This Tomato Berry Kale Caesar Salad is the most delicious, quick, and easy salad. With only 6 ingredients, elevate your weekday lunch with complementary flavors and textures – sweet, savory, juicy, and with a crunch, that your taste buds will be wanting for more.

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There’s nothing like excellent restaurant-quality kale Caesar salad. The leaves are always perfectly coated. The house-made Caesar dressing has the perfect balance of natural saltiness from the anchovies. And the parmesan cheese looks so enticing sprinkled against a backdrop of vibrant greens.

If there’s one salad I’d pick to eat any day, it would be a Ceasar salad. And here’s how you can make it at home.

This Kale Ceasar Salad has Only 6 Ingredients!

• Kale
• Ceasar Dressing
• Parmesan cheese
• Cherry Tomatoes
• Fresh Blueberries
• Fresh Strawberries

Why Make This Salad?

• Fresh: it’s got a healthy serving of both fruits and vegetables, adding live H20, essential vitamins, and minerals to your daily intake.
• Easy: did we mention it only has 6 ingredients!
• Quick: this salad only takes only 15 minutes to make. It’s perfect for meal-preppers looking for a grab-and-go work lunch!
• Addictive: yes, this simple and humble salad is addictively delicious! Your taste buds with thank you. The complimentary savory and sweet flavors are unbeatable.

How to Make Tomato Berry Kale Ceasar Salad

This salad only takes 15 minutes and makes two generous size portions.

How to Massage Kale

First, take the kale leaves and make two cuts – one on either side of the stem going from the top of the leaf to the very bottom. Remove the kale stems. Cut the leaves into bite-size pieces. 

In a large bowl, place the cut greens and drizzle a bit of oil. Use enough oil so that the leaves will be lightly coated, but not too much. You don’t want your greens soaked. You can also add a pinch of sea salt as well. I usually leave the salt out to cut down my sodium intake. 

With clean hands, take the kale and scrunch them in your palms and between your fingers. Continue to work on the greens for a couple of minutes until the leaves turn a deeper green color. Massaging the kale will soften the texture. It’s so much more enjoyable to eat this way.

Assembling the Salad

Once your greens have been massaged and ready to go, add the Ceasar dressing right on top and toss the salad. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half. Cut the strawberries into long quartered pieces. Add the cherry tomatoes, strawberries, and blueberries on top of the salad and lightly toss.

Transfer the salad onto individual plates. Sprinkle the shaved parmesan cheese on top and enjoy!

This Kale Ceasar Salad is Packed with Nutrients

The Health Benefits of Kale

Kale is very low in calories but high in vitamins in minerals making it one of the most nutrient-dense foods available to us. It’s loaded with Vitamin A, B6, C, and K. It also contains manganese, calcium, copper, potassium, and magnesium. Kale is one of the best sources of vitamin K, which is needed by the body for blood clotting. It also helps the body utilize calcium more efficiently. Having just one cup of kale provides almost 700% RDA of vitamin K.

The Health Benefits of Tomatoes

Tomatoes contain vitamin C, lycopene, and beta carotene, which are all antioxidants. Eating cherry tomatoes helps to protect your cells from free-radical oxidative damage. Tomatoes also provide a significant amount of potassium, something that most people don’t get enough of in their daily diet. Eating ten cherry tomatoes provides 400mg of potassium which is about the same amount as one medium-sized banana.

The Health Benefits of Blueberries

Blueberries are a well-known superfood and powerful antioxidant. The anthocyanins in blueberries are what gives blueberries their bluish-purple hue. Anthocyanins are anti-aging substances that protect the body against oxidative damage. Blueberries also contain vitamin C which helps and aids the body in the absorption of iron.

The Health Benefits of Strawberries

Did you know that eating strawberries can help your body release endorphins? Endorphins are feel-good neurotransmitters. You can usually feel the euphoric effects of endorphins right after exercising. Strawberries are rich in vitamin C which is needed for endorphin production. Having just 8 medium-sized strawberries contains 140% RDA of vitamin C.

What to Serve with Tomato Berry Kale Caesar Salad?

Try adding these sides for an even more delicious lunch!

• Sweet Potato
• Homemade Hummus
• A Hearty Soup