Kale Salad With Creamy Caper Dressing Food

CREAMY KALE SALAD

Steps:

• Mix kale, red onion, and raisins in a large bowl.
• Whisk yogurt, mayonnaise, sugar, lemon zest, and lemon juice together in a bowl; pour over the kale mixture and toss to coat. Refrigerate 2 hours to overnight. Sprinkle sunflower seeds over the salad and toss to serve.

KALE "CAESAR" SALAD

Steps:

• For the dressing: Mince the capers and the garlic; add the salt and use the back of your knife to grind into a paste. Add the paste to a medium mixing bowl along with the mustard, mayonnaise, sesame oil, cayenne and cloves. Whisk to combine. Stir in lemon juice, and add pepper to taste.
• For the salad: Combine the kale and 1 cup of the dressing in a large bowl, and toss to coat. Let sit for about 30 minutes in the refrigerator to help tenderize the kale.
• Before serving, top the salad with the croutons and shaved Parmesan. If the kale is too dry, add more dressing as needed. Serve immediately, with remaining dressing on the side.

SUMMER DINNER SALAD WITH CREAMY CAPER DRESSING

Steps:

• Creamy Caper Dressing: Whisk together the capers, vinegar, buttermilk, salt and pepper.
• Then whisk in the oil in a steady stream to emulsify.
• Salad: Prepare a large bowl of ice water.
• STeam the corn until tender, about 3 to 6 minutes, depending on the ripeness, immediately plunge the corn into the ice water, and remove as soon as it's cooled.
• Using a large sharp knife, cut the corn from the cob, being sure to catch any juice.
• Cut the tomatoes in half width wise, then scoop out the seeds with your fingers.
• Cut into 1/4 inch dice.
• Peel off the outer dark green leaves from the romaine and cut off 3 inches from the tip.
• Cut inner leaves into 1/2 inch ribbons, then wash and dry thoroughly.
• Remove any brown outer leaves from the endive, then cut leaves into 1/2 inch ribbons.
• Combine the corn, tomatoes, romaine, endive, bacon and croutons in a large bowl.
• Toss with the dressing to distibute evenly.
• Add salt and pepper as you toss, until the capery flavour of the dressing comes through on the leaves.