartPoints (Purple plan)
1 PointsPlus (Old plan)
How to Prepare Dinosaur (Lacinto) Kale
If you like this Dinosaur Kale Salad, be sure to check out some of my other easy, healthy Weight Watchers friendly salad recipes including Simple Arugula Salad with Sunflower Seeds & Parmesan, Healthy Kale Salad with Apples & Dates, Skinny Broccoli Salad, Simple Mixed Greens with Goat Cheese & Dates and Easy Broccoli Slaw with Cranberries
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Dinosaur Kale Salad Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 bunch dinosaur (lacinto) kale, thick stems removed and leaves thinly sliced
- 4 cups shredded red cabbage
- 2 naval oranges or clementines, peeled and segmented
- 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 large red bell pepper, cored and seeded and thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/3 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the kale, cabbage, orange, onion, pepper, sunflower seeds and dried cranberries.
- In a small bowl (affiliate link), whisk together the mustard, orange juice, vinegar and black pepper.
- Pour dressing over the kale mixture and toss well to coat everything.
- Serve immediately or refrigerate for up to two days.
Notes
(Must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.) 3 SmartPoints (Green plan) 3 SmartPoints (Blue plan) 3 SmartPoints (Purple plan) 1 PointsPlus (Old plan)
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
More Raw Kale Salad Recipes
- Kale Pomegranate Pecan Salad from Clean and Delicious with Dani Spies
- Raw Kale Salad with Pecorino and Lemon found at Kalyn’s Kitchen
- Fiesta Kale and Feta Salad found at Cookie + Kate
- Harvest Kale Salad with Roasted Winter Squash from SkinnyTaste
I’m happy to have found your site! Check out Cookus Interruptus for a great “massaged” kale salad with apples and gorgonzola. Yum!
Hi Martha, Thanks for the great recipe! I had just purchased 2 bunches of dinosaur kale at Whole Foods yesterday and was looking for a nice healthy salad recipe. Unfortunately I did not have orange juice or oranges so I used a cup of diced peaches instead, and I also didn’t have the red cabbage so I substituted 4 cups of shredded carrots. And it came out great! The dressing was simply amazing. Next time I’ll make sure to have all of the ingredients on hand and make it exactly as you had in your recipe. Love this and will definitely make again!!!
P.S. You may have accidentally swapped out photos. The dinosaur kale picture above looks like some sort of salad green, but definitely not dinosaur kale which is a dark, dark green and looks a bit like, well… a dinasaur’s skin. 🙂