Each year we’re faced with a new array of fad vegetables, coming fresh off a new season of Chopped or Top Chef.  Cauliflower everything, romanesco, brussels sprouts – they’ve all had their day in the sun.  Several years after the emergence of the leafy green superfood Kale, and we still see it stocked on shelved and crowding recipe search results coast to coast.

Packed with vitamin C, beta-carotene, and low in calories and high in fiber, switching out your typical lettuce for one of the many kale varieties is a simple trade.  Yielding delicious results.  Summer vibes on the mind and increase in our daily salad provisions, we say Hail the Kale: 13 Kale Salads You Need for Spring.

 1. Spring Kale & Cucumber Salad with Honey-Ginger Dressing

Chopped kale, cucumbers, and grilled sirloin make this salad carnivore approved.

Get the recipe here.

2. Kale Salad with Pork Belly Lardons

Because pork belly lardons are basically bacon croutons.  ????????

Get the recipe here.

3. Rainbow Kale Salad with Low Fat Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

Eating the rainbow is pretty and tastes good.  Get this recipe from Kitchen Window Clovers (http://kitchenwindowclovers.com) here.

4. Kale Caesar Salad

Hail the Kale!  Kale Caesar is a Kale yeah in my book.  Get this kale spin on a classic from My Utensil Crock (http://www.myutensilcrock.com) right here.

5. Apple and Berry Chopped Kale Salad with Citrus Basil Vinaigrette

Apples, berries, and basil are just the fresh new flavors you needed!  Get this recipe from Recipes Worth Repeating (recipesworthrepeating.com) here.

6. Nourishing Vegan Buddha Bowl

A little kale, a whole lotta good.  Get As Easy As Apple Pie’s (https://aseasyasapplepie.com/) recipe here.

7. Kale Salad with Toasted Coconut and Sesame

Kale, Coconut and all toasty goodness.  Viktoria’s Table (http://www.viktoriastable.com) is right here.

8.  Kale Salad with Quinoa Sweet Potatoes and Shallot Vinaigrette

This recipe from Cooks and Kid (http://www.cooksandkid.com) is sweet potato and kale nirvana!  Get there recipe here.

9. Beets & Blue Kale Crunch Salad

Beets & blue cheese on kale go together like peanut butter and fluff on white bread in a brown paper bag.

Get the recipe here.

10. Kale Quinoa Curry Salad with Roasted Brussel Sprouts

Curry + Kale and all sorts of good in a bowl from Jar of Lemons (http://www.jaroflemons.com).  Get the recipe here.

11. Roasted Butternut Squash Spinach Kale Salad

Salty and savory – a winning combo from Whitney Bond (www.whitneybond.com).  Get the recipe right here.

12. Double Beet Rainbow Salad with Creamy Homemade Vegan Dressing

Two types of beets and all types of flavors from Kitchen Window Clovers – recipe available here.

13.  Cucumber Kale Salad with Avocado Dressing

Greens reign supreme with kale, cucumber and avocado.  Get the recipe from yours truly right here.