Kale, Radishes & Avocado Salad

My first exposure to massaged kale salads was Nava Atlas, book "Wild About Greens". This salad, though, takes the "rustic" out of heavy, healthy greens, and elevates the concept to a new level. The paper thin sliced radishes are elegant, the cucumber bowl is easy but beautiful, and the spice and seed blend topping added the perfect finish to a great dish. I will definitely make this again. Next time, I will probably serve this as a main rather than a starter, though, as it is substantial on it's own. Thanks

The taste of this salad was really nice but especially the presentation inspired me to experiment. I filled the cucumber with a hummus of beets and decorated it with edible flowers.

Oh good! We are glad that you found a point of inspiration - it is always nice to use a recipe for a launching point for another concept. ~Ken

That was awesome, the cucumber + tomato made the kale almost melt in your mouth. Loved the combo!

Hello, Yiannis: the best, right? You've got to try it as a taco filler! Appreciate hearing from you. Thanks for writing. -Char

I bombed on this recipe so I'll have to give it another shot. First, I bought the wrong cucumber since my store didn't have the English cucumber. They only had regular and Japanese. I should have opted for the Japanese. Then my mandolin didn't slice thin enough for both the cucumber and the radish. grrr... Not sure what size slices it needs to be so I will be shopping for a new mandolin. However, the kale salad tasted nice and creamy with the avocado and nutty with the seed and spice blend.

I love this kale salad! Wonderful! -Kiran S.

This was so good and easy to make. My cucumber rounds didn’t fare well. I picked up an American cucumber and totally missed the instructions to use an English cucumber. Better luck next time. Will definitely make again!