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Grilled kale and watermelon salad

Grilled kale and watermelon salad

By Ethan Kwong
15’ Prep time
15’ Cook time
30’ Total time
268 Calories
6 Serving

Summary

This kale and watermelon salad involves grilling kale, green onions, and almonds, then combining them with cubed watermelon and microgreens.
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Step by Step

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Step 1

Preheat grill to 350ºF and make sure your grill grate is clean.
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Step 2

Next, make a small tin foil boat and place your almonds in the tin foil.
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Step 3

Prep kale (keep on the stalk) and green onions by placing them on a cookie sheet and drizzling them with olive oil and seasoning with salt and pepper.
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Step 4

Place kale stalks and green onion on direct heat on the grill. Place the tin foil boat with the slivered almonds in it on indirect heat on the grill. Cover grill and let cook for 5 minutes.
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Step 5

Remove kale from the grill once it begins to char a little bit and place back on the cookie sheet and set aside.*
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Step 6

After 5 minutes, flip green onions and stir almonds.** Place the cover back on the grill for another 5 minutes.
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Step 7

Prepare the dressing while vegetables are cooking on the grill by placing all ingredients for the dressing in a mason jar. Cover and shake until ingredients are well combined.
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Step 8

Remove green onions and almonds from the grill and set aside.
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Step 9

Prepare watermelon by cutting off the rind and then cutting into cubes.
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Step 10

Debone kale and chop and slice green onions. Then, mix kale, green onions, almonds, microgreens, and watermelon together in a large bowl or on a baking sheet.
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Step 11

Add dressing right before you plan to eat and enjoy!

Tips and Warnings

  • You want the kale to be golden brown at the tips but not super crispy. If kale is still wilty keep it on the grill for an additional 2-3 minutes.
  • If you don’t have pomegranate juice, use any darker fruit juice that you have such as a berry choice, cherry juice, etc.

Ingredient

  • Dijon mustard
    Dijon mustard
    9.86 ml
  • Balsamic vinegar
    Balsamic vinegar
    29.57 ml
  • Olive oil
    Olive oil
    29.57 ml
  • Salt
    Salt
    0.62 ml
  • Slivered almonds
    Slivered almonds
    118.29 ml
  • Pepper
    Pepper
    0.62 ml
  • Small watermelon
    Small watermelon
    1
  • Honey
    Honey
    4.93 ml
  • Bunch of green onions
    Bunch of green onions
    1
  • Bunches of kale
    Bunches of kale
    2
  • Micro greens
    Micro greens
    236.59 ml
  • Pomegranate juice**
    Pomegranate juice**
    14.79 ml
  • Sesame seeds
    Sesame seeds
    4.93 ml

Nutrition Facts

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