This Ultimate Kale Salad recipe is the kale salad of my dreams! Filled with crunchy vegetables, creamy avocado and topped with a bold dressing, it is glorious!

If there is one thing that I love for a filling lunch, it is salad. And this kale salad has to be top of my list lately!

My sister Wendy came down the other day for lunch and I made them for us. I’d been talking about how much I loved them since the beginning of spring when the spring peas were at their peak in the garden. So, since I’d been telling her at least three times a week about having these kale salads, she finally said she was coming down to try one for herself. She agreed. They were just perfect!

I have to admit something to you. It took me some time before I actually could enjoy kale. I thought it was way too tough to enjoy and lacked a little bit of something for me to actually want to eat it. So, over the years, I’ve learned a few tricks to making kale taste delicious in salads.

For my Ultimate Kale Salad, I love to top with seasonal vegetables that are at their absolute peak, as well as a few other goodies.

I added a bit of fresh spring lettuce mix, okra, roasted radishes, sugar snap peas, cucumbers, a boiled egg, half of an avocado, salt and a generous amount of freshly ground black pepper! While the salad is delicious right by itself without adding a dressing (believe me, I’ve eaten it like this plenty this spring!), I love to add a dressing with punch to the salad. I love to use vinaigrettes like my citrus vinaigrette,balsamic vinaigrette or even my raspberry vinaigrette for a fruity addition. They are all delicious and the vinegar bite is just perfect with it!

Here’s my Ultimate Kale Salad recipe for you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!