This delicious Sautéed Kale Salad with Grapes is the perfect Fall Salad. It’s AIP, paleo, vegan and Whole30 compliant with sweet and savory notes and a variety of textures.

White bowl with sauteed kale, ribbons of carrots, coronation grapes, mushrooms and red onions on a grey speckled background with a small bowl of yellow salad dressing and a grey cloth napkin

This salad features all of my favorite qualities – something sweet (grapes), something crunchy (carrots), and something warm (kale and mushrooms). The delicious dressing made with lemon and tigernut flour is the perfect complimentary creamy and tangy component.

I love using coronation grapes in this recipe because they are my favorite grapes that are both sweet and tart, and the perfect size so I keep them whole. You can use another variety of seedless grapes (black or red work well) and you can slice them in half if you wish.

Here are the main ingredients in this Sautéed Kale Salad and dressing:

seedless grapes (red, black or coronation variety)
green or purple curly kale
carrots
red onion
olive oil, lemon juice and apple cider vinegar
tigernut flour
garlic powder

Here’s how you make this salad:

Saute onions and mushrooms in olive oil in a large skillet. Add kale in batches, stirring to combine with oil and allowing to wilt a bit before each subsequent addition and season to taste with salt. Remove from heat and transfer to a salad bowl. Add in sliced carrots and grapes. This dressing comes together easily by mixing the lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, garlic powder and tigernut flour and slowing adding the olive oil until an emulsion forms.

White bowl with sauteed kale, ribbons of carrots, coronation grapes, mushrooms and red onions on a grey speckled background

FAQs

Can I make this salad with another green?

Spinach would work really well in this salad, as would another leafy green such as swiss chard.

Can I substitute the tigernut flour?

Yes, as I note below, you can substitute the tigernut flour with maple syrup for a non-Whole30 option.

What should I serve this with?

This salad goes really well with a simply prepared protein like baked fish or chicken. I often eat this alongside my AIP Beef Patties or Stuffed Sweet Potato Cakes.

Can’t find coronation grapes?

Sub with red or black seedless grapes, raisins or chopped dates.

Here are some other warm AIP salads/ satueed greens that you might enjoy:

Sautéed Kale Salad with Grapes

Author: Nicole @healmedelicious
Total Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 3–4 servings 1x

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Description

This delicious Sautéed Kale Salad with Grapes is the perfect Fall Salad. It’s AIP, paleo, vegan and Whole30 compliant with sweet and savory notes and a variety of textures.

Ingredients

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Sautéed Kale Salad

2 TBSP olive oil
1 small red onion, sliced
1 cup button mushrooms, sliced
8 cups curly kale, washed and roughly chopped
1/4 tsp sea salt
2 carrots, sliced into ribbons
1 cup seedless grapes (red, black or coronation variety) sliced if desired

Lemon Tigernut Dressing

3 TBSP lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2 TBSP apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup tigernut flour (or sub with 1 TBSP maple syrup)
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

Add olive oil to a large skillet and heat on medium heat.
Add sliced onion and saute 3-4 minutes until onions begin to turn translucent.
Add sliced mushrooms and saute 3-4 minutes.
Add kale in 3-4 batches, stirring to combine with oil and allowing to wilt a bit before each subsequent addition.
Once all the kale has been added, add salt to taste.
Remove from heat and add to a large salad bowl and top with sliced carrots and grapes.
To make dressing, combine lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, tigernut flour (or maple syrup), garlic powder and sea salt in a bowl or jar. Whisk in olive oil to combine into an emulsion.
Combine dressing and salad and add additional sea salt to taste.

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Category: Salads

Keywords: kale salad, sauteed kale salad, carrots, grapes, mushrooms, onions, aip, paleo, vegan, whole30

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