Apple, kale and mint salad.

Name: Apple, kale and mint salad
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 2 apples, core removed, thinly sliced; 3 cups kale, de stemmed and finely chopped; 2 cups red cabbage, thinly sliced; 2 cups fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped; Juice of 1 lemon; ½ cup olive oil; ¼ tsp salt; ¼ tsp pepper

Serves 4| Ready in 10 mins

This apple, kale and mint salad is the easiest, freshest and most flavourful of salads you could eat. Bursting with crisp sweet apple, lemon and minty freshness.

Apple, kale and mint salad.

This apple, kale and mint salad is the easiest, freshest and most flavourful of salads you could eat. Bursting with crisp sweet apple, lemon and minty freshness.

Serves 4|

Ready in

10 mins

Apple, kale and mint salad.

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Apple, kale and mint salad.

This salad has been my simple secret weapon to lighten any main dish, especially to go with BBQ or roast meat for years. It’s kind of a hybrid between a salad and a slaw really. The combination of apple and mint combined with a lemon and olive oil dressing is light and zingy and fresh. The texture is crisp and crunchy, and the best part, it comes together faster than you can say ‘apple kale and mint’. Well, maybe not but you get the idea. It’s easy and quick to make.

What you need to make Apple, kale and mint salad

A group of ingredients including apple, kale, lemon, olive oil, salt and mint

Apples

I like to use Jazz apples. Honeycrisp or a variety that is crisp, juicy and sweet will work well.

Kale

The curly leaf kind

Red cabbage

Adds a mild sweet crunch.

Fresh mint

The exclamation mark of flavour to this dish, without the mint, it is just a full stop.

Juice of 1 lemon

The sour counterpart to balance the sweet apple.

Olive oil

Go for a good quality extra virgin olive oil, with a dressing this simple you want to be able to taste the earliness of a quality olive oil.

Salt and pepper

Too season

How to make Apple, kale and mint salad

1. Prep your salad ingredients

cut the cheeks off the apple and finely slice, finely chop the kale without the stem, finely chop the red cabbage and roughly chop mint leaves, and add to a bowl.

Squeezing lemon over a bowl of salad with apple, kale and mint

2. Add dressing ingredients

Squeeze over the lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper, toss to combine ensuring good distribution over the salad ingredients, particularly the kale, as this will help to tenderise the kale slightly.

3. Bowl of salad with apple, kale and mint

Eat or refrigerate until ready to serve

Steps in detail

1. Prep your salad ingredients

cut the cheeks off the apple and finely slice, finely chop the kale without the stem, finely chop the red cabbage and roughly chop mint leaves, and add to a bowl.

2. Add dressing ingredients

3. Bowl of salad with apple, kale and mint

Eat or refrigerate until ready to serve

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Frequently asked questions & tips for Apple, kale and mint salad.

Can I eat raw kale as it is or does it need to be softened?

Personally I like finely chopped kale as it is. However you can tenderise it by pouring over a little olive oil and adding a pinch of salt, and massaging with your hands for a couple of minutes. This is good to do if your kale pieces are a bit chunkier.

A note on apples.

The apple is the main flavour and texture of the dish, so choose your apple wisely. Being in Australia, my personal favourite is Jazz, a great allrounder for eating, cooking, and bobbing. In the US, a Honeycrisp would work nicely as well. Just make sure they aren’t floury, that’s just gross.

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Apple, kale and mint salad.

Cook Time

5 mins

Prep Time

5 mins

Serves

This apple, kale and mint salad is the easiest, freshest and most flavourful of salads you could eat. Bursting with crisp sweet apple, lemon and minty freshness.

Ingredients

2 apples, core removed, thinly sliced

3 cups kale, de stemmed and finely chopped

2 cups red cabbage, thinly sliced

2 cups fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped

Juice of 1 lemon

½ cup olive oil

¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

Instructions

Make your slaw by combining sliced apple, kale, red cabbage, mint, to a bowl
lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper
toss to combine, refrigerate until needed

2 apples, core removed, thinly sliced

3 cups kale, de stemmed and finely chopped

2 cups red cabbage, thinly sliced

2 cups fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped

Juice of 1 lemon

½ cup olive oil

¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

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Category - Sides

Cuisine - Australian

Skill Level - Super easy

Other categories -

Salads, Sides, Vegetarian

Nutritional information

Calories 323.0 kcal7%

Carbohydrates 20.5 g7%

Sodium 174.2 mg8%

Magnesium 35.5 mg9%

Protein 2.2 g4%

Sugar 11.5 g13%

Calcium 121.5 mg12%

Vitamin A 62%

Fat 27.7 g9%

Fiber 5.6 g22%

Iron 2.0 mg11%

Vitamin C 66%

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