Purple Potato and Kale Salad with Cilantro-Tahini Dressing

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  • Serves 4
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This is a colorful and richly flavored salad that’s fun to serve—the purple potatoes really give the dish a surprising look.

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Ingredients

  • 5 to 6 small purple potatoes
  • 2 cups kale, chopped
  • ½ cup tomatoes, chopped
  • 1¾ teaspoons lime juice
  • 1 cup chopped cilantro, plus more for garnish
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped
  • ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons tahini
  • ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
  • ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste

Instructions

  • Place the potatoes in a medium saucepan and add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium, and cook for about 10 minutes, or until tender when pierced with a fork. Drain the potatoes and let them cool. Once cooled, peel if desired and cut into ½-inch cubes.
  • Place the kale and tomatoes in a skillet or saucepan and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the kale has softened slightly. Add water 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time to keep the vegetables from sticking to the pan. Add ¼ teaspoon lime juice and let cool.
  • In a blender, combine the cilantro, garlic, tahini, salt, cayenne pepper, remaining lime juice, and 2 tablespoons water. Blend until smooth.
  • To serve, prepare a bed of the cooked kale and tomatoes in a large salad bowl, top with the boiled potatoes, and spoon the salad dressing over the top. Garnish with chopped cilantro, if desired.

    Note: If you’d like an especially pretty salad, peel the potatoes; with the skins left on, the potatoes will be a bit harder to cut neatly but will still taste great.
Nutritional Information:

Per serving (¼ of recipe): 279 calories, 47.3 g carbohydrates, 8.5 g protein, 8.2 g total fat, 1.2 g saturated fat, 0 g cholesterol, 34 mg sodium, 5.5 g fiber, 2.3 g sugar

Note: Nutritional information is provided as an estimate only.

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(5 from 3 votes)

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Sue Roderus

I love this salad! I am using the Forks Meal Planner and just took the time to add it to my favorite recipes. Wish that the planner had access to all the recipes here.

Timoteo

Delicious. I will add more liquid to the dressing next time, so that it will pour. Also I will cut the potatoes faithfully to the 1/2” size, and cook more kale up to match the potential servings of the dressing.

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Darshana Thacker Wendel

Darshana Thacker Wendel is a whole-food, plant-based chef and former culinary projects manager for Forks Over Knives. A graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute, she is the author of Forks Over Knives: Flavor! She created the recipes for Forks Over Knives Family and was a lead recipe contributor to the New York Times bestseller The Forks Over Knives Plan. Her recipes have been published in The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook, Forks Over Knives—The Cookbook, Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health, and LA Yoga magazine online. Visit DarshanasKitchen.com and follow her on Instagram for more.
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